Ch. 12 Political Parties

Question 1

political parties

Answer 1

A group of officeholders candidates activists and voters to identify with the group label and seek to elect public office individuals who run under that label

Question 2

governmental party

Answer 2

The office holders and candidates who run under a political parties banner

Question 3

organizational party

Answer 3

The workers and activists who staff the parties formal organization

Question 4

party in the electorate

Answer 4

The voters to consider themselves associated with the party

Question 5

party machine

Answer 5

the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities

Question 6

direct primary

Answer 6

Selection of party candidates through ballots of qualified voters rather than that party nomination conventions