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What is a political party?

• A type of food group

• group(s) of persons who seek to control the government

• Democrats

• Republicans

What is Partisanship?

• Only one party running for office

• None of the parties running for office

• Strong support of a party

• Not supporting any party

Have the potential to take voters away from one of the two dominant parties in an election, and serve a spoiler role.

• Congress

• Dominate parties

• Executive branch

• Minor parties

The United States has a two-party system, which means that two political parties dominate politics.

• Dominate parties

• Minor parties

• Congress

• Judicial branch

What is the two-party system of the U.S.?

• Democrats and Republicans

• opposing sides that arose out of the ratification(Federalists, and the Anti-Federalists)

• Liberals and conservatives

what is Membership in political parties?

• Serving on a jury

• Voting in a federal election

• Certain members that tend to align more closely with one party or the other

• Running for office

How do we decide which party we will support?

• Siblings

• Parents

• Friends

• based on our parent’s party allegiance, teachers, peers, economic status, level of education, and major events.

What is the nomination process?

• It's the critical first step in an election

• When you vote

• When you run for office

What is presidential primary?

• When you run for president

• When you vote for president

• election where the voters express a preference for their Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates

Where are national conventions?

• When you vote for nationals at a convention

• Are held in different major cities within two to three weeks of each other.

• When you run to be a national at a convention