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Democratic/Republican National Committee (DNC/RNC)
Compromises a hierarchy of hundreds of employees and a complex network with the opposite group to dedicate furthering party goals
Democratic Party
Support aggressive efforts for minority rights and stranger protections for the environment
Linkage Institution
Channels that connect people with the government
National Chairperson
The chief strategist and spokesperson
National Convention
Gathering of party leaders established a traditional and necessary function
Platform
A written list of beliefs and political goals
Republican Party
Supports a conservative doctrine. Advocates for a strong national defense, a reduction of government spending, and limited regulation on buisnesses
Robocalls
Prerecorded phone messages delivered automatically to large numbers of people to remind people to vote for their candidates and to discourage voting for opposite candidates
Social Media
Social media outlets share certain traits that that make them powerful tools for parties and candidates to spread a message and build a brand
War Chest
Funds collected by a candidate to spend on a political campaign
Critical Elections
Contests that reveal sharp, lasting changes in loyalties to political parties
Democratic Republicans/Jeffersonians
Supported states rights, weaker national government
Divided Government
A situation in which one party controls congress and the other controls the white house
Grand Old Party
what republicans are reffered to as
Jacksonian Democracy
shift toward greater democracy for the common man and away from the aristocracy that had previlously held the power
McGovern-Fraser Commission
Created by the Democratic part to examine, consider, and ultimately rewrite convention rules
New Deal Coalition
Roosevelt’s plan that was made up of Democratic state and local party organizations, labor unions, and blue collar workers, minorities, farmers, white southerners, people living in poverty, immigrants, and intellectuals
Party Dealignment
Resulted from a growing number of citizens that became independents or turned away from politics all together
Party Realignment
Change in the underlying electoral forces do to changes in a party identification
Super delegates
high-ranking delegates not beholden to any state primary vote
Whig Party
Advocated for a strong central government that would promote westward expansion, investment in infastructure, and support a national bank
Ballot Access
earning a spot on the ballot
Economic-Protest Parties
some parties form this
Ideological Parties
Socialists and Libertarians; they subscribe to a consistent ideology across multiple issues
Single-Issue Parties
founded on one party policy matter
Single-member District
the candidates who wins the most votes, or a plurality in a field of candidates, wins that office
Splinter Parties
when large factions of members break off from a majority party that sometimes forms third parties
Swing States
those that could go either way in an election
Third Parties (Minor Parties)
An additional party other than Republican or Democrat
Two-Party System
Two party system in which the electorate gives their votes to the two major parties
Winner-takes-all-voting
All states (except for Maine and Nebraska) award all the electoral votes to the candidate who wins the plurality of the popular vote
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