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Unit 2 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Political Party | an organization of people which seeks to achieve goals common to its members through the acquisition and exercise of political power. |
| Major party | holds substantial influence in a country's politics |
| Partisan | committed member of a political party |
| Bipartisan | the agreement or cooperation of two political parties that usually oppose each other's policies |
| minor party | plays a smaller role then the major party |
| consensus | general agreement |
| two-party system | 2 major political parties ex: republican & democrat |
| incumbent | current holder of a political office |
| ideological parties | a group of individuals who share a set of ideas about politics and economy |
| single-issue parties | political party that campaigns on only one issue |
| economic protest parties | a political party dominated by feelings of economic discontent |
| splinter parties | a small organization, typically a political party, that has broken away from a larger one. |
| split ticket voting | refers to an election in which the voter has chosen candidates from different political parties when multiple offices are being decided by a single election. |
| suffrage | the right to vote in political elections. |
| electorate | all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election |
| registration | process of registering |
| political socialization | study of the developmental processes by which people of all ages and adolescents acquire political cognition, attitudes, and behaviors |
| non-voting voter | votes only for president |
| straight ticket voting | the practice of voting for every candidate that a political party has on a general election ballot |
| party identification | the political party with which an individual identifies |
| independent | free from outside control; not depending on another's authority. |
| political efficacy | the citizens' faith and trust in government and their belief that they can understand and influence political affairs |
| ballots | a process of voting, in writing and typically in secret |
| gender gap | the discrepancy in opportunities, status, attitudes, etc., between men and women |
| ballot fatigue | Ballot fatigue is when there are several names on a political ballot, and voters choose to ignore some candidates when there are too many choices |
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