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election process
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| conventions | party meetings at the local state and national levels |
| declare | public step a canididates makes to the nation that they want to be president |
| delegates | the canididates who will attend the national convention, they will vote for the cantididate 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 cantididate |
| Electoral college | each state has a group of people called electors who cast the actual votes for president |
| absolute majoritie | 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 about how issues should be handled |
| minority party | political party that does not have a majority of the elected members |
| platform | set of statements describing a partys views on major issues |
| political views | A persons ideas about how government should run and how issues should be solved |