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a preference, opinion or attitude that favors one way of thinking or feeling over another

• society

• political system

• bias

• government

a person running for political office

• political party

• third party

• society

• candidate

a political party that believes the government should control the entire economy, and there should be no private ownership of business

• Democratic Party

• Communist Party

• Libertarian Party

• Republican Party

a political party that believes in individual freedom and believes the only purpose of government is to protect this freedom

• Republican Party

• Socialist Party

• Democratic Party

• Libertarian Party

a written statement of the goals of a political party

• party platform

• political party

• political system

• society

an organization that tries to get political power by electing members to public office so that their political ideas can become laws or policies

• candidate

• political party

• party platform

• two-party system

a political party that believes that the federal government should play a less active role in people's lives and that individuals can take care of themselves without government help

• Socialist Party

• Libertarian Party

• Republican Party

• Communist Party

a political party that believes in democratic government but also that the government should run some of the largest parts of the economy

• Socialist Party

• Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Communist Party

a political party that is not one of the two major parties in the country; a minor party

• Republican Party

• two-party system

• Democratic Party

• third party

a political party that believes that the federal government should take a more active role in people's lives, particularly those who are in need

• Libertarian

• Republican

• Democratic

• Socialist