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Elections and Voting

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  • characteristics about the human population or a part of it, such as size or growth
    Demographics
  • Each state's number of electoral votes depends on voter turnout. (true/false)
    false
  • Al Gore won the popular vote in the 2000 election. (true/false)
    true
  • Demographics are statistics relating to a group of people. (true/false)
    True
  • an assigned location where the casting, recording, and counting of votes take place during an election
    Poll
  • Disenfranchise
    to deprive a person or a group of people of the right to vote
  • Voter turnout
    the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election
  • Ballot
    a paper or card on which someone can cast a vote in an election
  • a U.S. state where no political party has a significant majority of voter support, making it possible for the state's electoral votes to go to any candidate
    Swing state
  • Voter turnout has been rising since the 2000 election. (true/false)
    true
  • the dividing of a geographic region into representative districts that would give political advantage to a certain political party or other group
    Gerrymander
  • a closed meeting of people from one political party, especially a local meeting to select delegates or candidates
    Caucus
  • characteristic relating to economic or social factors
    Socioeconomic trait
  • What Happened in the 2000 Election?
    George W. Bush and Al Gore, won over 50% of the popular vote.
  • Gerrymandering is illegal. (true/false)
    False