| A | B |
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| Electoral College | Group of representors that choose the president based on individual state popular vote. |
| Initiative | A way for citizens to propose new laws or state constitutional Amendments |
| Proposition | a proposed law |
| Referendum | Process of supporting or rejecting state or local law. |
| recall | Special election where citizens vote to remove someone from office |
| elector | these are the people running for president. Popular vote chooses electors and Electoral college casts vote for candidate |
| Winner-take-all-system | When the candidate wins the popular vote, they recieve all of the states Electoral votes |
| Propaganda | an attempt to promote a particular person or idea |
| Political Action Committee | Organizations set up by interest groups to support favored candidates |
| Hard Money | Direct candidate contributions |
| Soft Money | gebneral purpose funds not designated to a specific candidate |
| incumbant | This is an individual that already holds office |
| Federal Election Campaign Act | Set standard for public financing, such as disclosure of Candidates, and limited direct donations to candidates |
| McCain-Feingold Act | Made it so campaigners could not collect Soft money any longer while also limiting broadcasting political ads. |
| Canvasing | when candidates or their team travel directly to network with voters |
| Endorsements | When someone famous supports a candidate |
| image molding | way to paint the candidate and shape how the public perceives them |
| 270 | number of electoral college votes needed to become president |
| 538 | Total Amount of Electoral College votes |
