Civics 16 Vocabulary
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- proportional representation
- several offices are elected to represent voters in an area
- independent
- not supporting any particular party
- precinct
- a voting district ranging in size and cast their votes at same polling place
- nat'l committee
- a large group composed mainly of reps from 50 state party organizations
- coalition gov't
- several parties combine forces to obtain a majority
- political party
- a group of people with broad common interests who organize to win elections, control gov't & influence gov't policies
- ward
- several adjoined precincts comprised to make this larger district
- open primary
- all voters may participate but can vote only in one party's primary
- idealogical party
- focuses on overral change in society rather than on an issue
- runoff primary
- a second primary election between 2 candidates with most votes in first primary
- direct primary
- an election in which party members select people to run in the general election
- patronage
- favors given to reward party loyalty
- bosses
- powerful party leaders
- caucuses
- private meeting of party leaders
- single-member districts
- electoral district in which one candidate only is elected to each office
- closed primary
- an election in which only members of a political party can vote
- nat'l convention
- a gathering of party members & local & state party officials
- platform
- a statement of its principles, beliefs & positions on vital issues
- nominating convention
- an official public meeting of a party to choose candidates for office
- planks
- individual parts of the platform
- idealologies
- basic beliefs about gov't
- singl-issue party
- focus on one major issue
- plurarity
- more votes than any other candidate
- ticket
- candidates for president & vice president
- theoracracy
- a gov't dominated by a religion
- precinct captain
- organizes party workers to distribute information about party & candidates & to attract voters to polls
- state central committee
- usually composed largely of reps from the party's county organization
- splinter party
- splits away from one of the major parties because of disagreement
- third party
- any party other than one of the two major parties