| A | B |
|---|
| Conservative | Less government/low taxes/traditional |
| Liberal | More government/high taxes/open minded |
| Republicans | GOP/right-leaning |
| Democrats | donkey/left-leaning |
| Third Party | neither Republican nor Democrat |
| Independent | no party membership |
| Candidate | a person running in an election |
| Platform | the issues a party or candidate stand for |
| Ballot | the device used to vote - paper, computer |
| Nominate | to name |
| Moderate | someone in the middle |
| 15th amendment | suffrage for men of any race |
| 19th amendment | suffrage for women |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| 26th amendment | suffrage for 18 year olds |
| 24th amendment | ended poll taxes |
