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Political Behavior 5
Chapter 5 Vocabs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of public office. | Political Party |
| In American politics, the Republican and the Democratic Parties. | Major Parties |
| Goverment action based on firm allegiance to a political party. | Partianship |
| In American politics, the party in power is the party that controls the executive branch of governemnt. i.e., the presidency of the national level, or he governorship at the State level. | Party in Power |
| A political system dominated by two major parties. | Two- Party System |
| One of the political parties not widely supported. | Minor Party |
| Electoral district from which one person is chosen by the voters for each elected office. | Single Member District |
| In an election, the number of votes that the leading candidate obtains over the next highest candidate. | Plurality |
| Supported by 2 parties. | Bipartisan |
| A society which consists of seceral distinct cultures and groups. | Plusatitic Society |
| General agreement among various groups on fundamental maters; broad aggreement on public questions. | Consensus |
| A system in which several major and many lesser parties exist, seriously compete for, and acutally win, public offices. | Multiparty |
| A temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a government. | Coalition |
| A political party system in which only one party exists. | One-Party System |
| The current officeholder. | Incumbent |
| A conflicting group | Faction |
| All of the people entitled to vote in a given election. | Electorate |
| A narrow-minded concern for, or devotion to, the interests of one section of a country. | Sectionalism |
| Parties based on a particular set of beliefs, a comprehensive view of social, economic, and political matters. | Ideological Parties |
| Parties that concentrate on only one public policy matter. | Single issue Parties |
| Parties rooted in poor economic times, lacking a clear ideological base, dissatisfied with current conditions and demanding better times. | Economic Protest Parties |
| Parties that have split away from one of the major parties. | Sprinkler Parties |
| A unit into which cities are often divided for the election of city council members. | Ward |
| The smallest unit of election administration; a voting district. | Precinct |
| Voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election. | Split-Ticket Voting |
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