Civis test 1
Terms
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- partisan
- devoted to a cause or party
- platform
- where a party/candidate stands on an issue
- caucus
- a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office
- Democrat
- a person who believes in the political or social equality of all people
- bipartisan
- supported by both sides
- wedge issue
- a controversial issue that one party uses to split the voters in the other party
- Third Party
- a political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system
- republican
- having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government
- liberal
- personal freedom, but government regulation of the economy
- third rail
- an extremely dangerous cause to comment on or to support
- tea party
- a conservative and libertarian populist political movement that endorses reduced government spending, opposition to taxation, and adherence to an originalist interpretation of the United States Constitution.
- conservative
- economic freedom, but the government regulates social and personal behavior
- ideology
- philosophy about role of government in society, economics, and foreign policy
- green party
- A minor party dedicated to the environment, social justice, nonviolence, and a foreign policy of nonintervention.
- moderate
- a person who takes a position in the political center
- primary
- a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- libertarian
- someone who believes the doctrine of free will