partisan

(noun)

An adherent to a party or faction.

Related Terms

Examples of partisan in the following topics:

  • The Candidates

    • This is often called a partisan dealignment.
    • A partisan dealignment may be occurring today, as more people are identifying as independents and more voters choose based on personal traits of candidates, such as honesty.
    • Mass media can contribute to partisan dealignment by focusing attention on candidates' personalities and scandals, which are short-term factors that can influence vote choice.
    • Discuss partisan dealignment and the factors that make it more prevalent

  • Major Life and Political Events

    • Friends, relatives, and neighbors often have the same partisan loyalties and strengths as one's parents.
    • The more homogeneous the social group, the more likely the individual will be to develop strong partisan loyalties.
    • When social group homogeneousness is low, the individual is likely to be less strongly socialized into partisan politics and more likely to seek a different party loyalty (whether by disengaging from partisanship or switching partisan loyalties).

  • Eligibility

    • In partisan election systems, such as those in place for U.S.
    • In non-partisan elections, there may be fewer restrictions on those who can be listed on a ballot, with no requirements for party or popular support.
    • Virtually all electoral systems, whether partisan or non-partisan, have some minimum eligibility requirements to run for office.

  • The General Election Campaign

    • All federal elections including elections for the President and the Vice President, as well as elections to the House of Representatives and Senate, are partisan.
    • Elections to most but not all statewide offices are partisan-oriented, and all state legislatures except for Nebraska are partisan-oriented.
    • Some state and local offices are non-partisan, these often include judicial elections, special district elections (the most common of which are elections to the school board, and elections to municipal (town council, city commission, mayor) and county (county commission, district attorney, sheriff) office.
    • Additionally, in many cases there are no campaign references to political parties, but sometimes even non-partisan races take on partisan overtones.

  • The Staff System

    • The various types of congressional staff are as follows: personal staff, who work for individual members of Congress; committee staff, who serve either the majority or minority on congressional committees; leadership staff, who work for the speaker, majority and minority leaders, and the majority and minority whips; institutional staff, who include the majority and minority party floor staff and non-partisan staff; and the support agency staff, who are the non-partisan employees of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and Government Accountability Office (GAO).

  • State and Local Party Organization

    • As of the U.S. gubernatorial elections of 2010, the Republican party holds an outright majority of approximately 440 with 3,890 seats (53% of total) compared to the Democrat party's number of 3,450 (47% of total) seats elected on a partisan ballot.
    • As of the U.S. gubernatorial elections of 2010, the Republican party holds an outright majority of approximately 440 with 3,890 seats (53% of total) compared to the Democrat party's number of 3,450 (47% of total) seats elected on a partisan ballot.
    • Of the 7,382 seats in all of the state legislatures combined, independents and third parties account for only 15 members, not counting the 49 members of the Nebraska Legislature, which is the only legislature in the nation to hold non-partisan elections to determine its members.
    • They are not the only linkage institutions; others include blogs, non-partisan local governments, and school boards.

  • Party Identification

    • Party identifiers (partisans) could be described by their support in the following ways:
    • It is during these times of partisan turmoil when younger adults are more likely to change party ID.
    • Those who consider themselves to be strong partisans, tend to be the most faithful in voting for their party's nominee for office.

  • Party Identification

    • Party identifiers (partisans) could be described by their support in the following ways:
    • Those who consider themselves to be strong partisans, strong Democrats and strong Republicans respectively, tend to be the most faithful in voting for their party's nominee for office.
    • Those who consider themselves to be strong partisans, strong Democrats and strong Republicans respectively, tend to be the most faithful in voting for their party's nominee for office.

  • Party Leadership in the Senate

    • The titular, non-partisan leaders of the Senate itself are the Vice President of the United States, who serves as President of the Senate, and the President pro tempore, the most senior member of the majority who theoretically presides in the absence of the Vice President.

  • Making Agencies Accountable

    • The GAO is headed by the Comptroller General of the United States, a professional and non-partisan position in the U.S. government.