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chapter 10
Term | Definition |
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Polling place | The location where voting is carried out |
Precinct | A geographic area that contains a specific number of voters |
Ballot | The list of candidates on which you cast your vote |
Absentee ballot | One that allows a person to vote without going to the polls on Election day |
Returns | Ballots and results of an election |
Exit poll | A survey taken at polling places of how people voted |
Electorate | All the people who are eligible to vote |
Apathy | A lack of interest |
Electoral college | A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president |
initiative | A procedure by which citizens can propose new laws or state constitutional amendments |
Proposition | A petition asking for a new law |
Referendum | A way for citizens to vote on state or local laws |
Recall | A special election in which citizens can vote to remove a public official from office; situation in which a company pulls a product off the market or agrees to change it to make it safe |
Elector | Person appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates |
Winner-take-all system | A system in which the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state usually receives all of the state's electoral votes |
Propaganda | Certain ideas that may involve misleading messages designed to manipulate people |
Political action committee | political organization established by a corporation, labor union, or other special-interest group designed to support candidates by contributing money |
Soft money | Donations given to political parties and not designated for a particular candidate's election campaign |
Incumbent | A politician who has already been elected to office |