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USGov4 Jeffand14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| political party | "A team of men and women seeking to control the the governing apparatus by gaining office in a duly constituted eletion" |
| linkage institutions | The channels or acess points through which issues and people's policy preferances get on the government's policy agenda |
| party identification | A citizen's self proclaimed preferance for one party over another. |
| patronage | A patronage job, promotion,or contract is one that is given for political reasons rather thhan than for merit or competence alone. |
| coalition | A group of individuals with a common interest upon which every political party depends |
| party eras | Historical periods in which a majority of voters cling to a certain political gruop. |
| party realignment | The displacement of the majority party by the minority party. |
| party dealignment | the gradual disengagement of people and politicians from petries |
| third parties | Electoral contenderscontenders other than the two major parties |
| winner take all system | An electoral system in which legislative seats are awarded only to the canidates who come first in their constituencies |
| proportional representation | An Electoral system used throught Europe that awards legislative seats to political parties in proportion to the number of votes won in an election. |
| coalition government | When two or more parties join together to form a majority in a national legislature.Common in Europe |
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