Political Elections and Campaigns

• absentee ballot
• absolute majority
• acceptance speech
• at large
• backlash
• ballot
• ballot box
• bandwagon
• barnstorm
• big fix
• blanket primary
• bloc
• body politic
• borough
• bunkum
• by-election
• campaign
• campaign button
• campaign trail
• canvass
• carry
• caucus
• charisma
• closed primary
• coattail effect
• congressional district
• constituency
• convention
• cross-file
• crossover vote
• declaration
• delegation
• direct primary
• dirty politics
• district
• elect
• election
• election day
• electioneer
• electoral college
• electoral votes
• electorate
• ethnic vote
• fund-raiser
• general election
• glad-hand
• grass roots
• hat in the ring
• hustings
• initiative
• keynote address
• landslide
• local election
• mandate
• media campaign
• minority
• mudslinging
• multiple voting
• national convention
• national election
• nomination
• nonpartisan election
• off year
• open primary
• PAC
• plank
• platform
• plebiscite
• plurality
• political action committee
• politicking
• poll
• poll tax
• polling place
• polling station
• popular
• precinct
• preferential voting
• primary
• projected winner
• proposition
• proxy
• public opinion
• rally
• recall
• recount
• referendum
• registration
• registration drive
• returns
• run
• runoff
• safe seat
• sample ballot
• secret ballot
• slate
• slush fund
• smear campaign
• special election
• split ticket
• stand
• stand down
• stepwinder
• straight ticket
• straw poll
• stump
• swing vote
• ticket
• turnout
• undecided voter
• vote
• voting booth
• voting machine
• ward
• whistle stop
• winner-take-all system
• write-in
• write-in candidate