| A | B |
|---|
| candidate | person who wants to be elected |
| elector | person with the power to vote |
| evaluate | to review or study |
| issue based platform | a person or party's list of solutions to current problems |
| natural born citizen | became a citizen upon birth |
| political office | elected or appointed job in government |
| qualification | something that is required in order to be eligible |
| requirement | something that is mandatory, not voluntary |
| bias | prejudice in favor or against |
| Communist Party | political party that supports the ideas of Karl Marx |
| Libertarian Party | party founded in 1971 that advocates individual liberty |
| Democratic Party | party founded in 1828 that supports expanded government |
| Republican Party | party founded in 1854 that supports reducing the size of government |
| Socialist Party | party that supports government control of major industries |
| society | group of people with common culture and community (e.g. nation) |
| third party | U.S. political party that is neither Democrat nor Republican |
| two-party system | system of government which is controlled by two major parties |
| editorial | a written article expressing an opinion |
| interest group | an organization of like-minded people who wish to persuade government officials |
| nonprofit organization | charity or service organizations that do no pay taxes |
