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Ch.7 Political Parti
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| political party | a group that seeks to elect candidates to public office by supplying them with a label--a "party identification"--by which they are known to elaborate |
| mugwumps or progressives | the faction in the Republican party of the 1890's to the 1910's composed of reformers who opposed the use of partonage and party bosses and favored the leadership experts. |
| critical or realigning periods | periods during which a sharp, lasting shift occurs in the popular coalition supporting one or both parties. The issues that seperate the 2 parties change, and so the kinds of voters supporting each party change. |
| split ticket | voting for candidates of diff. parties for various offices in the same election |
| straight ticket | voting for candidates who are all of the same party |
| office-bloc ballot | a ballot listing all candidates for a given office under the name of that office; called "Massachusetts" ballot |
| party-column ballot | a ballot listing all candidates of a given party together under the name of the party; also called "Indiana" ballot |
| national convention | a meeting of party delegates elected in state primaries, caucuses, or conventions that is held every 4 years |
| national committee | a committee of delegates from each state and territory that runs party affairs between national conventions |
| congressional campaign committee | a party committee in Congress that provides funds to members who are running for reelection or to would-be members running for an open seat or challenging a candidate from the oppostion party |
| nationl chairman | a paid, full-time manager of a party's day-to-day work who is elected by the national committee |
| superdelegates | party leaders and elected officals who become delegates to the national convention without having to run in priamary or caucuses |
| political machine | a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives--money, political jobs, an opportunity to get favors from gov. |
| ideology party | a party that values principled stands on issues above all else, including winning. |
| solidary incentives | the social rewards that lead ppl to join local or state political organizations |
| sponsored party | a local or state political party that is largely staffed and funded by another organization with established networks in the community. |
| personal following | the political support provided to a candidate on the basis of personal popularity and networks |
| two-party system | an electoral system with the 2 dominant parties that compete in state or national elections. third is the largest of these. |
| plurality system | an electoral system, used in almost all American elections , in which the winner is the person who gets the most votes. |
| caucus (congressional) | an association of members of Congress created to advocate a political ideology or a regional, ethnic, or economic interest. |
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