This document contains vocabulary terms related to the political process including parties, elections, and civic participation. Key terms include political party, major parties, partisanship, labor union, bipartisan, plurality, consensus, coalition, incumbent, ideological parties, electorate, faction, suffrage, franchise, poll tax, transient, literacy purge, gerrymandering, gender gap, nomination, caucus, blanket primary, ballot, coattail effect, subsidy, soft money, public affairs, mandate, and straw vote.