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Absentee ballot

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Voting completed and submitted by a voter before the day of an election without going to the polls

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Battleground state

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a state with the polls show a close contest between the republican and democratic candidate in a presidential election

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Demographic characteristics

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measurable characteristics of a population such as economic status, education, age, race or ethnicity, and gender

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electoral college

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a constitutionally required process for selecting the president through states of electors chosen in each state, who are pledged to vote for a nominee in the presidential election

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Franchise/suffrage

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The right to vote

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Get out the Vote

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Efforts to mobilize supporters

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Linkage Institution

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Channels that connect individuals with government including elections, political parties, interests, groups, and the media

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Party-line voting

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voting for candidates who belong only to one political party for all of the offices on the ballot

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Political efficacy

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a personś belief that he or she can make effective political change

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Political mobilization

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efforts by political parties to encourage their members to vote

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Political Participation

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An organization that raises money to elect and defeat candidates and may donate money directly to a candidateś campaign, subject to limits

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Prospective voting

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Casting a ballot for a candidate who promises to enact policies favored by the voter in the future

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Rational choice voting

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voting based on what a citizen believes is in his our her best interests

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retrospective voting

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voting based on an assessment of an incumbentś past performance

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Socioeconomic status (SES)

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a measure of an individualś wealth, income, occupation, and educational attainment

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Super-PAC

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an organization that may spend an unlimited amount of money on a political campaign, as long as the spending is not coordinated with the campaign

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Swing state

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a state where levels of support for the parties are similar and elections swing back and forth between democrats and republicans

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voter turnout

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The number of eligible voters who participate in an election as a percentage of the total number of eligible voters

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Winner take call system

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A system of elections in which the candidate who wins the plurality of voters within a state receives all of the stateś votes in the electoral college