CE 5 Vocabulary

a large group of people who are entitled to vote

• Electorate

• Ballot

• Third Parties

• Conservative

A document with a list of candidates seeking election. Voters choose candidates from this list

• Platform

• Liberal

• Conservative

• Ballot

To choose someone to represent a political party

• Elect

• Nominate

• Candidate

• Platform

misleading information used to promote a political cause or point of view

• Bias

• Propaganda

• Popular Vote

• Platform

Having a certain point of view in favor or against something

• Propaganda

• Contrast

• Bias

• Media

the total number of votes a candidate gets from individual voters

• Electoral College vote

• Nominate

• Third Parties

• Popular Vote

Function

• Job or role

• Comparison

• Elect

• Nominate

Don't win elections, but they take away votes from the two main parties

• Republicans

• Democrats

• Third Parties

A group that works to win elections

• Political Party

• Political Action

• Political Candidate

• Political Platform

To get someone to join

• Recruit

• Nominate

• Vote

• Elect