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| Chief of State | Ceremonial head of government of the United States |
| Chief Executive | Holds immense power in foreign and domestic affairs |
| Chief Administrator | The director of the huge executive branch of the Federal Government |
| Chief Diplomat | THe main architect of the nation's armed forces |
| Commander in Chief | Direct and immediate control of the armed forces |
| Chief Legislator | The main architect of the nation's public policies |
| Chief of Party | The acknowleged leader of the political party that controls the executive branch |
| Chief Citizen | Expected to work for and represent the public interest against many different and competing private interests |
| Presidential Succession Act of 1947 | Speaker of the House and then the President pro tempore are next in line to presidency after VP |
| "Balance the Ticket" | Strengthens the ballot of the President and strengthens the potential of being elected |
| Presidential Electors | Person elected by the voters to represent them in making a formal selection of the Vice President and President |
| Electoral Votes | Votes cast by electors in the electoral college |
| Electoral College | A group of electors chosen from each State and the District of Columbia to formerly select the President of the US |
| Presidential Primary | An election in which a party's voters express a preference among various contenders for their party's presidential nomination |
| Winner-Take-All | The candidate who won the preference vote automatically won the support of all delegates chosen at the primary |
| Proportional Representation | Rule applied in Democratic primaries whereby any candidate who wins at least 15% of the voters gets the number of State Democratic convention delegates based on his or her share of that primary vote |
| National Conventions | The meetings at which the delegates vote to pick their presidential and vice-presidential candidates |
| Platform | Formal statement of basic principles |
| Keynote Address | Usually a barnburner delivered by one of the party's most accomplished orators |
| District Plan | Electors would be chosen in each State in the same way as members of Congress |
| Proportional Plan | Each presidential candidate would receive the same share of a State's electoral vote as he or she received the State's popular vote |
| Direct Popular Election | Each vote owuld count equally in the national result |
| Electorate | THe mass of people who cast votes in an election |
