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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 votes | 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-canidates | 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 |