Election & Voting Vocab

3. voter who does not belong to a political party
6. person currently holding office
9. printed form used in voting
13. all the voters of a particular district
16. person elected to head the government of a state
18. statement of the principles or beliefs of a political group
19. process by which a person's name is added to the list of eligible voters
21. group of representatives chosen by voters to elect the president and vice president of the U.S.
23. place where votes are cast
24. period of time immediately before an election when politicians try to persuade people to vote for them
25. lack of interest/concern
28. political subdivision for the purpose of electing U.S. Representatives
29. lower house of the congress consisting of 435 members who each serve two‐year terms and can be re‐elected
30. person given authority to vote for others democracy government that is run by the people who live under it

1. group of people in charge of managing a country, state, or city
2. drawing up of voting districts in unusual shapes in order to benefit a certain group
4. upper house of the Congress, with two members from each state (100 members total) who each serve six‐year terms
5. member of the Republican political party
7. major unit of local government
8. closed meeting of party members to determine nominations
10. formal meeting of members of a party to nominate candidates to run for president
11. not associated with a particular political party
12. person who was born in or chooses to live in and become a member of a country
13. legislative group consisting of the House of Representatives & the Senate
14. person who lives in a specific jurisdiction
15. preliminary elections in which voters choose party candidates to run for office on their party ticket in general elections
17. member of the Democratic party
20. person that a political party names, or nominates, to represent it in a general election
22. person who seeks political office
26. right to vote
27. those eligible to vote