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| WordBank: 60 words: Adverse, Agenda, Appointment, Audience, Ballot, Boondoggle, Bunk, Campaign, Candidate, Canvass, Caucus, Challenge, Charisma, Coattails, Conservatism, Constituency, Constituents, Controversy, Declare, Delegates, Derision, Diverse, Electoral, Eloquent, Ethics, Feuds, Front Runner, Gerrymander, Gracious, Hypocrisy, Incumbent, Inspired, Issues, Jubilant, Judicial, Legislature, Liberalism, Lobby, Nominate, Orator, Oratory, Partisan, Party, Petition, Pollster, Primary, Quorum, Radical, Rescission, Revelations, Seniority, Spectacle, Strategy, Straw Poll, Supporter, Tactics, Term, Unity, Veto, Voter |
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| Alphalary for Election (Wordlist) |
| A) Absentee, Acclaim, Accountability, Activist, ADVERSE, Advertising, Affiliation, Aggressive, Amendment, Announcement, Anointed, Appeal, Appearance, Appoint, Apprehension, Approach, Appropriation, Arguments, Articulate, Aspiration, Aspiration, Assemble, Asset, Assimilation, At large, Audience, Authority, Authorization |
| B) Balanced budget, Ballot, Ballot box, Bandwagon, Barnstorming, Behavior, Biannual, Bias, Bicameral, Bill, Bipartisan, Boondoggle, Brochure, Budget, BUNK, Bureaucrat |
| C) Campaign, CANDIDATE, CANVASS, Capitalize, Careful, Catalyst, Caucus, Cautious, Ceiling, Centrist, Challenge, Challenger, CHARISMA, Checks and balances, Cheers, Civic, Clapping, Coalition, Coast-to-coast, Coattail, Collaboration, Collective, Commitments, Committee, Commonality, Communication, Compassion, Concede, Concessions, Confidence, Congress, Congressional, Conscience, Consequence, Conservative, Constituent, Constitution, Contribution, CONTROVERSY, Convene, Convention, Council |
| D) Dark horse, Debate, Decision, Decisive, DECLARE, Defeat, Deficit, Delegate, Deliberate, Deliberation, Democracy, Democrat, Democratic, Demonstrator, Derision, Destiny, Diligent, Disheartened, Dishonesty, Dissatisfaction, District, Diverse, Division, Dogma, Dominate, Donation, Donor, Dossier, Dynamic |
| E) Editorials, Effective, Efficient, Elation, Electoral college, Elevate, ELOQUENT, Emphasis, Empowerment, Enact, Endorsement, Equal, Ethics, Euphoria, Executive, Exit poll, Experience |
| F) Faction, Feud, Filibuster, Flag, Flaws, Focus, Forum, Fraud, Freedom, Front runner, Funding, Fundraiser |
| G) Gains, Gambit, Gerrymander, Glaring, GOP, Government, GRACIOUS, Grass roots, Grateful |
| H) Handshakes, Hard money, Historic, Honesty, Hooray, Hypocrisy |
| I) Ignite, Impound, Inalienable, Incentive, Incorporate, Incumbency, Incumbent, Independent, Independent, Indulge, Infallible, Influx, Initiative, Inspiring, Integrity, Interests, Invest, Investigate, Irresponsible, Issues |
| J) Jeer, Jitters, JUBILANT, Judge, Judicial |
| L) Lame duck, Landslide, Last minute, Leadership, Leanings, Left, Legalization, Legislature, Liberal, Lobbyist, Lone, Loser, Loss, Loyalty |
| M) Machine, Magistrate, Majority, Measures, Meetings, Mentor, Midterm election, Minority, Motives, Mudslinging |
| N) National, Nationwide, Negativity, Newspapers, Nominate, Nominee, Nonpartisan, Numbers |
| O) Obligation, Obsequious, Official, Opine, Opinion, Opportunity, Opposition, Orator, Oratory, Outspoken, Ovation |
| P) PAC (Political Action Committee), Pamphlets, Pardon, Participation, Partisanship, Party, Petition, Picket, Platform, Pledge, Plurality, Polarize, Policy, Politician, Politics, Poll, Polling place, Pollster, Popular, Popularity, Pork barrel, Position paper, Pragmatist, Praise, Precinct, Preparation, Prescient, Pride, Primary, Priority, Proactive, Progressive, Projection, Promises, Propaganda, Proponent, Proposal, Punished, Purpose |
| Q) Query, Quest, Quorum, Quotes |
| R) Race, Ratify, Re-election, Reapportionment, Recall, Reception, Recognition, Reconciliation, Recount, Recover, Recrimination, Redistrict, Referendum, Reform, Registration, Regulate, Representation, Republican, Rescind, Research, Resignation, Resilience, Restrictions, Retort, Revelations, Revenues, Rhetoric, Right, Roll call, Runoff |
| S) Scope, Senate, Seniority, Shift, Shortcoming, Shuffle, Sidelines, Sinecure, Slate, Slogan, Solicitation, Solution, Spar, Spectacle, Speculate, Speech, Spending, Spin, Stakes, Stance, State’s rights, Statute, Straightforward, Strategist, STRATEGY, Straw poll, Studies, Stumble, Stump, Subcommittee, Success, Suffrage, Support, Sway, System |
| T) Tactics, Talk, Tally, Taxpayer, Term, Term limit, Ticket, Town hall meetings, Turnout |
| U) Ultimate, Unanimous, Uncommitted, Undecided, Unfair, Uniformity, Unity, Unknown, Unopposed, Unprecedented, Unsure, Upset |
| V) Vacancy, VETO, Viable, Victory, Vie, Viewpoint, Violations, VIP, Volunteers, Voter, Vulnerability |
| W) Ward, Whistle-stop, Wild-card, Wing voters, Winner, Withdraw, Withhold, Woo |
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Note: Words in CAPITAL letters refer to election vocabulary in themed content available from the home page.
Vocabulary University®, features election Comic Strips: The Vocons®,
They emphasize vocabulary of the electoral process! They create a vivid mental image and visual word association through a story about an election. This effort, created by vocabulary.com, is FREE.
Name: "CANDIDATE SAM"
Place & Time: Your Town, USA
Setting: Campaign headquarters of the candidates, Herb and Sam
Twelve Key Vocabulary Words (in order of appearance): CONTROVERSY, ELOQUENT,
DECLARE, CANDIDATE, STRATEGY, BUNK, CANVASS, VETO, ADVERSE, JUBILANT, GRACIOUS, CHARISMA
The "Candidate Sam"story highlights word meanings with the enthusiasm of a true election! These twelve (12) Vocons®: comic strips tell a story about an election campaign. They should be read in sequential order. They provide interdisciplinary material. The comic strips provide "visual" curriculum/resource information helpful in motivating students to learn more about the election process. They also include election jargon words in context.
The Election words(383) are written in capital letters, already drawn as a comic in "Candidate Sam".
48 Cliches and quotes from the "election-process" category:
Throw your hat into the ring
Politics makes strange bed fellows
Hell bent for election
Vote with your feet
Those who can fairly carry an election can also suppress a rebellion
Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets
Put my foot in my mouth
Jumping on the bandwagon
If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen
You can't judge a book by its cover
It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game
Throw in the towel
Skeletons in the closet
Caught between a rock and a hard place
Straight as an arrow
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Love it or leave it
Another face in the crowd
Give an inch, take a mile
Don'' make a mountain out of a molehill
The old gray mare just ain't what she used to be
Hindsight is 20-20
If wishes were horses then beggars would ride
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
If at first you don't succeed, try and try again
The buck stops here
Opportunity only knocks once
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride
The squeaky wheel gets the grease
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
The end justifies the means
Where do you hang your hat?
Don't put the horse before the cart
The lesser of two evils
It takes all kinds
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never harm me
Where's there's smoke, there's fire
Give him/her enough rope to hang him/herself
That's like closing the barn door after the horse escapes
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
You can't judge a book by its cover
There are only two certain things in life: death and taxes
Let's run it up the flagpole and see who salutes
Don'' put all your eggs in one basket
It ain'' over "til it's over
Cheat/fool me once, shame on you. Cheat/fool me twice, shame on me!
He who hesitates is lost
Whistle stop
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