Chapter 9 Government Notes

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Election vocabulary

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1	A regularly scheduled election to elect the U.S. president, vice president, and representatives...	General election
2	An election that is held at the state or local level when the voters must decide an issue...	Special election
3	A secret ballot that is prepared, distributed, and counted by government officials at public...	Australian ballot
4	A ballot (also called the Indiana ballot) that lists all of the party’s candidates under...	Party-column ballot
5	A ballot that lists together all of the candidates for each office.	Office-block ballot
6	A representative from one of the political parties who is allowed to monitor a polling place...	Poll watcher
7	A member of the electoral college.	Elector
8	The group of electors who are selected by the voters in ach state to elect officially the...	Electoral college
9	The type of electoral system used in most states, in which all of the state’s electoral...	Winner-take-all system
10	A meeting held to choose political candidates or delegates.	Caucus
11	An official meeting of a political party to choose its candidates. At the state...	Nominating convention
12	A person selected to represent the people of one geographic area at a party convention.	Delegate
13	An election in which voters choose the candidates of their party, who will then run in the...	Primary election
14	An election held within each of the two major parties – Democratic and Republican – to...	Direct primary
15	A primary in which only party members can vote to choose that party’s candidates.	Closed primary
16	A primary in which voters can vote for a party’s candidates regardless of whether they belong...	Open primary
17	A committee of each national political party that evaluates the claims of national party convention...	Credentials Committee
18	A professional political adviser who, for a fee, works on an area of a candidate’s campaign. Includes...	Political consultant
19	The comprehensive plan for winning an election developed by a candidate and his or her...	Campaign strategy
20	A legitimate way of evading a certain legal requirement.	Loophole
21	Campaign contributions not regulated by federal law, such as some contributions that are made...	Soft money
22	En expenditure for activities that are independent from (not coordinated with) those of...	Independent expenditure