Ch. 11, Government Vocab Voting

Electoral districts from which one person is chosen by the voters for each elected vote.

• Political Party

• Partisanship

• Single-Member Districts

• Plurality

The strong support of their party and its policy stands.

• Political Party

• Partisanship

• Single-Member Districts

• Plurality

A group of persons who seek to control government through winning elections and holding public office.

• Political Party

• Partisanship

• Single-Member Districts

• Plurality

The largest number of votes cast for the office.

• Political Party

• Partisanship

• Single-Member Districts

• Plurality

The regularly scheduled election at which voters make a final selection of officeholders.

• Bipartisan

• Coalition

• General Elections

• Direct Primary

An election held within a party to pick that party’s candidates for the general election.

• Bipartisan

• Coalition

• General Elections

• Direct Primary

Supported by two parties.

• Bipartisan

• Coalition

• General Elections

• Direct Primary

A temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a government.

• Bipartisan

• Coalition

• General Elections

• Direct Primary

Rule applied in Democratic primaries whereby any candidate who wins at least fifteen percent of the votes gets the number of State Democratic convention delegates based on his or her share of the primary vote.

• Caucus

• Platform

• Presidential Primary

• Winner-Take-All

• Proportional Representation

An election in which the party’s voters 1) choose State party organization’s delegates to their party’s national convention, and/or 2) express a preference for their party’s presidential nomination.

• Caucus

• Platform

• Presidential Primary

• Winner-Take-All

• Proportional Representation