Election Vocabulary Terms

Holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion.

• constituent

• candidate

• conservative

A person running for office

• ballot

• candidate

• constituent

A democratic state

• Caucus

• Blue State

• Ballot

A person having the right to vote or elect; any of the voters represented by a particular official.

• Constituent

• Ballot

• Conservative

An informal setting some states use to vote and determine who will represent their party in the Presidential Election. They meet, discuss, and vote.

• Absentee Voting

• Caucus

• Ballot

A document listing the different people running for office that is used in voting.

• Candidate

• Ballot

• Absentee Voting

A way people can vote when they can't get to their polling place. They vote on a special form and mail it in.

• Caucus

• Absentee Voting

• Ballot

There were three ____________ that were running for president of our school.

My brother is very _____________, and likes to continue the traditions of our family.

It will be intersting to see on November 5th how many _____ _____ there are. I want to know how many Democratic states there are.