civics chapter 10
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| polling place | the location where voting is carried out
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| precinct | is a voting district
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| ballot | the list of candidates on which you cast your vote
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| absentee ballot | citizens who cannot get to the pools on election day can vote
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| returns | the ballots and results
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| exit poll | predict winners before the votes have been counted
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| electorate | all the people who are eligible to vote
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| apathy | lack of interest
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| electoral college | is part of the process that Americans use to select their president
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| initiative | is a way that citizens can propose new laws or state constitutional amendments
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| proposition | the proposed law
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| referendum | is a way for citizens to approve or reject a state or local law
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| recall | is another type of special election
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| elector | the voters who are actually electing people
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| winner-take-all system | the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state usually receives all of the state's electoral votes
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| propaganda | is an attempt to promote a particular person or idea
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| political action committee | are organizations set up by interest groups especially to collect money to support favored candidates
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| soft money | unlimited amounts of money for general purposes
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| incumbent | politicians who have already been elected to office
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