Definition: a candidate for national office who has support mostly from his or her home state

• favorite son

• home rule

• state choice

• nativism

Definition: the largest number of something, but less than a majority.

• exceptionalism

• majority

• minority

• plurality

Definition: greater than half of a total number of something

• majority

• minority

• sub-group

• consensus

Definition: a method in elections campaigns that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad

• advertising

• characterization

• mudslinging

• polling

Definition: a system of government in which specialized tasks are carried out by appointed officials rather than by elected ones.

• committee-rule

• bureaucracy

• red tape

• federalism

Definition: the practice of handing out government jobs to supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters.

• delegating authority

• favoritism

• partiality

• spoils system

Definition: a meeting in which representative members of a political party choose candidates to run for important elected offices.

• panels

• committees

• nominating committees

• selection panels

Definition: to move to another place

• relocate

• adjust

• shift

• migrate

Definition: to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

• filibustering

• object

• overturn

• veto

Definition: to reject and declare that a rule/law is not valid or legal.

• veto

• reject

• overrule

• nullify