Election Vocabulary

a form used in voting

• ballot

• campaign

events, rallies, and speeches to persuade voters to vote for a candidate

• election

• campaign

a person who runs for political office

• voter

• candidate

a meeting of members of a political party to nominate a candidate

• democracy

• convention

an organized public discussion by the candidates running for president

• election

• debate

a government in which people choose their leaders

• dictatorship

• democracy

the act of choosing by voting

• election

• polling place

the ceremony in which the president takes an oath before taking office

• primary

• Inauguration

a person already holding political office

• incumbent

• candidate

to suggest a candidate for political office

• nominate

• poll