Election Vocabulary

a form used in voting

• debate

• ballot

• poll

• campaign

events, rallies, and speeches to persuade voters to vote for a candidate

• democracy

• voting

• election

• campaign

a person who runs for political office

• democrat

• candidate

• voter

• republican

an organized public discussion by the candidates running for office

• debate

• argument

• campaign

• election

a government in which people choose their leaders

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Theocracy

the act of choosing by voting

• nominate

• poll

• election

• laws

the Tuesday after the first Monday in November

• Election Day

• Halloween

• Inauguration Day

• Thanksgiving

the ceremony in which the President takes an oath before taking office

• nominate

• political party

• inauguration day

• election day

the rules made by a government for its people

• Rights

• Responsibilities

• Laws

to suggest a candidate for political office

• vote

• nominate

• poll

• suggest