Unit 6 VOCAB

Define: Political Party

• The Media

• People who are biased

• A ballot

• Organized people that share political views

Define third party

• Democratic nomination

• All parties are third parties

• The third one to make it to the ballot

• Any party that is NOT democratic or republican

What does Politically Independent mean

• When you can make your own choice

• When you don't want to identify with any party

• Either a Democrat or Republican

• A third party

What does a ballot access do?

• Only allows votes from those who can get to the polls

• allows a political party to put a candidate on the ballot

• prevents people from voting for someone

• the largest third party

Who is the largest third party?

• The Democrats

• The Republicans

• The Libertarians

• The Media

A document that describes the party's views on all major issues facing the nation is called......

• A contract

• A Platform

• A public policy

• A political party

A person who runs for political office during an election is called?

• A majority

• A minority

• A candidate

• A third party

They can easily influence laws because all its members vote the same way on a bill

• A platform

• Majority

• Minority

• Third party

This group needs to compromise with the majority to get laws passed.

• Republicans

• Majority

• Minority

• Public Policy

This is a stand the government takes about how issues should be solved.

• Third party

• Public Policy

• Platform

• Ballot access