ELECTION WORDS

3. a person who is running for an elected position or competing for a job.
7. the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November by law.
9. a formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party.
13. a person chosen to vote on other people’s behalf.
16. the right to vote.
17. a day on which several states hold primaries or caucuses.
18. a formal announcement of support for a candidate by an individual or a group.
20. the candidate that is favored to win an election.
21. a person who currently holds a position or an office.
23. a state that mainly supports and votes for Republican candidates in presidential elections.

1. to formally pick someone as a candidate for office.
2. a discussion or an argument about issues.
4. the formal ceremony in which the president is sworn into office.
5. a formal promise a person makes to do the best that he or she can in a particular job or political office.
6. an act of voting by the electorate of a country or area.
8. the winner receives a much larger number of votes than the other candidate.
9. a place at or in which voters in an election are cast.
10. a state that mainly supports and votes for Democratic candidates in presidential elections.
11. to sign up formally for something, suck as to vote.
12. an important problem to discuss or debate.
14. a nickname for the republican party.
15. a meeting of party members to choose candidates to run in an election.
19. a person running for public office with another candidate.
22. a list of candidates and proposals that citizens use to cast a secret vote.
24. the length of time a public official serves in office.