Election Vocabulary

In America, our government is a _____________. This means that we have the right to vote and elect our leaders.

• ballot
• election
• democracy
• dictatorship

We have two main _______________, or groups of people with similar ideas about how the government should be run.

• Democratic
• Republican
• teams
• Political Parties

On Election Day, voters go to a  ____________    ___________  to fill out a  _____________ and vote for the _______________  of their choice.

• ballot, candidate, polling place
• polling place, ballot, candidate
• candidate, ballot, democratic
• ballot, election, candidate

Before they vote, Americans often learn about each of the political parties’ ________________, or the plans and ideas a political party stands for.

• donkey
• platform
• ballot
• slogan

Once our new president is elected, he will need to take an __________ and promise to protect and defend our country.

• vacation
• speech
• celebration
• oath

The president will take an oath and officially become president on January 20th at a ceremony called an ________________. 

• trial
• election day
• electoral college
• Inauguration

The _______________    _____________ is the group of voters elected by each state that votes for the president. There are 538 members of this group. 

• electoral college
• candidate
• election
• campaign

How many electoral college votes does the president have to get to win?

• 528
  538
• 100
• 270
• 0

Republican Party

• donkey
• elephant

Democratic Party

• donkey
• elephant