Ch. 7 Vocab

A group of like-minded people who meet to choose candidates for office

• political action committee
• caucus
• precinct
• subsidy

An election held within a political party at which the voters choose candidates

• general election
• absentee voting
• direct primary
• ballot

An election where only members of the party may vote

• open primary
• closed primary
• nonpartisan election
• blanket primary

An election where voters make their final choice of officeholders

• caucus
• convention
• direct primary
• general election

A party nominating election that all qualified voters can participate in

• open primary
• closed primary
• caucus
• convention

The political arm of a special-interest group

• subsidy
• caucus
• political action committee
• precinct

The place where voters go to cast their ballots

• polling place
• subsidy
• political party
• internet

The device by which voters register their choices in an election

• precinct
• subsidy
• poll
• ballot

Each _________ has one polling place.

• subsidy
• precinct
• political party
• PAC

When candidates benefit from the populatiry of another candidate on the ballot from their party

• coattail effect
• blanket primary
• absentee voting
• split-ticket voting