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(politics, government) A situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others.
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(US politics) A state which is roughly as likely to vote Republican as Democrat in a given election.
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(government) The practice of dividing legislative bodies into two chambers with complementary powers and limitations designed to provide checks and balances against one another.
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(politics) Any issue, such as inflation or prices, that affects ordinary people in their daily lives.
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Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.
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Rare spelling of bureaucrat. [An official who is part of a bureaucracy.]
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A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal .
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Alternative spelling of civil service [In parliamentary forms of government, the branches of government that are not military, legislative, or judicial, but work to apply its laws and regulations.]
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(Australian politics) Clipping of coalition. (Liberal-National coalition) [A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.]
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(politics) An electoral college.
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(US politics) The rise in support (as shown in polls) a presidential candidate receives after the national party nominating convention.
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(politics) The most important group or groups supporting an ideology, political party, officeholder, or candidate, and whose continuing support is crucial for survival and success.
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A city or region which is given a special legal and political status different from its environment, but which falls short of being sovereign, or an independent city state.
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A system of rule by judges.
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(politics) A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect.
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(government, politics, Australia) A procedure in which the Government requests the Governor-General to dissolve both houses of Parliament and call a full election, typically to resolve a deadlock between the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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(UK politics) The act of holding two or more political offices simultaneously.
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(politics) A situation in which a person has been elected to two different bodies with different competencies, for example being a member of both a national legislature, and of a local authority.
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(US politics) A gerrymander that has narrow margins to electorally benefit the gerrymandering party and has a high probability of backfiring.
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(political science) The principle that plurality-rule elections (such as first past the post) structured within single-member districts tend to favour a two-party system, and that "the double-ballot majority system and proportional representation tend to favor multipartism."
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Relating to or composed of electors.
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(politics) A state of partial transition from authoritarian rule toward democratic rule, in which the regime conducts the electoral aspects of democratic governance in a relatively free and fair manner.
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(US, politics) A worker for a political campaign who encourages voters to vote on Election Day.
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(political science) The system by which a state or community is controlled, as for decision-making or choice of rulers.
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(politics) A meeting held during a party conference, which is attended only by people whose views or interests are not important to the majority.
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(politics) The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party.
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The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
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One who supports, or who works within, a government.
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(politics) A group of members of the European Parliament of no particular party or committee, to facilitate the exchange of views.
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(politics) A Belgian political cartel.
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Seats of additional members elected to supplement the members directly elected by each constituency, for ensuring that each party's share of the total seats is roughly proportional to the parties' overall shares of votes at the national level.
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(politics) a form of democracy where the electorate may choose to either vote directly or vest their voting power on delegates, and can withdraw their power from these delegates at any time.
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One who rules by means of words.
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A political system in which representatives are elected through winning votes of the majority of people.
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(politics) A government that is led by the military.
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In the character or capacity of a minister.
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A voting system used in Germany and New Zealand in which voters get two votes, one for a local representative MP and one for a political party, and in which the number of seats that a party gets in parliament is based on the percentage of votes that the party receives.
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(political science) An individual who takes part in nation-building; a member of a state who takes the initiative in developing the national community through government programs.
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(US, politics) A meeting of the major figures in a political party to outline a party platform, set party rules, select a nominee for president as well as rally supporters.
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(Australia, politics) The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
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Pertaining to such a company or group.
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Of or relating to a parliament; favouring the establishment of a parliament.
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(politics) A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
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One involved in the formulation of policies, especially politicians, lobbyists, and activists.
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A politician who is or used to be an entertainer.
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(by extension, sometimes derogatory) A senior governing or policymaking body in a political or other organization, generally consisting of members who are either appointed by the party in control of the organization, or who attain membership through their personal political affiliations.
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A situation in which a group of political parties band together to take opposing sides of certain issues, but take the same side on other issues. If the parties are powerful enough, voters on the opposite side of the other issues are left without a viable voting option. Instead, they must either not vote, vote for a candidate of another political party that stands no chance of winning, or vote for one of the major political parties that most closely aligns with their beliefs.
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Synonym of regime (A form of government, or the government in power)
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Specifically, one who regards elected political office as a career.
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(US politics) One who is paid by an election campaign to issue fliers to householders and encourage them to go and vote for a particular candidate.
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(politics) The practice of an elected politician giving favours or money to some or all voters in the politician's electorate, or to certain organizations, as compensation or payback for support from those voters or organizations in the past.
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Alternative spelling of power broker [A person or group having the ability to influence important decisions, especially in public policy, politics, and business.]
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A system of government where all major policy decisions are voted upon directly by the people, or where the experts in the field concerning the policy meet and decide how to best carry out the idea.
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(Philippines, politics) A person who is a likely or confirmed candidate for president.
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The process of a political system or political party adjusting to having a president, rather than some other configuration of executive power.
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A system of government by a president.
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A person whose sole employment is political in nature; usually elected to office and paid a salary, but may collect donations from individuals, organizations and corporations.
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One who supports a programme or schedule, especially politically.
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Of or relating to a public sector.
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(politics, government) In Canadian federal and provincial parliaments, a period of regularly scheduled time in the lower chamber during which members of the official opposition party and other members may direct questions to the prime minister and to cabinet ministers concerning affairs of state.
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(Philippines, politics) A candidate for reelection.
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(politics) A policy under the rule of people acting on the behalf of and, to a lesser extent, in the interests of the voting blocks by which they were elected.
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(politics) A movement of personnel between roles as legislators and regulators, on the one hand, and members of the industries affected by the legislation and regulation, on the other.
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A form of politics where persons rarely or never disagree with more powerful organizations.
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Alternative form of semipresidential [Of or relating to a system of government in which a president exists alongside a prime minister and a cabinet, with the latter two being responsible for the legislature of the state.]
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A semipresidential system of government.
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A theoretical model for governance, common in democratic states, which features the division of sovereign power into at least three (but sometimes up to six) organs of state in order to forestall tyranny, by preventing the acquisition of a monopoly of power by a monarch or oligarchy; also, such an arrangement.
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A government that is prepared to take control in response to certain events, especially one made up of the leadership of the largest opposition party in parliament which would assume control should the ruling party be displaced in elections.
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(economics) Government policy of sudden release of price controls and immediate trade liberalization within a country.
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(politics) Legislative.
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(US politics) Rights reserved to the 50 United States which allow each one to set policy on some issues, rather than being subject to federal policy.
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Alternative form of superdelegate [(US, politics) A member of the Democratic Party who has been selected to attend the national convention to help select a nominee for president.]
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(US politics) A political action committee which may support a political candidate, and officially endorse one, but is legally bound to not coordinate with any candidate, and is not limited in financial contributions from donors or financial spending.
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One who makes large donations to a political party.
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(politics) An extremely skilled or powerful lobbyist
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(politics) Popular support.
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(politics, colloquial) The realm or sphere of voters; the everyday world of the electorate.
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(politics) A majority big enough for the party or faction in power to carry through most of its legislative programme without the risk of parliamentary defeat.
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