Election Vocabulary

a person who runs for political office

• democrat

• candidate

• voter

• republican

an organized public discussion by the candidates running for office

• debate

• argument

• campaign

• election

a government in which people choose their leaders

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Theocracy

the act of choosing by voting

• nominate

• poll

• election

• laws

a group of people who share similar views and work together to elect a candidate

• political party

• registration

• voter

• president

a survey of people to find out what they think

• poll

• register

• vote

to make a choice in an election

• polling place

• political party

• vote

• choose

the current officeholder

• liberal

• candidate

• party

• incumbent

a person running for political office

• party

• incumbent

• candidate

• Congress

a sheet of paper, cardboard card, or electronic instrument used to cast a vote

• ballot

• poll

• absentee vote

• campaign