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Question 1

partisan journalism

Answer 1

Journalism that advances the viewpoint of a political party.

Question 2

party activist

Answer 2

A person who is deeply involved with a party; usually more ideologically extreme than an average party voter.

Question 3

party-centered politics

Answer 3

Campaigns and politics that focus on party labels and platforms.

Question 4

party-column ballot

Answer 4

A ballot that groups candidates by party; also called the Indiana ballot.

Question 5

party identification

Answer 5

Feeling connected to a political party.

Question 6

party in government

Answer 6

The role and function of parties in government, particularly in Congress.

Question 7

party in the electorate

Answer 7

Party identification among voters.

Question 8

party organization

Answer 8

The formal structure and leadership of a political party.

Question 9

party platform

Answer 9

The collection of issue positions endorsed by a political party.

Question 10

party reform

Answer 10

Measures aimed at opening up party leadership adopted by the major parties following the 1968 election.

Question 11

patronage

Answer 11

Government jobs and contracts given out to political allies in exchange for support.

Question 12

Pendleton Act

Answer 12

Another name for the Civil Service Reform Act of 1883.

Question 13

per curiam

Answer 13

An unsigned decision issued by an appellate court; it reaffirms the lower court’s ruling.

Question 14

pigeonholing

Answer 14

The ability of a committee to kill a bill by setting it aside and not acting on it.

Question 15

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 15

The Supreme Court case of 1896 that upheld a Louisiana law segregating passengers on trains; it created the separate but equal doctrine.

Question 16

pluralism

Answer 16

The view that society contains numerous centers of power and many people participate in making decisions for society.

Question 17

plurality

Answer 17

More votes than any other candidate but not a majority.

Question 18

plurality opinion

Answer 18

An opinion written by the majority of justices on the winning side.

Question 19

pocket veto

Answer 19

An unusual type of presidential veto: When the president neither signs nor vetoes a bill, after ten days the bill dies if Congress is not in session.

Question 20

political action committee

Answer 20

An organization, usually allied with an interest group, that can donate money to political campaigns.