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GLOSSARY
PARTISANSHIP
A person who is
strongly committed to a party, group, or function.
Partisanship is marked by a tendency to take a side and an inability to take a balanced view.
RULING PARTY
The
political party that runs the government.
DEFECTION
Changing
party allegiance from the party on which a person got elected
to a different party.
AFFIDAVIT
A
signed document is submitted to an officer,
where a person makes a person sworn statement regarding her personal information.
ONE-PARTY SYSTEM
only one party is allowed
to control and run the government.
TWO-PARTY SYSTEM
Power usually changes between
two main parties.
MULTI-PARTY SYSTEM
Several parties compete for power,
and more than two parties have a reasonable chance of coming into power either on their strength or in alliance with others.
AN ALLIANCE
When
several parties in a multi-party system join hands to contest elections and win power.
AUTOCRACIES
Autocracies often have a single party that governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties essential to democracy.
