Vocabulary Red
A ballot that is marked and mailed in before an election because a registered voter cannot get to their polling place on Election Day.
What is absentee ballot?
A person running for office.
What is a candidate?
A sheet of paper used to cast a vote.
What is a ballot?
What is the name for the highest court in the US government?
The Supreme Court
Name one law you would make if you became president.
Anything goes
Activities and actions done by a candidate running for office.
What is campaign?
A formal, public discussion by two or more candidates.
What is a debate?
A person running for office.
What is a candidate?
What branch of the government makes the laws?
The legislative branch
Name 5 past presidents.
Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, Obama, Biden
lots of choices
The candidate who seems most likely to win the election.
What is front runner?
A group of electors that elects the President and Vice President of the United States.
What is electoral college?
A member of the U.S. Electoral College.
What is an elector?
What two groups of people make up the congress?
The senate
The house of representatives.
What is the leader of a state called?
What is the leader of a city called?
Name the one for California and Los Angeles
Governor
Mayor
Governor Nussam
Mayor Bass
A ceremony in which the winner of the election officially takes office.
What is inauguration?
The person who is currently in office.
What is incumbent?
A person currently in office whose term is up but is not running for reelection.
What is lame duck?
What branch does the president and vice president work in?
The executive branch
If one candidate got 5,604,372 votes and another candidate got 9,312,981 votes, what is the different between how many votes each person got?
3,708,609
A statement of a candidate’s opinions and plans for what they will do if they are elected.
What is platform?
Election results based on the votes cast by the general public.
What is popular vote?
The person chosen by a political party to represent them as their candidate.
What is nominee?
What can a president do if he/she does not agree with a law?
They can veto the law.
Which cartoon character would make the best president and why?
Anything goes