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- REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
- ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES MAKE CHOICES FOR THE PEOPLE
- CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
- MONARCH IS A FIGURE HEAD CONSTITUTION GIVES THEM A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
- PURE DEMOCRACY
- EACH PERSON HAS A SAY
- FEDERAL SYSTEM
- POWER IS DIVIDED BETWEEN ATLEAST 2 LEVELS (USA)
- PRESIDENTIAL
- EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE POWERS ARE SEPERATE
- CONFEDERATION
- LOOSE ALLIANCE (WEAKEST FORM OF GOVT)
- TOTALITARIAN
- -PEOPLE HAVE NO PARTICIPATION -NO REAL ELECTIONS -NO CHOICE -GOVERNMENT CONTROLS PEOPLES' PRIVATE LIVES
- JUNTA
- GROUP OF MILITARY LEADERS
- AUTHORITARIAN
- -PEOPLE HAVE VERY LITTLE SAY IN GOVT -STRICT GOVT -PEOPLE HAVE SOME CONTROL
- POLITICAL PARTY FUNCTIONS
- 1. RECRUIT CANDIDATES 2. EDUCATE THE PUBLIC 3. OPERATE GOVERNMENT 4. COLLECT CONTRIBUTIONS 5. CANVASS VOTERS (TAKE POLLS) 6. POLL WATCHERS
- PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
- -EXECUTIVE BRANCH COMES FROM LEGISLATIVE BRANCH -REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
- ONE-PARTY SYSTEM
- LEADERS ARE CHOSEN FROM ONE POLITICAL PARTY
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE
- GROUP COMPRIMISED OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES WHO GIVE THE PARTY DIRECTION
- STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
- MOST IMPORTANT PART - DOES PLANNING -BREAKS PLATFORMS -FUNDRAISERS
- NATIONAL CONVENTION
- MEETS ONCE EVERY 4 YEARS TO GIVE NOMINATION TO PARTY'S CANDIDATE
- PRECINCT
- BASIC UNIT OF THE PARTY (POLLING PLACE)
- WARD
- MANY PRECINCTS
- IDEOLOGICAL PARTY
- WANT TO CHANGE THE WHOLE SYSTEM (EXTREMIST)
- SINGLE ISSUE PARTY
- FOCUS ON A MAJOR, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC OR MORAL ISSUE -SHORT LIVES, DISAPPEAR WHEN ISSUE IS ADOPTED BY MAJOR PARTIES
- DEMOCRATIC
- -PEOPLE PARTICIPATE THROUGH ELECTIONS -2 CANDIDATES -GOVERNMENT PROTECTS RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
- OLIGARCHY
- RULED BY A FEW POWERFUL PEOPLE
- ARISTOCRACY
- RULE BY THE WEALTHY
- MONARCHY
- DINASTIC GOVERNMENT _POWER IS IN THE HANDS OF THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY) -HEREDITARY
- PARLIAMENTARY
- -EXECUTIVE COMES FROM LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
- UNITARY SYSTEM
- GOVERNMENT AT ONE LEVEL (SMALLER COUNTRIES)
- SPLINTER PARTY
- LEAVE MAJOR PARTIES OVER SOME POLITICAL DIFFERENCE (EX: BULL MOOSE)
- IMPACT OF 3RD PARTIES
- -TAKES VOTES AWAY FROM MAOR PARTY IT IS CLOSER TO -BRINGS SOCIAL ISSUES INTO ELECTIONS (EX: POPULISTS)
- OBSTACLES FACED BY 3RD PARTIES
- -HARD TIME RAISING MONEY -ARE NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY -HARD TIME GETTING ON BALLOT
- SOCIALIST
- STRIVES TO ESTABLISH A RADICAL DEMOCRACY THAT PLACES PEOPLE'S LIVES UNDER THEIR OWN CONTROL A NON-RACIST,CLASSLESS,FEMINIST,SOCIALIST SOCIETY IN WHICH PEOPLE COOPERATE AT WORK
- GREEN PARTY
- MOVEMENT THAT PROMOTES ECOLOGICAL WISDOM, SOCIAL JUSTICE, GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY AND NON-VIOLENCE
- LIBERTARIAN
- FOR A VERY SMALL GOVERNMENT, FEW IF ANY REGULATIONS, MAXIMUM OF PERSONAL FREEDOM, AND DISSOLVING THE IRS
- REFORM PARTY
- -SEEKS; ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS, CONTROL THE MONEY IN POLITICS, EDUCATE THE PEOPLE ON THE TRUE COSTS OF ENTITLEMENTS, REFORM THE TAX SYSTEM, TERM LIMITS, AND FAIR TRADE
- CAUCUSES
- PRIVATE MEETINGS OF PARTY LEADERS WHERE THEY CHOOSE CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE
- PROBLEMS WITH NOMINATING A PRESIDENT
- -WAY TOO LONG -TOO EXPENSIVE -PEOPLE LOSE INTEREST -EARLY LOSSES -IMAGE IS MORE IMPORTANT THEN ISSUE -VERY FEW PEOPLE VOTE