APGOVCH.11.Cecilia.Martinez

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Barrack Obama

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is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.

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candidate-centered politics

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focuses on candidates, their particular issues, and character rather than party affiliation. critical election. an election that signals party realignment through voter polarization around new issues and personalities.

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critical elections

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a term from political science and political history describing a dramatic change in the political system.

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delegate

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a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.

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Donald J.Trump

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is the 45th and current President of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality.

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Hillary R.Clinton

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is an American politician and diplomat who served as the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, and as the Democratic Party’s nominee for President

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National convention

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a convention of a major political party, especially one that nominates a candidate for the presidency.

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national party platform

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is a formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, in order to appeal to the general public, for the ultimate purpose of garnering the general public’s support and votes about complicated topics or issues.

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party identification

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refers to the political party with which an individual identifies.

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partisan polarization

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refers to the cases in which an individual’s stance on a given issue, policy, or person is more likely to be strictly defined by their identification with a particular political party

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party relalignment

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when the balance of power between a country’s political parties changes greatly.

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political machine

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a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses, who receive rewards for their efforts.

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political party

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an organised group of people with at least roughly similar political aims and opinions, that seeks to influence public policy by getting its candidates elected to public office.

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proportional representation

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an electoral system in which parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast for them.

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secular realignment

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An election that signals a party realignment through voter polarization around new issues.

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superdelagate

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an unelected delegate who is free to support any candidate for the presidential nomination at the party’s national convention.

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Thomas Jefferson

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was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809.

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winner-take-all system

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as in many Republican Party state primaries, in which the candidate who wins the most votes wins all the delegates at stake—or by proportional representation—as in the Democratic Party primaries, in which any candidate receiving a percentage of the votes above some threshold.