Unit 5 Vocabulary 1-20 Crossword

an organized group of people with at least roughly similar political aims and opinions, that seeks to influence public policy by getting its candidates elected to public office.
a political party having electoral strength sufficient to permit it to win control of a government usually with comparative regularity and when defeated to constitute the principal opposition to the party in power.
an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
refers to a political party that has a close relationship with the executive branch of government such that the party appears to function as an extension of the executive rather than as an autonomous political organization.
a political party whose electoral strength is so small as to prevent its gaining control of a government except in rare and exceptional circumstances.
is a party system where two major political parties dominate the government. One of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature and is usually referred to as the majority or governing party while the other is the minority or opposition party.
an electoral district that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple members such as a legislature. This is also sometimes called single-winner voting or winner takes all.
the number of votes cast for a candidate who receives more than any other but does not receive an absolute majority.
of or involving the agreement or cooperation of two political parties that usually oppose each other's policies.
A conviction that various religious, ethnic, racial, and political groups should be allowed to thrive in a single society. In metaphysics, pluralism can also mean an alternative to dualism and monism.
An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole
of or involving several political parties
a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy.
a preliminary election to appoint delegates to a party conference or to select the candidates for a principal, especially presidential, election.
denotation for a group formed when two or more persons, faction, states, political parties, militaries etc. agree to work together temporarily in a partnership to achieve a common goal.
a type of state in which one political party has the right to form the government, usually based on the existing constitution.
current holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent.
grouping of individuals, especially within a political organization, such as a political party, a trade union, or other group with a political purpose.
loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.