7. The Electoral Process.
The Nominating Process.
Elections.
Money and Elections.
the naming of those who will seek office
regularly scheduled elections at which voters make the final selection of officeholders
a group of like-minded people who meet to select the candidates they will support in an upcoming election
an intra-party election held within a party to pick that party’s candidates for the general election
a party’s nominating election in which only the declared party members can vote
a party’s nominating election in which any qualified voter can cast a ballot
“wide-open primary”
top two vote-getters in the first party primary face one another for the party’s nomination
candidates are not identified by party labels
process by which citizens can vote without actually going to their polling places on election day
when a strong candidate running for office at the top of the ballot helps attract voters to other candidates on the same party’s ticket
voting district
the place where the voters who live in a precinct actually vote
the device by which a voter registers a choice in an election
political arms of special-interest and other organizations with a stake in electoral politics
grant of $, usually from a government
funds given to party organizations for such “party- building activities” as a candidate recruitment, voter registration, and get-out-the-vote drives
money raised and spent to elect candidates for Congress, and the White House
Self-Announced Candidates
Nominating and Electing a Candidate.
Campaign Ribbons.
Interpreting Political Cartoons.
Forms of Primaries in State Elections, 2005.
Voter Turnout in Statewide Primaries.
Interpreting Political Cartoons.
Getting on the Ballot.
Election Observers.
Office-Group and Party-Column Ballots.
Electronic Voting Process.
Vote by Mail.
Perspectives.
Total Campaign Spending,
Voices on Government.
PAC Contributions to Congressional Candidates.
Interpreting Political Cartoons.
Analyzing Political Cartoons.