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election process
vocab
Term | Definition |
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conventions | party meetings at the local state and national levels |
declare | public step a canididates makes to the nation that they want to be president |
delegates | the canididates who will attend the national convention, they will vote for the cantididate 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 cantididate |
Electoral college | each state has a group of people called electors who cast the actual votes for president |
absolute majoritie | more than half the votes |
political party | An organized group of people who share similar political views and work to influence government |
write in candidates | A candidate whose name a voter must hand write on the ballot |
Public policy | the stand the government about how issues should be handled |
minority party | political party that does not have a majority of the elected members |
platform | set of statements describing a partys views on major issues |
political views | A persons ideas about how government should run and how issues should be solved |