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Ch. 10
Term | Definition |
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Polling Place | location where voting is carried out |
Precinct | geographic area that contains a specific number of viewers |
Ballot | the list of candidates on which you cast your vote |
absentee ballot | ballot that allows a person to vote without going to the polls on Election Day |
Returns | ballots and results of an election |
Exit poll | a survey taken at polling places of how people voted |
Electorate | all the people who are elligible to vote |
Apathy | lack of interest |
Electoral College | group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president |
initiative | a procedure by which citizens can propose new laws or state constitutional amendments |
proposition | petition asking for a new law |
referndum | a way for citizens to vote on state or local laws |
recall | special elections in which citizens can vote to remove a public official from office |
elector | person appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates |
winner-take-all system | a system in which the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state usually receives all the states electoral votes |
propaganda | certain ideas that may involve misleading messages designed to mislead people |
political action committee | political organization established by a corporation, labor union, or other special-interest group designed to support candidates by contributing money |
soft money | donations given to political parties and not designated for a particular candidates election campaign |
incumbent | politician who has already been elected to office |