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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 support for a canidate |
popular vote | a tally of all the votes cast |
electoral collage | each state has a group of people called electors who cast the actual votes for president |
absolute majority | more than half of 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 |