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Political party
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A group of office holders, candidates, activists, and voters who identify with a group label and seek to elect to public office individuals who run under that label
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Interest group
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An organized group that tries to influence public policy
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Political machine
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A party organization that recruits voter loyalty with tangible incentives and is characterized by a high degree of control over member activity
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Direct primary
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The selection of party candidates through the ballots of qualifid voters rather than at party nominating conventions
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Civil service laws
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These acts removed the staffind of the bureacracy from political parties and created a professional bureaucracy filled through competition
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Issue-oriented politics
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Politics that focus on specific issues rather than on party, candidate, or other loyalities
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Ticket-split
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To vote for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election
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Candidate-centered politics
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Politics that focus directly on the candidates, their particular issues, and character, rather than on party affiliation
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Party realignment
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A shifting of party coalition groupings in the electorate that remains in place for several elections
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Critical election
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An election that signals a party realignment through voter polarization around new issues
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Secular realignment
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The gradual rearrangement of party coalitions, based more on demographic shifts than on shocks to the political system
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Dealignment
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A general decline in party identification and loyalty in electorate
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Coalition
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A group made up of interests or organizations that join forces for the purpose of electing public officials
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National party platform
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A statement of the general and specific philosophy and policy goals of a political party, usually promulgated at the national convention
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National convention
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A party meeting held in the presidential election year for the purposes of nominating a presidential and vice presidential ticket and adopting a platform
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