Election Vocabulary

An election to chose who will be that party's candidate.

• Primary

• Caucus

• Ballot

• Proportional

A meeting to decide who the canidate for a political party will be.

• Primary

• Caucus

• Proportional

• Ballot

A process of voting, usually in secret.

• Ballot

• Primary

• Caucus

• Proportional

Incumbent

• The person currently holding office

• The person currently running for an office

• The outgoing person in a political office

• A person considering the run for office

Open Primary

• A primary where anyone can vote for a candidate regardless of what political party they are a member of

• A primary where you have to be a member of that party to vote for the candidate running for that party

• A meeting to decide who will be that party's canidate

• First in the election process

Closed Primary

• A primary where only people in that political party can vote

• A meeting to decide who will be that party's canidate

• A mountain range in Eastern Europe

• A primary where anyone can vote regardless of what party they are a member of

Proportional

• Corresponding in size to something

• A voting process

• in connection with something

• Not connected to something

Someone sent to represent and vote for a group of people

• Delegate

• Incumbent

• Candidate

• Biden

Popular Vote

• An election everyone is looking forwards to

•  the choice expressed through the votes cast by the people

  
  

• Somebody everyone wants to win

•  the choice expressed through the votes cast by the politicians

  
  

A way in which something is done

• Convention

• Meeting

• Primary

• Caucus