Y103Test #2
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- Groups of people who belong to, are candidates of, or work for a political party, but do not necessarily work together or hold similar policy preferences.
- Party Organization
- A specific political party’s leaders and workers at the national, state, and local levels.
- Party in Government
- The group of officeholders who belong to a specific political party and were elected as candidates of that party. Significant because it sets up modern democracy, by having elected officials represent the people who have elected them, making elections about choice.
- Party in the Electorate
- the group of citizens who identify with a specific political party.
- Party System
- A period of time in which the names of the major political parties, their supporters, and the issues dividing them remain relatively stable.
- Party Principle
- The idea that a political party exists as an organization distinct from its elected officials or party leaders.
- Spoils System
- The practice of rewarding party supporters with benefits like federal government positions.
- New Deal Coalition
- The assemblage of groups who aligned with and supported the Democratic Party in support of New Deal policies during the fifth party system, including African Americans, Catholics, Jewish People, union members, and white southerners.
- Parties in Service
- The role of the parties in recruiting, training, contributing to, and campaigning for congressional and presidential candidates. This aspect of party organization grew more prominent during the sixth party system.