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These are ads around election time that tell you why you should not vote for a certain candidate.
Sound bite ads
Attack/negative ads
Stump speech ads
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This is an area where there is a large number of undecided voters (also known as swing states)
red and blue states
blue collar and white collar
battleground states
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These groups go out and gain money from donors and can influence federal elections.
Swing voters
Super PACs
The 1%
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_________________ believe that government should have limited power in business and social matters (tend to vote Republican) and ___________ believe that government should be active in business and social matters (tend to vote Democrat)
Conservatives/Liberals
Blue collar/white collar
Liberals/Conservatives
Red/Blue
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This is the 18-24 age range voters. The lowest turnout of any group.
Populists
Conservatives
Youth
1%
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This is a short phrase that a candidate will use to sum up their own position or attack their rivals
bias
sound bites
attack ads
twitter war
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Overly personal, nasty campaign tactics
mudslinging
spin
third party candidate
swing votes
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On an election map, states are color coded. _______ stands for Republican and_____________ stands for Democrat
red/blue
purple/blue
blue/red
blue/purple
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This is when their are heated back and forth disputes on Twitter
Twitter Games
Twitter Rage
Twitter War
the 2016 election year
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The president is actually decided by this. Each state has the same number of these as they do representatives in Congress. A candidate will need at least 270 of these to win!
popular votes
swing votes
electoral votes
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A candidate who does or who claims they can relate to the common person.
lobbyist
populist
liberals
conservatives
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A candidate gives this day after day on the campaign trail
sound bite
mudslinging
attack ads
stump speech