Election Vocabulary

Having the right to vote.

• suffrage

• elect

• propaganda

a method that allows registered voters to vote when they are away from home

• absentee ballot

• voter

• party platform

• in-person ballot

the process of gathering public

support for a candidate.

• campaign

• propaganda

• platform

• elect

person running for elected office

• candidate

• campaign

• citizen

• delegate

meeting where a political party

chooses its presidential candidate.

• Electoral College

• Congress

• Convention

• Senate

A person appointed or elected to represent others

• delegate

• incumbent

• candidate

• citizen

The process Americans use to elect the president and vice president. The number of electors a state receives is equal to that state's number of U.S. senators and representatives.

• Electoral College

• Popular Vote

• University College

• House of Representatives

The person currently in an elected position

• delegate

• candidate

• incumbent

problems facing our country that need

solutions (ex: immigration, access to health care,

finding energy sources, and providing quality

education).

• non-partisan

• platform

• issues

• bi-partisan

An idea or person that does not support a specific party, cause, or candidate.

• non-partisan

• bi-partisan

• republican

• democrat