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Absentee ballot
Voting completed and submitted by a voter before the day of an election without going to the polls
Battleground state
a state with the polls show a close contest between the republican and democratic candidate in a presidential election
Demographic characteristics
measurable characteristics of a population such as economic status, education, age, race or ethnicity, and gender
electoral college
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
Franchise/suffrage
The right to vote
Get out the Vote
Efforts to mobilize supporters
Linkage Institution
Channels that connect individuals with government including elections, political parties, interests, groups, and the media
Party-line voting
voting for candidates who belong only to one political party for all of the offices on the ballot
Political efficacy
a personś belief that he or she can make effective political change
Political mobilization
efforts by political parties to encourage their members to vote
Political Participation
An organization that raises money to elect and defeat candidates and may donate money directly to a candidateś campaign, subject to limits
Prospective voting
Casting a ballot for a candidate who promises to enact policies favored by the voter in the future
Rational choice voting
voting based on what a citizen believes is in his our her best interests
retrospective voting
voting based on an assessment of an incumbentś past performance
Socioeconomic status (SES)
a measure of an individualś wealth, income, occupation, and educational attainment
Super-PAC
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
Swing state
a state where levels of support for the parties are similar and elections swing back and forth between democrats and republicans
voter turnout
The number of eligible voters who participate in an election as a percentage of the total number of eligible voters
Winner take call system
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
