5437621183 | declare | When a candidate states that he or she is planning to run for office. | 0 | |
5437621184 | conventions | Party meetings when candidates are selected and the platform is created. | 1 | |
5437621185 | delegates | Someone who represents the party views of a state at a national convention. | 2 | |
5437734195 | Caucus vs. Primaries | Presidential election primaries and caucuses are two very different methods of accomplishing the same basic thing. Primaries and caucuses are means of selecting delegates (representatives of party members in each state) to send to the party's national convention. | 3 | |
5437624108 | Caucus system | Meetings where party leaders and supporters select candidates through discussions and consensus. | 4 | |
5437624109 | Primary system | Elections host a secret ballot and people vote for the candidate they want to represent the party in the national election. | 5 | |
5437624129 | nominee | The person who is chosen to run as a party's candidate in the national election. | 6 | |
5437626869 | acceptance speech | Given by the people selected to run for President and Vice President at the end of a national convention. | 7 | |
5437626870 | campaign | A collection of all the efforts a candidate makes to win an election. The process of gathering public support for a candidate. | 8 | |
5437626871 | popular vote | A tally of all of the votes cast by individual voters in a presidential election | 9 | |
5437629217 | electoral college | A group of people, called Electors, selected by the states to elect the president and the vice-president, in which each state's number of electors is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in Congress. | 10 | |
5437629218 | day in which the VP counts the electoral votes | In December, after the election, the Electors meet in their state capitols and cast their ballots. The President of the Senate (Vice President) collects the votes and counts them. January 6th - The Congress meets in joint session to count the electoral votes. Congress may pass a law to change this date. The Vice President, as President of the Senate, presides over the count and announces the results of the Electoral College vote. | 11 | |
5437632284 | absolute majority | In order to win, a candidate must have 270 out of a total of 538 electoral votes. This number is half of 538 plus one | 12 | |
5437632285 | political party | An organized group of people who share similar views and work to influence the government in support of those views. As a party leader, the President works to accomplish the party's goals for how the government should address the issues facing our nation. | 13 | |
5437632286 | 3rd party | any political party other than the Republicans and democrats, they have influenced elections by sometimes serving as "spoilers" and costing a major party the election | 14 | |
5437634002 | independent | It is a variable that stands alone and isn't changed by the other variables you are trying to measure. | 15 | |
5437634003 | ballot access | Every state has rules about ballot access - allowing a political party to put a candidate on the ballot. Usually the rules involve getting a certain number of signatures from registered voters. Republican and democratic candidates have ballot access in all states and are guaranteed to show up on the ballot; if you are not a member of one of these parties, you have to petition to get put on the ballot. | 16 | |
5451478379 | platform | A document that describes the party's views on all the major issues facing the nation. It is a set of beliefs the political party stands on. | 17 | |
5451478380 | candidate | a person running for political office | 18 | |
5451478381 | majority party | Republican | 19 | |
5451479903 | minority party | Democratic | 20 | |
5451483933 | Which party is currently majority? Minority? | Majority: Republicans Minority: Democrats | 21 | |
5451483934 | endorsements | Process where famous or influential groups or individuals give their support to someone who is seeking office. | 22 | |
5451485941 | opinion polls | A method of questioning a small, selected sample of respondents who are deemed representative of the total population. | 23 | |
5451485942 | issues | thoughts or idea or problems | 24 | |
5451485943 | nonpartisan | Not supporting or controlled by any political group, free from party ties (democrat or republican) | 25 | |
5451490383 | swing state | A state that could go either way in a presidential elections (unlike "safe states"). Target of a lot of attention in elections. Also known as "battleground states" or "purple states" | 26 |
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