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ApGovCh7Terms

Chapter 7 Terms for AP Gov

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Caucus An alternative to a state primary in which party followers meet, often for many hours, to select party candidates.
Congressional Campaign Committees Separate committees in Congress for each political party to help members who are running for reelection or would-be members running for an open seat or challenging a candidate from the opposite party.
Direct Primary A proposal originated by progressive reformers to open up political parties to their membership.
Economic-Protest Parties Parties that protest against depressed economic conditions.
Factional Parties Parties that are created by a split in a major party, usually over the identity and philosophy of the major party's presidential candidate.
First Party System The original party structure in which political parties were loose caucuses of political notables in various locations. It was replaced around 1824.
Ideological Party A political party organization that values principle above all else and spurns money for incentives for members to participate.
Initiative A proposal favored by progressive reformers to curtail corruption.
Mugwamps A faction within the Republican party that disliked the party machinery because it only permitted bland candidates to rise to the top.
National Chairman The person responsible for managing the day-to-day work of a national political party.
National Committee Delegates from each state and territory who manage party affairs between national conventions.
National Party Convention The ultimate authority in both major political parties in the US.
Old Guard One of two major factions largely within the Republican party, who were for the party machinery.
One-Issue Parties Parties seeking a single policy that avoid other issues.
Personal Following A type of local party organization in which a candidate gets people to work for him or her for a campaign.
Plurality System An electoral system in which the winner is that person who gets the most votes.
Political Machine A political party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives.
Political Party A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office by supplying them with a label to which they are known to the electorate.
Second Party System The second party structure in our nation's history that emerged when Andrew Jackson first ran for president in 1824.
Solidary Group A political party organization based on gregarious or game loving instincts.
Solidary Incentive An inducement that attracts people out of gregarious or game loving instincts.
Special Interest Caucus A group within a political party united by a concern over a specific cause or issue.
Sponsored Party A political party organization created or sponsored by another organization.
Superdelegates Elected officials and party leaders represented at the national convention of the democratic party.
Two Party System An electoral system with two dominant parties that compete in state or national elections. Third parties have little chance of winning.
Unit Rule A requirement that all delegates representing a state at a national party convention vote with the majority of their state delegation.
Winner-Take-All System An element of the electoral system used in the United States that requires that only one member of the House of Representatives can be elected from each congressional district.
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