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Civics Vocab Quiz
Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Precinct | a subdivision of a county, town, city, or ward for election purposes |
| Third Party | a major political party operating over a limited period of time in addition to two other major parties in a nation or state normally characterized by a two-party system |
| polling place | a building where people go to vote in an election |
| secret ballot | a ballot in which votes are cast in secret. |
| open primary | a primary in which the voter is not required to indicate party affiliation |
| closed primary | a primary at which members of only one political party vote |
| primary election | an election in which qualified voters nominate or express a preference for a particular candidate or group of candidates for political office, choose party officials, or select delegates for a party convention |
| general election | an election usually held at regular intervals in which candidates are elected in all or most constituencies of a nation or state |
| independent voters | a voter who does not align themselves with a political party, voter who votes for candidates on issues rather than on the basis of a political ideology or partisanship |
| multi-party system | a political system where more than two meaningfully-distinct political parties regularly run for office and win elections, tend to be more common in countries using proportional representation compared to those using winner-take-all elections |
| one-party system | a governance structure in which only a single political party controls the ruling system, all opposition parties are either outlawed or enjoy limited and controlled participation in elections |
| two-party system | is a political party system in which two major political parties[a] consistently dominate the political landscape |
| candidate | one that aspires to or is nominated or qualified for an office, membership, or award |
| electoral college | a body of electors, a person appointed by a state in the U.S. to vote for president and vice president in the electoral college |
| electoral votes | is a body whose task is to elect a candidate to a particular office |
| nominate | to propose as a candidate for election to office |
| political party | an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections |
| platform | a declaration of the principles on which a group of persons stands |
| popular vote | an act of voting by the electorate of a country or area. |
| plank | an article in the platform of a political party |
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