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a place where you can go to vote
What is polling place
100
a servey taken at polling places on how people voted
What is exit polls
100
a way for citizens to vote on state or local laws
What is referendum
100
person appointed to vote in a presidential election for the major candidate
elector
100
donations given directly for a particular candidate
What is hard money
200
a voting district
What is precinct
200
all people who are eligible to vote
What is electorate
200
an election held if neither candidate wins a majority
What is runoff
200
the candidate who wins the popular vote takes all the states electoral votes
What is winner- take- all- system
200
donations given to political parties and not designated for a particular candidate
What is soft money
300
a paper used to cast a vote
What is ballot
300
a lack of interest
What is apathy
300
an election in which citizens can vote to remove an official from office
What is recall
300
when candidates and campaign workers travel through neighborhoods asking for votes or taking public opinion polls
What is canvassing
300
political orginazations set up by corporations or special interest groups to support candidates by donating to their campaigns
What is politician action committees (PAC)
400
ballot that allows a person to vote without going to the polls.
What is absentee ballot
400
a way for citizens to propose a new law or state constitutional admendment
What is initiative
400
a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
What is electoral college
400
when a famouse person supports campaigns for a candidate
What is endorsement
400
politician ccurrently in office
What is incumbent
500
ballots and results of an election
What is returns
500
a petition asking for a new law
What is proposition
500
totakl number of votes cast for one candidate during a particular election
What is popular vote
500
certain ideas that may involve misleading messages designed to manipulate people
What is propaganda
500
politician trying to win an elected office
What is challenger
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