The major broad reasons why individuals and groups organize political parties usually involve their ideas about economic variables, their views about the geographical distribution of power, their ideological views, and their views about ______ issues
Social
______ is the process of awarding faithful party workers and followers with government employment and contracts.
Patronage
When there is a major shift in basic political party identification at a particular time it is said that there has been a party ______
Realignment
A publicly announced program of action of statement of principles adopted by a political candidate is known as a/an _______
Platform
One specific item within a party platform is referred to as a/an ______
Plank
The American political party that is currently most closely identified with support of the trickle-down theory of economics is the ______Party
Republican
The American political party which is most closely identified with support of the percolate-up theory of economics is the _______Party
Democratic
Any influential and prominent political party in the U.S. or in any American state, organizes itself by using a party ______ to lead party activities, an organization that uses its own rules to select it’s own members
Executive committee
The lowest level of political party organization and functioning in the U.S., the neighborhood level is called the ______ level
Precint/Ward
In the context of political party structure in Texas, the initials SEC stand for ______
State Executive Committee
Any meeting of political party identifiers who gather to conduct political discussions and party business is known as a party ______
Caucus
The major organizational divisions of the temporary structure of s political party during an election in which groups of people are selected to participate in party activities and rule-making are known as party ______
Conventions
The oldest continually functioning political party in the U.S. Is the ______ party
Democratic