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| Chief of State | Term for the president as the head of the government of the United States, symbol of all the people of the nation. |
| Chief Executive | Term for the president as vested with the executive power of the United States. |
| Chief Administrator | Term for the President as head of the administration of the Federal Government. |
| Chief Diplomat | Term for the President as the main architect of foreign policy and spokesperson to other countries. |
| Commander-In-Chief | Term for the President as commander of the nation's armed forces. |
| Chief Legislator | Term for the President as architect of public policy and the one who sets the agenda for Congress. |
| Chief of Party | Term for the President as the leader of his or her political party. |
| Chief Citizen | Term for the President as the representative of the people, working for the public interest. |
| Presidential Succession | Manner in which a vacancy in the presidency is to be filled |
| Presidential Electors | The persons elected by the voters to represent them in making a formal selection of the President and Vice President. |
| Electoral College | Group of persons (presidential electors) chosen in each State and the District of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the President and Vice President. |
| Presidential Primary | Election at which a party's voters (1) choose some or all of a State party organization's delegates to that party's national convention, and/or (2) express a preference among various contenders for the party's presidental nomination. |
| Winner-Take-All | A system whereby the presidential aspirant who won the preference vote in a primary automatically won the support of all the delegates chosen in the primary. |
| Keynote Address | speech given at a party convention to set the tone for the convention and the campaign to come. |
| Platform | Written declaration of the principles and policy positions of a political party, usually adopted at that party's convention. |
| Electorate | All of the persons entitled to vote in a given election. |
