| A | B |
| Drafted | Chosen for military service |
| Poll Book | A list of the registered voters in a precinct |
| Precinct | A small district in a city or town that people are assigned to for voting in elections |
| Purging | Reviewing and updating the list of registered voters |
| Register | Sign up |
| Residence | A person's official home |
| Transients | People who live in a state for only a short amount of time |
| Independents | People who are not loyal to any one political party |
| Party Identification | Loyalty to one poltical party |
| Psychology | The study of the mind |
| Rural Area | A place with very few people; these people live in small towns or on farms and ranches |
| Sociology | The study of groups and how people in groups behave |
| Split-ticket voting | Voting for candidates of more than one political party in an election |
| Straight-ticket voting | Voting forcandidates of only one political party in an election |
| Suburban area | An area around a central city where people live |
| Urban area | A city and the places around the city |