Chapter 8 Questions and Answers
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Blanket primaries - ✔✔nomination contests where voters are presented with a list of the
candidates from all the parties and allows them to pick candidates from all parties.
Coalition - ✔✔a set of individuals and groups supporting a political party.
Coalition governments - ✔✔governments where smaller parties combine with larger
parties to control half of the seats in the legislature.
Closed primaries - ✔✔nomination contests where only people who have registered in
advance with the party can vote.
Critical election - ✔✔an election where each party's coalition of support begins to break
up and a new coalition of forces is formed for each party.
Linkage institutions - ✔✔institutions such as parties, elections, interest groups, and the
media translate inputs from the public into outputs from policymakers.
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