Florida Civics-Chapter 10 All Answers Correct

Florida Civics-Chapter 10 All Answers Correct political party ️a group of people with broad, shared interests two-party system ️a system of government in which two political parties compete for power (U.S.A.'s system) third party ️a political party that challenges the two major parties platform ️a series of statements expressing a parties core beliefs and its position on various issues national committee ️representatives from the 50 state party organizations who run a political party caucus ️a meeting of political party members to conduct party business precinct ️a geographic area that contains a specific number of voters political machine ️a strong party organization that can control political appointments and delivers votes direct primary ️an election in which voters choose candidates to represent each political party in a general election closed primary ️an election in which only the declared members of a political party are allowed to vote for that party's members open primary ️an election in which voters need not declare their party preference plurality ️the most votes among all those running for a political office majority ️a number that is more than 50 percent of the total Democratic-Republican Party ️one of the first two political parties of the United States whose platform included state's rights and whose most outspoken member was Thomas Jefferson. Federalist Party ️one of the first two political parties of the United States whose platform included increasing the power of the national government and whose most outspoken member was Alexander Hamilton Democratic Party ️one of the two major parties in the United States today, which was formed in 1825. Andrew Jackson was the party's first elected president. Republican Party ️one of the two major parties in the United States today, which was formed in