Political Parties Vocab
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Ideology
Def:a basic set of political beliefs about the roles of government and the individual in society.
Conservatism
Def:an ideology favoring a limited role for government and more private initiative by nongovernmental groups in efforts to solve society’s problems.
Liberalism
Def:an ideology favoring an active role for government in efforts to solve society’s problem.
Centrism
Def: Is a political outlook or specific position that involves acceptance or support of a balance of a degree of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy, while opposing political changes which would result in a significant shift of society either strongly to the left or the right
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Political Party
Def: A political party is defined as an organised 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.
Two party system
Def: A two-party system 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
Platform
Def: Is a formal set of principle goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate
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