Election Vocabulary List

A ticket or piece of paper used to cast a vote in an election

• vote

• electoral college

• slogan

• ballot

a person who is trying to be elected

• elect

• delegate

• candidate

• slogan

a series of activities designed to produce a particular result

• convention

• election

• inauguration

• campaign

a meeting to choose candidates

• convention

• debate

• election

• oath

a discussion between people in which they express different opinions about something

• vote

• debate

• poll

• landslide

a person who is chosen or elected to vote or act for others

• candidate

• delegate

• slogan

• republican party

a political party that believes in more active role of government in people's lives

• democratic party

• republican party

• convention

• inauguration

to select someone for a position by voting

• poll

• elect

• convention

• campaign

to make an official choice for or against someone for something by casting a ballot, raising your hand, speaking your choice aloud

• campaign

• poll

• election

• electoral college

a group of people chosen from each U.S. state who meet to elect the President and Vice President of the U.S. based on the votes of all the people in each state.

• republican party

• democratic party

• convention

• electoral college