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| Political Party | group of like minded people who work to win elections, shape policy and run the government |
| Political Spectrum | Imaginary scale of how liberal or conservative someone is. |
| Right | side of the spectrum that is Conservative |
| Left | side of the spectrum that is Liberal |
| Watch Dog | Function of parties that involves telling on the wrong doings of the other side |
| Seal of Approval | Function of parties that involves looking into candidates to find an acceptable one |
| One Party | There is a singular national party that controls the government |
| Two Parties | Two nearly balanced parties compete to control the government |
| Multiple Parties | Three or more parties compete to Control the government |
| Republican | More conservative of the two main parties today |
| Red | Color associated with Republican |
| Blue | Color associated with Democrats |
| GOP | Nickname for the Republican Party |
| Elephant | Traditional symbol of the Republican Party |
| George W Bush | Most Recent Republican President |
| Prolife | Republican stance on abortion |
| Jeanette Rankin | First Woman Elected to Congress Rep. From MT |
| Abraham Lincoln | First Republican President |
| Barack Obama | Most Recent Democratic President |
| Democrat | More liberal of the two main parties today |
| Andrew Jackson | First Democratic President |
| Human Rights | For democrats this should be a factor in who we trade with |
| Ideological | Party that work to change all aspects of life social, economical, and political |
| Communist Party | Example of an Ideological Party |
| Splinter | Party that has broken away from a larger party |
| Tea Party | Example of a splinter party |
| Single Issue | Party that cares and work for one issue |
| Marijuana Party | Example of a single issue party |
| Eighteen | Minimum age to vote in federal elections |
| Register | Before you can vote you must do this to be on the roster |
| Felony | This is a reason someone can be denied the right to vote |
| homeless | This is not a reason to deny some one the vote |
| Voter Fraud | Using means to increase, decrease or deny some ones vote |
| Buying a vote | Example of voter fraud |
| Family | The largest influence on someone's vote |
| Lazy | Reason given as to why someone does not vote |
| Self Announcement | Some one declares that they are running for an office |
| Caucus | A group of like minded people meet to select a candidate |
| Convention | A group of delegates meet to select a candidate |
| Open Primary | a pre election where any registered voter can vote for any candidate no party parties |
| Closed Primary | a pre election where only registered members of a party can vote for that parties candidate |
| Petition | A gathering of valid signatures to be placed on the ballot |
| Iowa | first state in the nation to hold a presidential caucus in election years |
| Write in Candidates | most common examples for self announcement |
| Student Senate | Example of a petition nomination at HHS |
| Nomination | Naming of a candidate to seek an office |
| General Election | Winner of this will hold the office |
| November | Month of the Federal General Election |
| Tuesday | Day of week for the federal general election |
| Coattail effect | Using someone else's popularity to boost your own |
| Precinct | A geographic area that will vote at the same polling place |
| Polling Place | Where a person goes to vote. Usually schools, churches and community buildings |
| Absentee Ballot | ability to vote before the general election usually by receiving and returning a ballot by mail |
| Ballot Fatigue | when a voter becomes tired of voting due to a long ballot |
| Straight ticket | ability to automatically vote for all members of a selected party |
| Australian Ballot | used in the US secret, printed by gov, lists all candidates and one per voter |
| Office group | candidates are listed by the office they are seeking used in IA |
| Party Column | candidates are listed in vertical columns by party |
| Butterfly ballot | voting area is in the middle and candidate names are on the sides |
| Electoral College | body that truly elects the President |
| President | Main office that is selected by the electoral college |
| 6 | number of electors that IA has in the electoral college |
| 3 | every state has at least ___ electors |
| 538 | Total number of electors in the electoral college |
| 270 | Minimum # of electors needed to win the presidency |
