Elections Vocabulary Review

What is a republic?

• An area represented by a member of the U.S. House of Representatives

• A type of government where citizens delegate authority to elected representatives

• A way for people to vote when they cannot physically get to their polling place consisting of a special form that is mailed in

•  A poll taken of a small percentage of voters as they leave the poll used to forecast the outcome of an election or determine the reasons for voting decisions.

What is a Congressional District?

• An area represented by a member of the U.S. House of Representatives

• A type of government where citizens delegate authority to elected representatives

• A way for people to vote when they cannot physically get to their polling place consisting of a special form that is mailed in

•  A poll taken of a small percentage of voters as they leave the poll used to forecast the outcome of an election or determine the reasons for voting decisions.

What is Absentee Voting?

• An area represented by a member of the U.S. House of Representatives

• A type of government where citizens delegate authority to elected representatives

• A way for people to vote when they cannot physically get to their polling place consisting of a special form that is mailed in

•  A poll taken of a small percentage of voters as they leave the poll used to forecast the outcome of an election or determine the reasons for voting decisions.

What is an Exit Poll?

• An area represented by a member of the U.S. House of Representatives

• A type of government where citizens delegate authority to elected representatives

• A way for people to vote when they cannot physically get to their polling place consisting of a special form that is mailed in

•  A poll taken of a small percentage of voters as they leave the poll used to forecast the outcome of an election or determine the reasons for voting decisions

What is Split-Ticket Voting?

•  The election of the Governor by the state’s voters

•  Competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office

• Voting for candidates from two or more political parties

•  Voting for candidates from only one political party

What is Straight-Ticket Voting?

•  The election of the Governor by the state’s voters

•  Competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office

• Voting for candidates from two or more political parties

•  Voting for candidates from only one political party

What is a Campaign?

•  The election of the Governor by the state’s voters

•  Competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office

• Voting for candidates from two or more political parties

•  Voting for candidates from only one political party

What is a Gubernatorial Election?

•  The election of the Governor by the state’s voters

•  Competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office

• Voting for candidates from two or more political parties

•  Voting for candidates from only one political party

How is it determined how many Electoral College votes a state gets?

• It is based on how long the state has been a member of the union

• It is based on the land area of the state

• It is based on the total number of members of Congress from that state

• It is based only on how many members of the House the state has (which is based on population)

Which term means negative, often personal, frequently inaccurate, or exaggerated attacks of the opposition?

• Primary

• Caucus

• Campaign

• Mudslinging