Glossary of Terms in American Politics

Herein is a glossary of terms used in American politics. This page contains the term and its summarized definition.  For a fuller definition, click on the link "LongDef" beside the term you wish to see more fully defined.

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A		A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
anarchism	LongDef	belief that all forms of government are unfair to liberty, and should be done away with
B		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
Battleground Poll	LongDef
C		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
capitalism	LongDef
checks and balances	LongDef
communism	LongDef
Communist Manifesto, the	LongDef
congress	LongDef
conservatism	LongDef
Country	LongDef
D		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
democracy	LongDef
Democratic National Committee	LongDef
Democratic Party	LongDef
depression	LongDef
DNC	LongDef
E		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
Executive Branch	LongDef
F		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
Feds, the	LongDef
federalism	LongDef
Federal Reserve	LongDef
federation	LongDef
G		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
GOP	LongDef
Grand Old Party	LongDef
H		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
House, the	LongDef
I		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
J		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
Judiciary Branch	LongDef
K		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
L		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
Left	LongDef
Legislative Branch	LongDef
liberalism	LongDef
libertarianism	LongDef
Libertarian Party	LongDef
Lower House, the	LongDef
M		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
N		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
Nation
nationalism
O		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
P		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
president	LongDef
Q		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
R		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
recession
representative
republic
Republican National Committee
Republican Party	LongDef
right
Right
RNC
S		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
senate
senator
socialism
State
T		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
tarrif
totalitarianism
U		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
United States of America
Upper House, the
US, The
V		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
W		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
Wag the Dog
X		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
xenophobia
Y		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
Z		A-F G-M N-R S-Z
Zogby Poll
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