2nd Grade Election Worksheets

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Election Day 12

ballot The sheet that lists the choices for a voter to mark. A ballot names the candidates for each office.
ballot box The sealed container that holds the marked ballots. A classroom ballot box can be a shoebox with a slit in the lid.
candidate A person who asks for votes to win a public job. Two candidates might both run for class president.
election The choosing of leaders by a count of votes. Elections for Congress take place every two years.
Election Day The Tuesday in early November set for voting. The law puts it on the Tuesday that follows the first Monday of November.
majority Over half of the whole number of votes. Out of 20 votes, 11 is a majority.
polling place The school, hall or other site set up for voting. Schools and public libraries are often used as polling places.
tie The same number of votes for two choices. Ten votes to ten is a tie.
vote One person's choice, marked and counted. A vote for a class pet might be marked on a slip of paper.
voter A person the law allows to mark a ballot. A citizen must be 18 or older to be a voter in an election for President.
voting booth A small closed space where one person votes in private. The booth keeps other people from seeing how a ballot is marked.
winner The one who comes out ahead when votes are counted. The winner of a class vote might have 14 votes to the other side's 9.

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Before the election 12

absentee ballot A ballot sent in by a voter who is not there in person. Many absentee ballots are returned by mail.
campaign The work of asking voters to choose a candidate. Signs, speeches and visits are parts of a campaign.
debate A meeting where candidates argue their ideas in turn. In a debate each side gets a turn to speak.
nominee The one person a party puts forward for an office. Each party has one nominee for President.
political party A group that puts up candidates who share its ideas. Joining a political party is one way to take part in a democracy.
poll worker A person who helps run the voting at a polling place. A poll worker sees that the voting is orderly.
precinct The small voting area a voter's home is in. The voters of one precinct usually share a polling place.
register To sign up with the election office so you can vote. Each state sets its own deadline for registering.
sample ballot A practice copy of the ballot to look over early. A sample ballot shows a voter what will be on the real one.
slogan A catchy line that sums up a campaign. "A vote for Sam is a vote for longer recess" is a slogan.
speech Words a person stands up and says to an audience. A candidate may give a speech in a park or a school gym.
voting age How old a person must be to vote. The voting age in the United States is 18.

Who we elect 12

city council The group elected to look after a city's business. A city council speaks for the people who live in the city.
elect To choose a person for a job by voting. Voters elect a President every four years.
elected official A person the voters have put into a public job. A mayor and a governor are elected officials.
general election The final election, held after the primaries. Its winners take office.
governor The person elected to lead a state. Each of the 50 states has a governor.
mayor The chief official at the head of a city's government. A mayor leads the local government.
oath of office The promise a leader makes before starting the job. The Constitution gives the words of the oath a President takes.
office A job of public trust, such as mayor or governor. To run for office is to try to be elected to it.
president The leader of the whole country, chosen for four years. The President also commands the armed forces.
primary election An early round of voting that narrows the field. Its winners go on the ballot of the general election.
represent To stand in for others and speak up on their behalf. A member of Congress is elected to represent the people of a state or a district.
vice president The leader who steps in if the president cannot serve. The vice president is chosen together with the President, for the same four years.

How this list was compiled: Term list chosen for this site on 2026-10-09. Each meaning is written in our own words and was checked that day against the entry for the term in Wiktionary, the free dictionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/), or the English Wikipedia article on the term (https://en.wikipedia.org/): Election, Ballot, Ballot box, Polling station, Voting booth, Electoral precinct, Voting age, Election Day (United States), Primary election, General election, Absentee ballot, Political party, Election official and Oath of office. The text of both is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. The election terms were checked a second time against the Glossary of Election Terminology of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (https://www.eac.gov/election-officials/glossaries-election-terminology), and the offices and the facts in the examples against the glossary of Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government (https://bensguide.gpo.gov/glossary), the Civics Questions for the Naturalization Test of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/100q.pdf) and the voting pages of USA.gov (https://www.usa.gov/voting-and-elections). The example after each meaning is our own. Licence: own work

How it works

These 2nd grade election worksheets are social studies matching sheets on voting. The first has the twelve words of Election Day, among them candidate, voter, polling place, voting booth and ballot box. An answer key prints last.

Read the full guide

An election vocabulary worksheet in three sets

In Set, Before the election has register, voting age, precinct, sample ballot, absentee ballot, poll worker, campaign, speech, debate, slogan, political party and nominee. Who we elect has elect, office, president, vice president, governor, mayor, city council, elected official, represent, oath of office, primary election and general election.

Questions and answers

What is the difference between a vote and a ballot?

A vote is one person's choice. A ballot is the sheet or screen the choice is marked on. One ballot can carry several votes, one for each office or question on it.

When is Election Day?

In the United States, federal elections are held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years. That puts Election Day between November 2 and November 8.

Are there voting worksheets for kindergarten and 1st grade?

A matching sheet has lines to read, so for kindergarten or a 1st grade class it works read aloud. Pairs prints four, five or six Election Day words in place of twelve, and the box prints pairs of your own, such as vote = choose.

Which voting worksheets are for 2nd grade and for 3rd grade?

The sheets name no grade. Election Day has the plainest words, from vote to tie. Before the election and Who we elect go on to precinct, nominee, represent and oath of office.

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Election Day 12

Before the election 12

Who we elect 12

How it works

An election vocabulary worksheet in three sets

Questions and answers

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