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National Government
Elections
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Undergraduate 2
04/16/2006

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Term
Party convention
Definition
A candidate chosen is formally anounced.
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Primary Election
Definition
-Democrats vote for who they want to represent the Democratic Party.

-most states hold primary elections- vote which candidates they want.

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Open Primary
Definition
Anyone from any party can vote for any party! Representatives can vote for a demo (politicans do this to vote for an extreme candidate so it is less likely to win for that party).
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Blanket Primary
Definition
Where someone can vote one for republican and another for a democratic.
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State Convention
Definition
Annonuce candidate chosen.
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Caucas
Definition
A meeting of the local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences for candidates running for office.
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1st Primary
Definition
On Feb 1st in Hew Hampshire
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1st Caucas
Definition
February 7th in Iowa (states usually have closed primary's and has a winner-take all- system.
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What are the candidate declared dates
Definition
July-Out of White house
August-in power
November-general election
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Balancing the Ticket
Definition
Represent President and Vice President---them being different---in different place...ect.
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