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Electoral Process
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Convention | Party meetings at the local states 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 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 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. |