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Political Vocabulary

By:Demitira Gallaread, Reporter
URL:http://www.lincolnlogonline.org/news/2008/02/Political_Vocabulary
Accessed:July 5, 2008, 11:58 am
Copyright:  © Copyright 2008 The Lincoln Log. All rights reserved.
 

  • Politics: (n.): The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.
  • Democracy: (n.) government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
  • Republic: (n.): a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
  • Caucus: (n.): Any group or meeting organized to further a special interest or cause.
  • Authoritarian: favoring complete obedience or sub
  • Primary: (n.): Also called primary election. a preliminary election in which voters of each party nominate candidates for office, party officers, etc.
  • Liberal: (adj): favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
  • Libertarian: a person who advocates liberty, esp. with regard to thought or conduct.
  • Conservative: (n.): disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.