Civics Chapter 18 vocabulary

Question 0

Name candidates to run for public office

Answer 0

Nominate

Question 1

And organization of citizens who wish to influence and control government by getting their members elected to office

Answer 1

Political party

Question 2

A statement of the parties official stand on major public issues

Answer 2

Platform

Question 3

Position statement on each specific issue in the parties platform

Answer 3

Plank

Question 4

Go door-to-door handing out information and asking people which candidate they support

Answer 4

Canvas

Question 5

Voting districts

Answer 5

Precincts

Question 6

System in which party leaders perform favors for loyal supporters of the party

Answer 6

Patronage

Question 7

Ballots cast for all the candidates of one party

Answer 7

Straight ticket

Question 8

The practice of voting for candidates of more than one party on the same ballot

Answer 8

Split ticket

Question 9

Those who do not support a particular political party

Answer 9

Independent voters

Question 10

Declaring that you are running for office

Answer 10

Self-nomination

Question 11

One who asks voters to write his or her name on the ballot

Answer 11

Write-in candidate

Question 12

A meeting of party leaders to discuss issues or to choose candidates

Answer 12

Caucus

Question 13

An election in which members of a political party choose candidates to run for office in the name of the party

Answer 13

Direct primary

Question 14

A primary in which a voter must be registered as a party member and may vote only in that party’s primary

Answer 14

Closed primary

Question 15

A primary in which voters do not need to declare a party before voting, but they may vote in only one party’s primary

Answer 15

Open primary