_____ means a general agreement among various groups over fundamental matters.
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Consensus
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In a ____ -_____ District only one candidate from the district is elected to each office on the ballot.
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Single-member
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A____ is an union of many persons of diverse interests who have joined together to try to get candidates elected to public office.
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coalition
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The basic shape of party org. at the state level is the a State Central Committee headed by a state_____?
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Chairperson
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GOP stands for____ ____ _____ and represents the ____ Party?
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Grand Old Party; Republican
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The____ Party was a coalition of eastern bankers merchants, industrialists and southern planters who were dedicated to high tariffs
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Whig
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A_____ _____ is a group of persons who join together on the basis of certain common principles, who seek to control govt in order to bring about the adoption of certain public policies and programs?
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Political Party
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A one party system is more accurately called a______?
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dictatorship
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What factors contribute to the lack of organization of the major political parties?
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Federalism Gives the split in the country the states Fragments parties
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____ is the largest number of votes cast for an office?
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Polarity
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Who are usually with the REP's?
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White males Business community and higher income
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The 3 main elments of the parties in terms of the roles of their members are?
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The Party Organization, The Party in electorate, and The Party In Government
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Who are usually with the DEM's?
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Blacks, Catholics, Union Workers and Low Income
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The_____ party was originally known as the Anti-Federalists and then later the Jeffersonian Republicans.
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Democrats
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What are two problems with multi-party system?
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Unstable GOV, Unable to support a majority of the voters
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The _______ Party became the only party in the history of American politics to make a jump from third party to major- party.
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Republican
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Name the 5 functions of a political party?
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Nominating, Informer-Stimulator, Seal of Approval, GOVT Function, and the Watchdog Function
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Name the 5 Factors that have led to a collapse of the Party system?
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Split ticket voting, Changes in technology for Campaign, Drop in Identification in the major parties, Growth in single issue voting, various structural changes like finical laws
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A____ party is one of the less widely supported parties in the political system?
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Minor
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A_____ system is one in which several major and many lesser parties exist?
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Multi-Party
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Name the Four types of Minor parties?
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Splinter, Single Issue, Ideological and Economic Protest
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What are some reasons people identify with political parties?
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Family, Age, Place they live, Economy Status, Work Environment
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Name the 4 factors that EX why we are a two party nation?
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Electoral college, Historical Basis, American Ideological Consensus, Its rooted in "tradition"