Unit 3 Vocabulary: (Standard SSCG 15a-e & SSCG 10d)

a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.

• Independent Voter

• Electoral College

• Liberal

• Delegates

a body of voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a legislative body.

• Popular Vote

• Republican

• Delegates

• Constituency

favoring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas.

• Conservative

• Liberal

• Democrat

• Third Party

relating to or denoting a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise.

• Democrat

• Partisan

• Liberal

• Conservative

A political orientation, also known as centrist, that seeks a middle road between liberal and conservative, a balanced political outlook.

• Democrat

• Nomination

• Delegates

• Moderates

the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy.

• General Election

• Left Wing

• Right Wing

• Two Party System

refer to the section of a political party or system that advocates free enterprise and private ownership, and typically favours socially traditional ideas.

• Right Wing

• Public Opinion Polls

• Partisan

• Left Wing

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

• Closed Primary

• National Convention

• Open Primary

• Blanket Primary

a type of primary election conducted to vote for the candidates who will run in the general election.

• Closed Primary

• Blanket Primary

• Midterm Election

• Open Primary

is a type of primary election that occurs before the general election to choose candidates to run in the general election.

• Open Primary

• General Election

• Closed Primary

• Blanket Primary