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Unit 6: Political Parties
Unit 6: Political Parties
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Canvass
To go door- to-door handing out information and asking people which candidates they support.
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Nominate
When a political party selects and names a candidate to run for public office.
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Planks
Position statements on each specific issue in a party’s platform.
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Platform
A statement of a party’s official stand on major public issues.
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Political Party
An organisation of citizens who wish to influence and control government by getting their members elected to office.
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Independent Voter
People who do not support a particular political party.
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Patronage
The system in which party leaders do favors for loyal supporters of the party.
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Precincts
Voting districts
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Split Ticket
The practice of voting for candidates of more than one party on a ballot.
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Straight Ticket
The practice of voting for candidates of only one party on a ballot.
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Caucus
A meeting of party leaders to discuss issues or to choose candidates.
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Closed Primary
An election in which a voter must be registered as a party member and may vote only in that party’s primary.
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Direct Primary
An election in which members of a political party choose candidates to run for office in the name of the party.
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Open Primary
An election in which voters do not need to declare a party before voting but may vote in only one party’s primary.
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Self-Nominate
Declaring yourself as a candidate for public office.
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Write-In candidate
A candidate whose name does not appear on a ballot but who asks voters to write his or her name in as their choice.
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Bipartison
Supported by two parties.
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Minor Party
One of the political parties not widely supported.
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Multiparty
A system in which several major and many lesser parties exist, seriously compete for, and actually win, public offices.
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Two-Party System
A political system dominated by two major parties.
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Electorate
All of the people entitled to vote in a given election.
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Faction
A conflicting group.
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Incumbent
The current office holder.
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