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elections are elections in which candidates do not officially indicate their party affiliation. 

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The party’s goals and policy positions are set out in the party . 

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The concept of describes the decline in attractiveness of political parties, growing reluctance of people to identify strongly with a party, and a decrease in reliance on party affiliation in voter choice. 

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A long-term shift in social-group support for various political parties that creates new coalitions in each party is called a . 

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parties arise around popular issues or concerns that the major parties have failed to address.  

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The party that arose as a protest by Midwestern farmers against eastern railroads, "trusts" and monopolies, and the gold standard was called the party. 

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The most successful third political party of the twentieth century in terms of the number of Electoral College votes it received was the Party. 

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The Party is an example of a single-issue third party that achieved success with the ratification of the 18th Amendment. 

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are accredited voting members of a party's national presidential nominating convention. 

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At a party leaders select the political party's nominee. 

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