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Gov Quiz 3

Political Parties & Voting Rights

Nominations function which political parties recruit and choose candidates for office
Direct Primary election held within a party to pick that party's candidate for general election
Federalist first political party to appear that worked to create a strong national government formed around Alexander Hamilton
A platform political party's formal statement of basic principles, stances on major issues and objectives
Political party group of like-minded people who seek to control government through winning of elections
Ideological political party based on particular set of beliefs and often supported some shade of Marxist thinking
Partisanship loyalty to your party
Economic protest parties minor party attracting less voters in periods when nation has lower inflation, plentiful supply of jobs, and economically prosperous
Spoiler Role role that a strong minor party candidate for President play in which the candidate might gain support from a major party because the candidate is likely to draw votes from the opposition
Precinct Smallest unit of election administration
Closed Primary nominating election in which only registered party members can vote to select a party's candidate for the general election
Multiparty System advantages: provides broader representation of the people, more responsive to the will of the people, gives voters more choices at the polls
Multiparty disadvantages: cause parties to form coalitions, which can dissolve easily
Suffrage/franchise right to vote
Requirements of voting citizenship, residence, age
Voting rights act of 1965 did what? Outlawed use of any kind of literacy test
Created by: Laura Aguirre
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