1. 7. The Electoral Process.

2. The Nominating Process.

3. Elections.

4. Money and Elections.

6. the naming of those who will seek office

8. regularly scheduled elections at which voters make the final selection of officeholders

10. a group of like-minded people who meet to select the candidates they will support in an upcoming election

12. an intra-party election held within a party to pick that party’s candidates for the general election

14. a party’s nominating election in which only the declared party members can vote

16. a party’s nominating election in which any qualified voter can cast a ballot

18. “wide-open primary”

20. top two vote-getters in the first party primary face one another for the party’s nomination

22. candidates are not identified by party labels

24. process by which citizens can vote without actually going to their polling places on election day

26. 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

28. voting district

30. the place where the voters who live in a precinct actually vote

32. the device by which a voter registers a choice in an election

34. political arms of special-interest and other organizations with a stake in electoral politics

36. grant of $, usually from a government

38. funds given to party organizations for such “party- building activities” as a candidate recruitment, voter registration, and get-out-the-vote drives

39. money raised and spent to elect candidates for Congress, and the White House

40. Self-Announced Candidates

41. Nominating and Electing a Candidate.

42. Campaign Ribbons.

43. Interpreting Political Cartoons.

44. Forms of Primaries in State Elections, 2005.

45. Voter Turnout in Statewide Primaries.

46. Interpreting Political Cartoons.

47. Getting on the Ballot.

48. Election Observers.

49. Office-Group and Party-Column Ballots.

50. Electronic Voting Process.

51. Vote by Mail.

52. Perspectives.

53. Total Campaign Spending, 1960-2004.

54. Voices on Government.

55. PAC Contributions to Congressional Candidates.

56. Interpreting Political Cartoons.

58. Analyzing Political Cartoons.