party-line vote

  • 1Party-line vote — A party line vote in a deliberative assembly (such as a constituent assembly, parliament, or legislature) is a vote in which every member of a political party votes the same way (usually in opposition to other political parties with members of… …

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  • 2Party line (politics) — In politics, the line or the party line is an idiom for a political party or social movement s agenda, as well as specific ideological elements specific to the organization s partisanship. The common phrase toeing the party line describes a… …

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  • 3party line — noun Party line is used before these nouns: ↑vote …

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  • 4party line — noun 1. the policy of a political group He won in a vote along party lines • Hypernyms: ↑policy 2. a telephone line serving two or more subscribers • Hypernyms: ↑telephone line, ↑phone line, ↑telephone circuit, ↑ …

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  • 5Vote-by-mail in Oregon — Vote by mail ballot from a 2006 special election The U.S. state of Oregon established vote by mail as the standard mechanism for voting with Ballot Measure 60, a citizen s initiative, in 1998. The measure made Oregon the first state in the United …

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  • 6Party discipline — is the ability of the parliamentary group of a political party to get its members to support the policies of the party leadership. In a liberal democratic context, it usually refers to the control that party leaders have over its legislative… …

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  • 7Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) — This article is about the party before the merger with WASG in 2007. For the current, post merger party, see The Left (Germany). Party of Democratic Socialism Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus / Die Linkspartei.PDS Former German F …

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  • 8vote — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 choice/decision made by voting ADJECTIVE ▪ electoral ▪ majority ▪ huge, massive (esp. BrE), overwhelming, resounding (esp. BrE) …

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  • 9party — noun 1 political group ADJECTIVE ▪ political ▪ centre/center, centre right/center right, left wing, right wing ▪ centrist, fascist, leftist …

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  • 10party whip — noun Within a legislative body, a member appointed by a political party and given the authority to ensure that all members of that party participate in voting and vote strictly as directed by the party in all votes where adherence to a party line …

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