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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 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 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. |