is a meeting of a group of like-minded people who select candidates they will support in an upcoming election

This term refers to the number of people per unit area (usually a kilometer or a mile). this could refer to the number of people per square mile in a city, a county, a province, a state, or a nation.

Newspaper started by john campbell:

Of the 8 territories that were brought under the flag of the united states by 1853, which one do you think was the most important addition to the growth of the united states?