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CE.5 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |