Political Parties Vocab Quiz

A system where either one party or another political party dominates politics within a government

• platform

• two party system

• multi-party system

• electorate

a type of organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaign for or against candidates or legislation

• electorate

• Political Action Committees

• Interest groups

• caucus

all the people entitled to vote in a given election

• caucus

• political action committees

• interest groups

• electorate

an issue or legislation supported by two political parties

• multi-party system

• bipartisan

• electorate

• platform

a person who tries to persuade public officials to do things that interest groups want them to do

• political action committees

• caucus

• bipartisan

• lobbyist

private organizations whose members share certain views and work to shape public policy

• electorate

• caucus

• interest groups

• lobbyist

nominating system where a group of like-minded people meet in public to select the candidates they will support in an upcoming election

• caucus

• electorate

• two party system

• disenfranchised

a system in which several political parties across the political spectrum run for national election, and all have a similar or equal chance of gaining control of government office

• two party system

• multi-party system

• political action committees

• bipartisan

a party's formal statement of basic principles, stances on major issues, and objectives

• bipartisan

• electorate

• platform

• lobbyist

denied the right to vote

• disenfranchised

• electorate

• bipartisan

• platform