Major and Minor Political Parties Political Dictionary Terms
Term 1 Device which a voter registers a choice in an election.
Answer ballot
Term 2 Place where the voters who live in a precinct vote.
Answer polling place
Term 3 A voting district.
Answer precinct
Term 4 When a strong candidate running for an office at the top of the ballot helps attract voters to other candidates on the party’s ticket.
Answer coattail effect
Term 5 Voting by those unable to get to their regular polling places on election day.
Answer absentee voting
Term 6 The top two vote- getters in the first party primary face one another, and the winner becomes the nominee.
Answer runoff primary
Term 7 People who meet to select the candidates they will support in an upcoming election.
Answer caucus
Term 8 The naming of those who will seek office.
Answer nomination
Term 9 Special-interest groups which have an interest in public policy.
Answer political action committee
Term 10 Contributions made to State and local party organizations for activities such as voter registration and party mailings.
Answer soft money
Term 11 An election held within a party to pick that party’s candidates for the general election.
Answer direct primary
Term 12 Regularly scheduled elections which voters make the final selection of officeholders.
Answer general election
Term 13 A grant of money, usually from a government.
Answer subsidy
Term 14 Campaign money that is subject to regulation by the Federal Election Commission.
Answer hard money
Term 15 A party nominating election which only declared party members can vote.
Answer closed primary
Term 16 Elections in which candidates are not identified by party labels.
Answer nonpartisan election
Term 17 A party nominating election in which any qualified voter can take part.
Answer open primary