The Electoral Process

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  1. 4. a person running for public office with another candidate. A political party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates are running mates.
  2. 7. to announce officially; proclaim
  3. 10. a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints
  4. 11. pertaining to or characterized by the principle of political or social equality for all
  5. 13. a formal promise a person makes to do the best that he or she can in a particular job or political office. The president takes an oath of office on inauguration day.
  6. 15. a nickname for the Republican Party. The initials stand for “Grand Old Party.”
  7. 16. a group of citizens with similar ideas on how the country should be run. The two main U.S. political parties are the Democrats and the Republicans.
  8. 17. a state in which the Democratic and Republican candidates have an equally good chance of winning
  9. 18. a country’s plan for dealing with other nations
  10. 20. relating to the national government, as opposed to a local or state government
  11. 21. a person who currently holds a position or an office
  12. 22. important problem to discuss or debate
  13. 23. an election in a state to select a political party’s candidates for the general election. In closed primaries, only members of the political party can vote. In open primaries, all voters can take part.
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  1. 1. to formally pick someone as a candidate for office. Democrats and Republicans each nominate one person for president.
  2. 2. a formal announcement of support for a candidate by an individual or a grou a formal survey of voters leaving polling places on Election Day, asking them for which candidates they voted. Exit polls help predict an election’s outcome.
  3. 3. an election in which the winner receives a much larger number of votes than the other candidates
  4. 5. a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
  5. 6. a voter, candidate, or an elected official who does not belong to a political party
  6. 8. the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, by law. U.S. presidential elections are held every four years.
  7. 9. a contest on Election Day in November in which candidates are elected to office
  8. 12. a person who seeks an office, honor, etc.
  9. 14. the candidate who is favored to win an election
  10. 17. the right to vote
  11. 19. the formal ceremony in which the president is sworn into office. The next presidential inauguration will be January 20, 2017.