1. CHAPTER 13 The Presidency
Presidential Succession
Swing Voter
Battleground State
Electoral College
Winner-Take-All

2. CHAPTER 13 The Presidency
Presidential Succession: Scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled (Vice President, Speaker of the House, etc.)
Swing Voter: Members of the electorate who have not made up their minds at the start of a campaign and are open to persuasion by either side.
Battleground State: States in which the outcome of an election is too close to call and either candidate could win.

3. CHAPTER 13 The Presidency
Electoral College: Group of persons chosen in each State and the District of Columbia every four years who make a formal selection of the President and Vice President.
Winner-Take-All: An almost obsolete system whereby a presidential aspirant who won the preference vote in a primary automatically won all the delegates chosen in the primary.

4. CHAPTER 14 & 15 The Presidency In Action & The Bureaucracy
Executive Privilege: The President’s power to refuse to disclose information.
Treaty: A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states.
Executive Agreement: A pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which (unlike a treaty) does not require Senate consent.

5. CHAPTER 14 & 15 The Presidency In Action & The Bureaucracy
Reprieve: An official postponement of the execution of a sentence.
Pardon: Release from the punishment of legal consequences of a crime, by the President (in a federal case) or a governor (in a State case).
Bureaucracy: A large, complex administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organization.

6. CHAPTER 14 & 15 The Presidency In Action & The Bureaucracy
Executive Office of the President: An organization of several agencies staffed by the President’s closest advisors.
Cabinet: Presidential advisory body, traditionally made up of the heads of the executive departments and other officers.