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Electoral Process
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Conventions | Party Meetings at the local state and national levels |
declare | Public step a candidate makes to the nation that they want to be president |
delegates | the candidates who will attend the national convention. they will vote for the candidate the state political party supports |
nominee | delegates choice for their party and who will run in the national election |
campaign | process of gathering public support for a candidate |
popular vote | a tally of all the votes cast |
electoral college | each state has a group of people called electors who cast the actual votes for president |
absolute majority | more than half the votes |
Political Party | An organized group of people who share similar political views and work to influence government |
Write-in-Candidates | A candidate whose name a voter must hand-write on the ballot |
Public Policy | The stand the government takes about how issues should be handled |
Minority Party | Political party that does not have does not have a majority of the elected members |
Third Party | A political party other than Republican or Democratic |
Platform | Set of statements describing a party's views on major issues |
Political View | A person's ideas about how government should run and how issues should be solved |