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Political Sci Vocab.

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Absentee Voting A way people can vote when they can't get to their polling place. They vote on a special form and mail it in.
Caucus Meetings of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy.
Constituency All of the voters in a particular district.
Delegate An individual who is appointed to represent others.
Election Day The 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November, presidential elections are held in years evenly divisible by 4. On even years, voters elect members of the House of Representatives for 2-yr terms and 1/3 of the Senate for 6-yr terms.
Exit Poll A poll taken of a small percentage of voters as they leave the polls, used to forecast the outcome of an election or determine the reasons for voting decisions.
Gerrymander The dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
G.O.P. The Republican party, formerly known as the Grand Old Party.
Grassroots The involvement of common citizens in an issue or campaign.
Gubernatorial Election The selection of a governor by a state's voters.
Issue A point, matter, or dispute, the decision of which is of special or public importance.
Mudslinging Negative, often personal, frequently inaccurate, or exaggerated attacks of the opposition.
Non-partisan An idea or person that does not support a specific party, cause, or candidate.
Partisan A supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
Pollster A person whose occupation is the taking of public-opinion polls.
Precinct Also called election district. One of a fixed number of districts, each containing one polling place, into which a city, town, etc. is divided for voting purposes.
Presidential Primary A primary used to pick delegates to the presidential nominating conventions of the major parties.
Primary A meeting of the voters of a political party in an election district for nominating candidates for office and choosing delegates for a convention.
Runoff Primary If no candidate gets a majority of the votes, a runoff is held to decide who should win.
Rhetoric The ability to use language well, through the practice of exaggeration, to influence others.
Split-Ticket Voting Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election. For example, voting for a republican for senator and a democrat for president.
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