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| presidential succession | the plan by which a presidential vacancy is filled |
| Presidential Succession Act of 1947 | fixes in law the order of succession following the Vice President |
| balance the ticket | choosing a running mate who can strengthen your chance of winning an election |
| presidential electors | a special body whose job it is to elect a president |
| electoral votes | those votes by the electors for a President and Vice President |
| electoral college | the group of people (electors) chosen brom each State and D.C. to formallly select the President and Vice President of the U.S. |
| presidential primaries | an election in which a party's voters choose some or all of a State party's delegates to their party's national convention and/or express apreference among varous contenders for their presidential nominee. |
| winner-take-all | the candidate who won the preference vote got all the delegates |
| proportional representation | any candidate who wins 15% of the votes cast in the primary gets a percentage of the delegates |
| national convention | the meetings at whch the delegates vote to pick their presidential and vice-presidential candidates |
| platform | a formal statement of the party's stand on various issues |
| keynote address | a speech the first day by one of the party's best orators |
