Election Vocabulary

A person who legally belongs to, gives allegiance to, and has the rights and protections of a country.

• Candidate

• Citizen

• Nominee

• Platform

The process that a candidate goes through in order to reach their goal of becoming president.

• Campaign

• Candidate

• Citizen

• Party

An organized discussion or argument about the issues.

• Electoral college

• General election

• Platform

• Debate

A government elected by the people.

• Candidate

• Debate

• Democracy

• Nominee

A group of people who cast their vote for presidential candidates. They are the people who officially elect our president.

• Nominee

• General election

• Platform

• Electoral college

A person nominated (or chosen) to run for an elected position, such as president.

• Citizen

• Campaign

• Candidate

• Primary

A meeting of voters of a political party to nominate candidates.

• Party

• Platform

• Debate

• Primary

A person nominated for candidacy.

• Nominee

• Party

• Platform

• Debate

An election involving all or most of the citizens of the country.

• Candidate

• Democracy

• General election

• Primary

A group of people who have similar ideas about how the country should be run.

• Party

• Platform

• Primary

• Campaign