Caucus

<p>A caucus is a group or meeting of supporters or members of a specific <a href="/facts/Political_party/IAKw7oEK">political party</a> or movement. The exact definition varies between different countries and political cultures.
</p><p>The term originated in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>, where it can refer to a meeting of members of a political party to nominate candidates, plan policy, etc., in the <a href="/facts/United_States_Congress/mJlU46K7">United States Congress</a>, or other similar representative organs of government. It has spread to certain <a href="/facts/Commonwealth_of_Nations/TcIRQnNq">Commonwealth</a> countries, including <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>, <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a>, <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a>, and <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a>, where it generally refers to a regular meeting of all <a href="/facts/Members_of_Parliament/qjfwk6mp">members of Parliament</a> (MPs) who belong to a <a href="/facts/Parliamentary_party/4SSNPoIx">parliamentary party</a>: a party caucus may have the ability to elect or dismiss the party's <a href="/facts/Parliamentary_leader/dSveGPrT">parliamentary leader</a>. The term was used historically in the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a> to refer to the <a href="/facts/Liberal_Party_(UK)/MzUNPLEr">Liberal Party</a>'s internal system of management and control.
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