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Civics
Unit 6 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| political party | an association of voters with broad common interests who want to influence or control decision making in government by electing the party’s candidates to public office |
| platform | a series of statements expressing the party’s principles, beliefs, and positions on election issues |
| plank | each individual part of a political party’s platform |
| nomination | a process by which political parties select and offer candidates for public office |
| polling place | the location where voting is carried out |
| ballot | the list of candidates on which you cast your vote |
| electorate | all the people who are eligible to vote |
| Electoral College | a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president |
| Political Action Committee (PAC) | political organization established by a corporation, labor union, or other special-interest group designed to support candidates by contributing money |
| incumbent | a politician who has already been elected to office |
| interest group | a group of people who share a point of view about an issue and unite to promote their beliefs |
| public opinion | the ideas and attitudes that most people hold about elected officials, candidates, government, and political issues |
| soft money | donations given to political parties and not designated for a particular candidate’s election campaign |
| precinct | a geographic area that contains a specific number of voters |
| open primary | an election in which voters need not declare their party preference to vote for the party’s nominees |
| closed primary | an election in which only the declared members of a party are allowed to vote for that party’s nominees |
| propaganda | certain ideas that may involve misleading messages designed to manipulate people |
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