Unit 4 VOCAB QUIZ

held every two years on the first Tuesday in November

• Conference Committee

• Midterm Election

• Congressional Elections

• Supreme Court Sessions

Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.

• Gerrymandering

• Redistricting

• Proportional Representation

• Reapportionment

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

• House Of Representatives

• Executive Branch

• Proportional Representation

• Electoral College

The key states that the presidential campaigns focus on because they are most likely to decide the outcome of the Electoral College vote.

• large states

• battleground states

• electoral college

• states with strong economies

The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November

• Election Day

• Inauguration Day

• Early Voting

• Veterans Day

A political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system

• political party

• two-party system

• third party

• early voting

A person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group or corporation to try to influence policy decisions and positions in the executive and legislative branches.

• Lobbying

• Lobbyist

• Gerrymandering

• Lawyer

An electoral system with two dominant parties that compete in national elections.

• proportional representation

• third party

• two-party system

• early voting

One that allows a person to vote without going to the polls on Election Day

• butterfly ballot

• senate elections

• lobbyist

• absentee ballot

The law making body (legislative branch) of a County

• Board of Examiners

• House of Representatives

• Board of Supervisors

• General Assembly