The Political Process

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an organized group of people who share similar political views and work to influence the government in support of those views

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political party

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type of primary that allows all voters to vote in the primary election

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open primary

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a person's ideas about how the government should run and how the issues facing our country should be solved

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political views

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the set of statements describing a party's views on all the major issues facing the nation

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platform

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a person running for political office

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candidate

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the stand the government takes about how issues should be handled

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public policy

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the party with the most elected members

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majority party

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the party that does not have a majority of the elected members

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minority party

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type of third party that forms to oppose or promote one issue

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single-issue party

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type of third party that forms to promote "better times"

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economic protest party