| A | B |
|---|
| caucus | meeting of party leaders to select candidates |
| grandfather clause | exeption in the law for a group based on previous conditions |
| hard money | regulated campaign donations |
| mass media | means of communication that influence large populations |
| platform | politcal party's beliefs and positions on issues |
| plurality | largest numbers of votes in an election |
| PAC | political action committee |
| political party | people with common interests who organize to run thew gov't |
| poll tax | money paid in order to vote |
| primaty | election to pick a party's candidates |
| single-member district | electoral district in which only one candidate is elected to each office |
| soft money | unregulated campaign donations |
| straight-party ticket | when a voter only selects candidates from his party |
| suffrage | right to vote |
| Election Day | Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November |
| Federal Election Commission | oversees all federal elections |
