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| candidate | person who runs for political office |
| delegate | person who is chosen to act for (represent) others at a meeting or convention |
| democracy | government of, by, and for the people, in which the people choose their leaders |
| election | act of choosing or selecting for an office by vote |
| inauguration | ceremony that includes the taking of an oath, which takes place at the beginning of a President's term of office |
| national convention | meeting of members of a political party to nominate a candidate to run for President |
| nominate | propose a candidate for political office |
| political party | group of people who share similar ideas about how to govern the nation and work together to gain power by electing its members to public office |
| primary | an election between members of the same party who seek to be selected as their party's candidate |
| vote | choice expressed by written ballot, voice, or a show of hands |
| voter | person who votes |
| Barack Obama | current President of the United States and the Democratic Presidential candidate for the 2012 Presidential election |
| Joe Biden | current Vice-President of the US and the Democratic V-P candidate for the 2012 Presidential election |
| Mitt Romney | The Republican candidate for President in the 2012 Presidential election |
| Paul Ryan | the Republican Vice-President candidate in the 2012 election |
| Democrats | members of the politcal party that currently support Obama and Biden. Symbol is the donkey |
| Republicans | members of the political party that currently support Romney and Ryan. Symbol is the elephant |
| donkey | symbol of the Democratic Party |
| elephant | symbol of the Republican Party |
