Question

a. vocabulary. match each key term with its definition.
______ 1. political party
a. allowing a political party to put a candidate on the ballot
______ 2. write - in candidate
b. a person’s ideas about how government should run and how issues should be solved
______ 3. public policy
c. a candidate whose name a voter must hand - write on the ballot
______ 4. minority party
d. political party with the most elected members
______ 5. third party
e. the stand the government takes about how issues should be handled
______ 6. platform
f. a political party other than republican or democratic
______ 7. political views
g. an organized group of people who share similar political views and work to influence government
______ 8. ballot access
h. set of statements describing a party’s views on major issues
______ 9. candidate
i. political party that does not have a majority of the elected members
______10. majority party
j. a person running for political office

Explanation:

1. A political party is an organized group with similar political views aiming to influence government, so 1 matches G.
2. A write - in candidate is one whose name voters hand - write on the ballot, so 2 matches C.
3. Public policy is the government's stance on handling issues, so 3 matches E.
4. A minority party is one without a majority of elected members, so 4 matches I.
5. A third party is a political party other than Republican or Democratic, so 5 matches F.
6. A platform is a set of statements about a party's views on major issues, so 6 matches H.
7. Political views are a person's ideas about government and issue - solving, so 7 matches B.
8. Ballot access is allowing a party to put a candidate on the ballot, so 8 matches A.
9. A candidate is a person running for political office, so 9 matches J.
10. A majority party has the most elected members, so 10 matches D.

Answer:

1. G. An organized group of people who share similar political views and work to influence government
2. C. A candidate whose name a voter must hand - write on the ballot
3. E. The stand the government takes about how issues should be handled
4. I. Political party that does not have a majority of the elected members
5. F. A political party other than Republican or Democratic
6. H. Set of statements describing a party's views on major issues
7. B. A person’s ideas about how government should run and how issues should be solved
8. A. Allowing a political party to put a candidate on the ballot
9. J. A person running for political office
10. D. Political party with the most elected members