| A | B |
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| candidate | a person running for office |
| caucus | meeting of party candidates to discuss and choose candidates |
| general election | a regularly scheduled local, state, or national election in which voters elect office holders |
| incumbent | election where members of a political party choose candidates to run for office |
| laws | a system or collection of such rules |
| legislature | a deliberative body of persons, usually elective who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state |
| lobbyists | a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf ofa special interest; a member of a lobby |
| media | a plural medium |
| self-nominate | announcing a run for political office without being backed by a political party |
| platform | a horizontal surface or structure with horizontal surface raised above the feel of the surrounding area |
| recall | to bring back memory |
| republic | a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them |
| straight ticket | a ballot on which all votes have been cast for condidates of the same party |
| open primary | primary election in which voters do not need to declare a party before voting but may vote for the candidated of only one party |
| closed primary | primary in which the person must be registered in that political party in order to vote |
| bias | favoring of one point of view |
| incumbent | someone who already holds office for which they are running |
| canvassing | going door to door to hand out political information |
| Democratic Party | Have held presidency 14 times since 1824 |
| Democratic Party | founded in 1824 |
| Democratic Party | party make-up diverse middle class/intellectuals |
| nominate | to name candidates to run for public office |
| Republican Party | Have held 14 times since it started |
| Republican Party | founded in 1854 |
| Republican Party | party make-up white wealthy upper-class |
