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Political Parties
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bipartisanship | a process of cooperation through compromise between the two major political parties |
| critical election | an election that represents a sudden, clear, and long-term shift in voter allegiances |
| divided government | a condition in which one or more houses of the legislature is controlled by the party in opposition to the executive |
| first-past-the-post | a system in which the winner of an election is the candidate who wins the greatest number of votes cast, also known as plurality voting |
| gerrymandering | the manipulation of legislative districts in an attempt to favor a particular candidate |
| majority party | the legislative party with over half the seats in a legislative body, and thus significant power to control the agenda |
| minority party | the legislative party with less than half the seats in a legislative body |
| moderate | an individual who falls in the middle of the ideological spectrum |
| party identification | long-term attachment of an individual to a particular political party, usually one of the two major parties in the U.S. |
| party platform | the collection of a party’s positions on issues it considers politically important |
| political machine | an organization that secures votes for a party’s candidates or supports the party in other ways, usually in exchange for political favors such as a job in government |
| political parties | organizations made up of groups of people with similar interests that try to directly influence public policy through their members who seek and hold public office |
| reapportionment | the reallocation of House seats between the states to account for population changes |
| redistricting | the redrawing of electoral maps |
| safe seat | a district drawn so members of a party can be assured of winning by a comfortable margin |
| third parties | political parties formed as an alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties, also known as minor parties |
| two-party system | a system in which two major parties win all or almost all elections |
| party polarization | the shift of party positions from moderate towards ideological extremes party realignment a shifting of party alliances within the electorate |
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