Election Words

2. A meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc
3. more than half.
8. a person running for public office with another candidate. A political party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates are running mates.
10. thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
11. a nickname for the Republican Party. The initials stand for “Grand Old Party.”
12. a day on which several states hold primaries or caucuses. It usually takes place in February or March of a presidential election year.
15. One of the two major political parties in the U.S., founded in 1828.
17. person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
19. the act of formally choosing someone as a candidate for a job or position.
22. A discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints.
23. political party’s positions and plans to solve the country’s problems. Party members write and adopt the platform at their national convention.
24. slip of sheet of paper,cardboard, or the like on which a voter marks his or hers vote.
26. to sign up formally for something, such as to vote.

1. person who currently holds a position or an office
4. 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
5. length of time a public official serves in office. The term of the U.S. president is four years. The most a president can serve is two terms
6. a voter, candidate, or an elected official who does not belong to a political party.
7. a form of government in which the people choose their leaders in elections
9. to formally pick someone as a candidate for office. Democrats and Republicans each nominate one person for president.
13. -a state in which the Democratic and Republican candidates have an equally good chance of winning
14. a meeting or formal assembly, as of representatives or delegates, for discussion of and action on particular matters of common concern
16. A person who seeks an office, honor, etc.
18. person chosen to run in an election.
20. any U.S. political party other than the Democratic and Republican parties
21. the right to vote.
25. candidates supported by a political party to run together for important positions