Voting 1
This is required by all states.
What is voter registration.
There are more than this many elected officials at the local, state and national levels in the United States.
What is 500,000
You should consider this about a candidate.
What is relevant past experience.
Statement of a political party's core beliefs and position on societal issues.
Platform
The two requirements in the United States to be eligible to vote.
What is 18 + years old and a US citizen
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment
The Electoral College consists of these from the 50 states and District of Columbia.
538 electors
What is to convince the public to vote for a certain candidate.
This is what the Constitution had to say about political parties.
What is nothing.
In the United States, this is usually well below 50%.
What is voter turnout rate.
The place where you vote.
What is the polling place.
This election nominates a party's candidate before the general election.
What is the primary.
This is essential to running a successful campaign.
What is sufficient funding
The two major political parties in the United States today.
What are Democrats and Republicans
What are the three steps to the voting process?
What is register, prepare, vote.
Citizens vote by this when they are unable to vote at the polls on Election Day.
What is absentee ballot.
This is held when no candidate wins the majority in the primary election.
What is runoff election.
Three reasons people may become ineligible to vote.
What is committing serious crimes, certain mental illness, not being a citizen, and under the age of 18
This helped the Democratic Party gain support.
What is the Great Depression.
You can express this with your vote with the people who currently hold an office and are looking for reelection.
What is your satisfaction and dissatisfaction
This has an inverse relationship with voter turnout rate, meaning as it increases VTR decreases.
What is apathy.
Whoever receives the majority of this wins the presidential election.
What is electoral votes.
VTR can dwindle for these reasons.
What is, voters are too busy, they fail to register, they don't change their address, and they lack interest.
This is a special meeting held to choose delegates in the primary elections
What is caucus
A way for citizens to approve or reject a law.
What is referendum.