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candidate
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political campaign
political campaign organized effort to secure nomination and election of candidates for government offices. In the United States, the most important political campaigns are those for the nomination and election of candidates for the offices of president and vice president. In each political party... Read more |
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primary
primary in the United States, a preliminary election in which the candidate of a party is nominated directly by the voters. The establishment of the primary system resulted from the demand to eliminate the abuses of nomination by party conventions, which were often open to manipulation by party... Read more |
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electoral college
electoral college in U.S. government, the body of electors that chooses the president and vice president. The Constitution, in Article 2, Section 1, provides: "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of... Read more |
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Bull Moose Party
BULL MOOSE PARTY BULL MOOSE PARTY, the nickname given by newspapers to the Progressive Party, founded in June 1912 by progressive Republicans who bolted the GOP convention to protest the regular party's "standpatism" and the usurpation of progressive presidential electors by incumbent William... Read more |
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Hunkers
Hunkers conservative faction of the Democratic party in New York state in the 1840s, so named because they were supposed to "hanker" or "hunker" after office. In opposition to them stood the radical Democrats, or Barnburners . The Hunkers favored internal improvements and liberal... Read more |
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Sandinistas
Sandinistas members of a left-wing Nicaraguan political party, the Sandinist National Liberation Front (FSLN). The group, named for Augusto Cesar Sandino , a former insurgent leader, was formed in 1962 to oppose the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle . In 1979 the Sandinistas launched an... Read more |
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Alfred M. Landon
Alfred Mossman Landon Kansas Governor Alfred M. Landon (1887-1987) was the Republican nominee opposing Franklin D. Roosevelt in the U.S. presidential election of 1936. Running against popular New Deal policies, Landon lost to Roosevelt by the largest electoral vote margin of any candidate since... Read more |
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National Politics
NATIONAL POLITICS: 1968 ELECTIONS The Republican Nomination Race Romney Leads Early. After the resounding defeat of presidential candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964 the Republican Party was left leaderless and seemed moribund. One bright spot in that year, when many Republican... Read more |
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Wilhelm Marx
Wilhelm Marx , 1863-1946, German statesman. A Reichstag member, he was a leading figure of the Catholic Center party and was elected its president in 1921. As chancellor (1923-24) he secured the passage of the Dawes Plan. He was succeeded by Hans Luther, whom he followed again as chancellor... Read more |
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