Voting
A group of like minded individuals who meet to select candidates they will support in the upcoming election.
Caucus
The medium through which a voter registers a choice in an election.
What is a ballot.
An organized political endeavor in an attempt to win an election or office.
What is a campaign?
These are the three requirements to vote in an election.
What is 18 years old, be a United States Citizen, and live in your precinct (area) for 30 days.
Qualifies voters cast a ballot in private for their preferred candidate to run in the general election.
Primary Election
Process by which voters may vote without going to their polling place on election day.
What is absentee voting.
This court case ruled that money is speech.
What is Citizens United v. FEC
Name the 3 ways to vote in a general election.
What are early voting, vote by mail (absentee), and traditional in-person voting?
A nominating election in which only party members can vote.
What is a closed primary.
Secret balloting is compromised in this type of primary
Closed primary
Nonparty groups that are often the arms of special-interest groups or other organizations at stake within an election
What are political action committees
The overall amount of people who voted in the presidential election, wherein winning the majority of this doesn't necessarily mean victory.
What is the popular vote?
Party nominating election in which any qualified voter can participate.
What is an open primary
Polls that are done as voters are leaving the ballots in order to predict the outcome.
Exit polls
Money given to political parties or other organizations that has no limits placed on it.
What is soft money
Rather than a majority vote, candidates try and win individual states based on the number of representatives and senators they have. these votes compose this.
The Electoral College
This type of primary occurs when there are multiple candidates and no one receives 50% or more.
What is a runoff?
An election held to vote one or more politicians into office, such as the president and vice president.
What is the general election?
Amended in 2002 by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
What is Federal Election Campaign Act
People selected at the state convention to represent their State at the national convention.
What are delegates?