Chapter 13

Question 1

Formal statement of a party’s position on current issues; drafted at a party’s national convention

Answer 1

Party platform

Question 2

The practice of choosing a running mate based on specific ideology, geogra- phy, race, gender, or other characteristics in order to strengthen one’s own chance of being elected

Answer 2

Balance the ticket

Question 3

The election used to fill elective offices; at the national level it is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November

Answer 3

General election

Question 4

Public opinion polls taken by various polling agencies as voters leave their polling place; used to predict election outcomes

Answer 4

Exit polls

Question 5

Special speech given by the president after he is sworn into office

Answer 5

Inaugural address

Question 6

The president’s power to give complete forgiveness of a crime and its consequent punish- ment, thereby releasing someone from the re- mainder of his or her sentence.

Answer 6

Pardons