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The Electoral Proces
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Conventions | Party meetings at the local state and national level. |
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 supports 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 Party | The stand the government takes about how issues should be handled. |
Minority Party | Political party that does not have a majority of the elected members. |
Third Party | A political party other than Republican or Democrat |
Platform | Set of statements describing a party's views on major issues. |
Political Views | A person's ideas about how government should run and how issues should be solved. |