2.8 Vocabulary

organization that seeks to gain political power by electing members to public office

• bias

• party platform

• political party

• Republican

a document stating the aims and goals of a political party

• political party

• party platform

• bias

• candidate

a political system consisting primarily of two main parties

• candidate

• party platform

• two party system

• bias

a political party that believes the federal government should play a small role in people's lives; conservative

• Republican

• Democrat

• Communist

• Libertarian

political party that believes federal government should take an ACTIVE role in people's lives; known as liberal

• Republican

• Democrat

• Libertarian

• Communist

a political party that is not one of the two main parties; a minor party

• candidate

• third party

• bias

• party platform

a party that believes people or society should own and control industry

• Republican

• Socialist

• Democrat

• Communist

a political party that believes the government should own and control all production; workers united

• Communist

• Socialist

• Republican

• Democrat

a political party that believes in individual freedom

• Libertarian

• Communist

• Socialist

• Republican

a body of individuals as members of a community

• candidate

• society

• bias