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| 5640105350 | natural born citizen | a person that is born in a country and does not require any special process to be a citizen | 0 | |
| 5640130415 | nominee | a person selected to represent a political party in a general election | 1 | |
| 5640130416 | primary | an election in which voters select a party nominee | 2 | |
| 5640130417 | caucus | a meeting during which party members discuss and debate their choices for their party's nomination | 3 | |
| 5640132973 | delegates | party members who are pledged to vote for a particular candidate based on the results of their home states' primary results | 4 | |
| 5640132974 | superdelegates | Democratic officials who may cast a vote for any candidate at the convention | 5 | |
| 5640132975 | national convention | party meeting during which candidates are nominated and platforms are ratified | 6 | |
| 5640132976 | convention bump | an increase in poll averages following a national convention | 7 | |
| 5640135897 | general election | an election in which voters select an officeholder | 8 | |
| 5640135898 | 12th Amendment | allows for the presidential and vice presidential candidates to run on a single ticket | 9 | |
| 5640138949 | electoral college | system employed by the United States to formally elect the president | 10 | |
| 5640138950 | elector | a person with the power to cast one of the 538 electoral votes for president | 11 | |
| 5640138951 | popular vote | the number of citizens that cast a ballot for a candidate in an election | 12 | |
| 5640143758 | safe state | states that reliably support one party in presidential elections | 13 | |
| 5640143759 | swing state | states that do not reliably support one party in presidential elections | 14 | |
| 5640143760 | political party | organization that sponsors candidates for office under its name. | 15 | |
| 5640143761 | two-party system | political system in which two major political parties compete for control of the government | 16 | |
| 5640148787 | third party | a group, aside from Democrats and Republicans, attempting to win elections | 17 | |
| 5640148788 | single member districts | congressional districts represented by one person in the legislature | 18 | |
| 5640148789 | party base | the core members of a political party | 19 | |
| 5640152012 | pivoting to the general | highlighting more moderate parts of platforms to appeal to wider electorate | 20 | |
| 5640152013 | framing opponents | Create cohesive narrative for electorate about other party's nominee | 21 | |
| 5640152014 | critical election | an election that redefines the agendas of political parties and/or the alignment of voters within parties | 22 | |
| 5640152015 | hard money | contributions directly to a candidate | 23 | |
| 5640154997 | soft money | unregulated contributions to parties for "party building activities" | 24 | |
| 5640154998 | political action committees | organizations established by businesses, unions, and interest groups to channel money into political campaigns | 25 | |
| 5640154999 | Super PACs | a PAC whose primary purpose is to influence can take unlimited amounts of money, but cannot coordinate with candidate | 26 | |
| 5640157818 | Buckley v. Valeo | SCOTUS case that first establishes that money = speech; says that candidates can spend unlimited amounts of personal funds on campaigns | 27 | |
| 5640157819 | McCain-Feingold | prohibits spending of soft money too close to an election; includes the "stand by your ad" provision | 28 | |
| 5640157820 | Citizens United v. FEC | SCOTUS case that lifted limits on groups' campaign expenditures; created Super PACS | 29 | |
| 5640161306 | public interest group | a group that seeks to institute certain policies that benefit citizens | 30 | |
| 5640161307 | labor union | organization of workers who share the same occupation | 31 | |
| 5640161308 | trade association | interest group focused on a particular business or industry | 32 | |
| 5640161309 | informing | presenting information to the public and elected officials about issues that matter to the group | 33 | |
| 5640161310 | donating | giving money to political campaigns or PACs | 34 | |
| 5640163918 | endorsement | supporting a candidate for office and suggesting that the group's members vote for him or her | 35 | |
| 5640163919 | litigation | initiating legal action, most often civil | 36 | |
| 5640163920 | mobilization | organizing a group of people to take collective action | 37 |
