Chapter 16 Flashcards
This is a group formed around a particular issue or agenda
Interest Group
The practice of voting solely based on party label
Yellow-Dog Voting
Third Party representative for the Reform party
Ross Perot
The smallest units of election districts and party administration
Precincts
Practice of giving government jobs to friends and supporters introduced by Andrew Jackson
Spoils System
Label given to a person who defends the status quo against change in the political, social, and economic institutions of society
Conservative
Third Party representative for the States’ Rights Party
Strom Thurmond
Political system in which several parties compete for public office and majority support; most common among European Democracies
Multiparty System
This party has won more presidential elections between 1952 and 1988.
Republican
Third Party representative for the Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
When a person votes for candidates from more than one party
Ticket Splitting
Parties that rise from political and social issues outside the mainstream
Ideological party
Label given to people who defected from their usual party to vote for Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984.
Reagan Democrats
Third Party representative for the Green Party
Ralph Nadar
This amendment called for the election of senators
Seventeenth Amendment
When a candidate receives the largest number of votes (although that might not constitute a majority)
Plurality
Term means a temporary alliance of several groups to form a majority to gain control of the government.
Coalition
Third Party representative from the American Independent Party
George Wallace
Amendment that limits the number of terms a president may be elected to serve
Twenty Second Amendment
Describes the spirit of two-party cooperation
Bipartisan
The lowest level of political party organization in a city; a division within a congressional district
Ward
Name a candidate for political office
Nominate
Voters who have no declared party affiliation
Independent voters
Another name for a minor party
Third party
Committee elected by the state Republican parties to run the national parties to run the national party between elections, raise money, and supply technical assistance in important congressional races
RNC - Republican National Committee
Minor party that split from the major parties, generally over policy but sometimes over personality conflicts
Splinter Party
Committee elected by the state Democratic parties to run the national parties to run the national party between elections, raise money, and support technical assistance in important congressional races
DNC- Democratic National Committee
A small meeting of a political party’s top leaders and legislatures in Congress to select party nominees
Caucus
Strong devotion to a political party
Partisanship
Label given to a person whose political view seeks to change the political, economic and status quo.
Liberal
A formal statement of a party’s position on a current issue
Party platform
Government system in which only one political party is allowed, typically the system in a dictatorship
One party system
Describe the functions that parties serve in the political system
The parties duty in the political system is serving as a watchdog over governed officials. Being a moderated influence and to nominate candidates
Explain why party power has deteriorated in the past fifty years
Policies have become more democratized
Social media influence the party platform
Primary laws have reduced the ability of party regulars and insiders to control delegates and nominees
Social upheaval unrests violence and sparked campaign reform
