Political Parties WMS
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- political party
- Groups of citizens who share ideas about how government should work.
- nominate
- To select candidates to run for political office.
- candidates
- People who run for political office.
- two-party system
- A political system with two strong political parties.
- multiparty system
- A political system in which many political parties play a role in government.
- coalition
- An agreement between two or more political parties to work together to run a government.
- third parties
- Minor political parties in a two-party system.
- one-party system
- A political system in which a single political party controls the government and all other parties are banned.
- propaganda
- Ideas used to influence people's thinking or behavior.
- mass media
- Forms of communication that transmit information to large numbers of people.
- bias
- A way of thinking that is for or against a person - prejudice
- endorse
- To give support or approval to someone's political opinions.
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Political Action Committees
PAC's - The political parts of interest groups who help candidates that favor their group.
- popular vote
- The votes cast by citizens in a presidential election.
- electors
- People elected by voters in a presidential election who cast the official votes that elect the president & v.p.