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A stack to practice the terms of Chapter 14.

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Political party   an organized group of party leaders office holders and voters that work together to elect candidates to political office  
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Party identification   the degree to which a voter is connected to and influenced by a particular political party  
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Straight-ticket voting   voting for all of the candidates on the ballot from one political party  
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Split-ticket voting   voting for candidates from different parties in the same election  
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Party platform   a set of positions and policy objectives that members of a political party agreed to  
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Recruitment   the process through which political parties identify potential nominees for candidates  
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Party coalition   groups of voters who support a political party over time  
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Realignment   when the groups of people who support a political party shift their allegiance to a different  
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Critical election   a major national election that signals a change in the balance of power between the two parties  
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Party era   a time period when one party wins most national election  
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Era of divided government   a trend since 1969 in which one party controls one or both houses of Congress and the president is from the opposing party  
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Nomination   the formal process through which parties choose their candidates for political office  
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Delegate   A person who acts as the voters representative at a convention to select the parties presidential nominee  
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Primary election   an election in which a States voters choose delegates who support a candidate for nomination  
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Open primary   a primary election in which all eligible voters may vote regardless of their partisan affiliation  
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Closed primary   a primary election in which only registered voters from a political party may vote  
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Caucus   a process through which states eligible voters meet to select delegates to represent their preferences in the nomination process  
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Super delegate   usually a party leader or activist who is not pledged to a candidate based on the outcome of the state's primary or caucus  
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Front-loading   a decision by a state to push its primary or caucus to a date as early in the season as possible to become more influential in the nomination process  
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National Convention   a meeting where delegates officially select their party's nominee for the presidency  
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Candidate-centered-campaign   a trend in which candidates developed their own strategies and raise money with less influence from the party elite  
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Two party system   a system in which two political parties dominant politics, winning almost all elections  
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Proportional representation system   an election system for a legislature in which citizens vote for parties, rather than individuals, and parties are represented in the legislature according to the percentage of the vote they receive  
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Single-member-plurality system   an election system for choosing members of the legislature where the winner is the candidate who receives the most votes even if the candidate does not receive a majority of the votes  
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Third party   a minor political party in competition with two major parties  
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