Where everything is bipartisan until it is not.
The legislative enforcer tasked with ensuring party members show up and vote the right way. Part politician, part babysitter, part mafia lieutenant.
A legislator's voting district or the people they represent. It's also what they pretend to care about during election season before ignoring your emails.
A political party other than the two major parties, existing primarily to spoil elections, run symbolic candidates, or fragment votes that might have otherwise affected the outcome.
Bills or amendments introduced at the last minute with minimal debate or transparency, often bundled into massive spending bills as a vehicle for controversial provisions.
A written set of policy positions that a political party adopts to appeal to voters, usually ignored by the party once elected.
A personal or financial stake in a particular policy outcome, which theoretically compromises objectivity but practically motivates most political action.
A policy provision attached to an unrelated bill, usually a spending measure, used to bypass normal legislative review by forcing an all-or-nothing vote.
A special legislative body convened specifically to draft or amend a nation's constitution, theoretically more deliberative than regular legislatures.
A form of government where the executive is drawn from and answerable to the legislature, as opposed to a presidential system where they're separate.
To inject partisan considerations into something that was previously viewed as non-partisan, like the Supreme Court, scientific research, or emergency management.
A clause in new legislation that exempts existing practices or entities from the new rules, allowing them to continue old ways while everyone else must comply. Special treatment dressed up as compassion.