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CE.5 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Conservative | less government involvement |
political party | association of voters with common interests |
third parties | party that challenges 2 major parties |
platform | a political party's principles, beliefs, positions on election issues |
monitoring | informing of duty;looking after something |
nominate | select someone for appointment oe election to public office |
electorate | all offically qualified voters in country, city, or area |
liberal | more government involvement |
candidate | person who runs for election to a political office |
recruit | to enroll someone as a worker or member |
congressional representation | the right to be represented in a legislature |
popular vote | the actual numbers of voters for a presidential candidate |
electeral college | a body of electors chosen by the voters in each state to elect the President and vice President of the U.S. |
elector | appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates |
winner take all | the candidate who wins the popular vote in a stste gets all of the states electoral votes |
two-party system | 2 parties compete for power |
slate | candidates in the election was published in the newspaper |
precinct | number of voters in the geogrphic district that includes Campbell County |