One Big Party: A Unified Celebration

One Big Party? 1. 1. political party G. An organized group of people who share similar political views and work to influence government 2. 2. write-in candidate C. A candidate whose name a voter must hand-write on the ballot 3. 3. public policy E. The stand the government takes about how issues should be handled 4. 4. minority party I. Political party that does not have a majority of the elected members 5. 5. third party F. A political party other than Republican or Democratic 6. 6. Platform H. Set of statements describing a party's views on major issues 7. 7. political views B. A person's ideas about how government should run and how issues should be solved 8. 8. ballot access A. Allowing a political party to put a candidate on the ballot 9. 9. Candidate J. A person running for political office 10. 10. majority party D. Political party with the most elected members 11. 15. Republican/Democ- I am committed to my political party. rat (Registered Voter!) 12. 30. Independent (Regis- I don't agree with either the Republicans or Democtered Voter!) rats all the time, so I don't want to commit to either one. 13. 45. Third Party (Registered Voter!) Seeing my party candidates win elections is less important than supporting a party I truly believe in. 14. 60. Third Party (Registered Voter!) I don't like America's two-party system. More parties should have a chance to be heard. 1/3 15. 75. Republican/Democ- I don't fully agree with my party's platform, but I rat (Registered Voter!) want to support a party that has power and influence. 16. 90. Third Party (Registered Voter!) My party may not be powerful right now, but if nobody joins, it will never gain influence. 17. 101. Candidate Party leaders meet with a senator who is not supporting the party's platform on environmental issues. 18. 102. Policy A party's state office asks party members to write their legislators and ask them to vote "no" on a state bill. 19. 103. Candidates and Voters A party's state office runs a phone bank before the election to call party supporters and remind them to support the party's candidates. 20. 104. Unite Levels A party's state office hosts a conference for state and local officials to discuss the party's goals for the state. 21. 105. Policy A committee of legislators from one party meets to draft a law that will be acceptable to everyone in the party. 22. 106. Balance A group of legislators from the minority and majority parties meet to discuss compromise after a fail vote on a budget bill. 23. 107. Candidates and Voters A political party pay for a series of televised attack ads against a candidate from the other party. 24. 108. Candidates A political party holds a huge convention to nominate and celebrate the party's presidential candidate. 25. 109. Unite Levels 2/3 A state governor meets with a city mayor and state senator from the same party to discuss the governors party on education. 26. 110. Balance The president refuses to sign a bill passed by the opposing party and meets with legislators to discuss possible changes. 27. 111. Voters Party volunteers spend a Saturday afternoon handing out party sponsored voting guides. 28. 112. Balance A new law passes the Senate, where one party has the majority, but fails in the House of Representatives,where the other party has a majority 29. 130. Citizens may be In 2015, 55% of Americans personally identified as frustrated or dissatis- either a Republican or a Democrat. fied with the two major parties. 30. 165. Third parties rarely In 2014, 58% of Americans thought a third major gain enough support to party was needed and 35% didn't. win elections. 31. 200. Most citizens iden- In July 2012, 7% of Americans planned to vote for tify with one of the two a third-party presidential candidate. major parties. 3/3