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Presidential campaign button for Abraham Lincoln, 1860.

The reverse side of the button shows a portrait of his running mate Hannibal Hamlin.

Voting is a method by which a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, convenes together for the purpose of making a collective decision or expressing an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns.

Democracies elect holders of high office by voting.

Residents of a jurisdiction represented by an elected official are called "constituents," and the constituents who choose to cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called "voters." There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater to proportional representation can only be used in elections.

A ballot box used in France.

An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.

Politics (from) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.

The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science.

A political party platform (US English), party program, or party manifesto (preferential term in British & often Commonwealth English) is a formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, in order to appeal to the general public, for the ultimate purpose of garnering the general public's support and votes about complicated topics or issues.

A component of a political platform is often called a plank – the opinions and viewpoints about an individual topic, as held by a party, person, or organization.

The word plank depicts a component of an overall political platform, as a metaphorical reference to a basic stage made of boards or planks of wood.

The metaphor can return to its literal origin when public speaking or debates are actually held upon a physical platform.