Election Vocabulary

Question 1

Closed primary

Answer 1

A primary election in which voting is restricted to party members

Question 2

Open primary

Answer 2

A primary election in which voters can choose which party primary

Question 3

Retail politics

Answer 3

An approach to competing based on direct contact with voters

Question 4

Midterm election

Answer 4

An election held in the even-numbered years between presidential elections

Question 5

Off year elections

Answer 5

An election held in odd-numbered years

Question 6

Swing voter

Answer 6

An independent voter who does not have a strong party affiliation

Question 7

Incumbent

Answer 7

A public official Seeking re-election

Question 8

Coattail effect

Answer 8

The influence that a popular politician may have on voters making them more likely to choose other candidates from his or her party

Question 9

Electorate

Answer 9

The voting population

Question 10

Purging

Answer 10

Rarely happens so these books are often in accurate and contain means of unqualified motors including the deceased

Question 11

Political socialization

Answer 11

Process by which people gain their beliefs

Question 12

Straight ticket voting

Answer 12

Voting for candidates of only one party

Question 13

Split ticket voting

Answer 13

Voting across party lines (electing candidates from more than one party)

Question 14

Independent

Answer 14

No party affiliation

Question 15

Gerrymandering

Answer 15

Redrawing electoral district lines to suit a particular party

Question 16

Transients

Answer 16

Anyone who lives in a state for just a short period of time

Question 17

Gender gap

Answer 17

Measurable differences between men and women voters

Question 18

Poll tax

Answer 18

No longer charged a fee to vote

Question 19

Apathy

Answer 19

Lack of interest, enthusiasm and concern

Question 20

Literacy

Answer 20

The ability to read and write

Question 21

Suffrage

Answer 21

The right to vote