Political Process Vocab

Political Party

• Type of party

• _{Made up individuals who organize to win elections, operate government, and influence public policy.}

• Where you go to vote

• Where politics go to discuss issues

Split Ticket Definition

• When you vote for candidates of more than one party.

• When you split a ticket in half

• When you split a ticket between two political voters

Third Parties Definition

• American political parties other than the two dominant parties, currently the Republican and Democratic Parties.

• Three political parties.

Lobbying Definition

• When a politician seeks to influence an issue.

• When someone sits in a lobby for too long.

• When politicians host meetings in a lobby.

Coalitions Definition

• When someone is an expert in facts about coal.

• An alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states.

• Politics that have the same ideas as each other.

Open Primary Definition

• a primary election that does not require voters to be affiliated with a political party in order to vote for partisan candidates. I

• A primary election that requires voters to be affiliated with a political party

• An open election that is primarily for politics.

• I just don't know.

Party Plank Definition

• A set of political goals and strategies

• An political term for consequence.

• A different type of political party.

Public Opinion Definition

• Views that come directly from the public

• What the public thinks about something

• How the public reacts to something.

Closed Primary Definition

• An primary election conducted to vote for the candidates who will run in the general election.

• An election that is temporarily closed to the public.

Electorate Definition

• All people that are entitled to vote.

• People who are not entitled to vote.

• People who have already voted.