AP Gov Vocab Unit 5!

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Across
  1. 1. Agency in charge of administering and enforcing the federal campaign finance law.
  2. 4. lowering the voting age to 18
  3. 5. minority party wins by building a new coalition
  4. 8. early march when most the states hold primaries
  5. 10. voters choose among all the candidates
  6. 11. voting based on past performance of the candidate
  7. 12. weaker candidates from the presidential candidates win
  8. 16. allows citizens to nominate candidates
  9. 18. the right to vote
  10. 19. limiting the ability of businesses is unconstitutional
  11. 22. voters who are registered in the party may vote to choose the candidate
  12. 24. say what you think without consequences(only towards the
  13. 26. otherwise known as the National Voter Registration Act of 1995
  14. 28. donations to political parties for general purposes
  15. 32. allows voters to petition to propose issues to be decided by qualified voters
  16. 35. power based on the party loyalty of voters
  17. 37. earlier dates to hold primaries
  18. 39. minority party wins with support from majority party members
  19. 40. vote for candidates for more than one party
  20. 41. allowing for direct election of senators
  21. 42. determines who the state delegates will support
Down
  1. 2. voting based on what voter perceive to be in their own best interest
  2. 3. Happens when no presidential election is held
  3. 4. elimination of poll taxes in federal elections
  4. 6. Primary- voters may vote for candidates for either party choosing a Republican for one and a Democrat for another
  5. 7. allows citizens to vote directly on issues called propositions
  6. 9. a person who is chosen as a delegate to a political party's presidential nominating convention
  7. 13. Happens when no presidential election or midterm election is held.
  8. 14. voting based on how the voter believes the candidate will perform in office
  9. 15. voters may vote to choose the candidates of either party, wether they belong to that party or not
  10. 17. voters choose the candidates form each party who will run for office in the election
  11. 20. bans the use of soft money in federal campaigns
  12. 21. faith and trust in government
  13. 23. Process through which the U.S. chooses the president.
  14. 25. indicate sharp changes in existing patterns
  15. 27. to allow citizens to remove an official from office before a term expires
  16. 29. elimination of race disqualification
  17. 30. voting for candidates based upon the party to which they belong
  18. 31. Held when no candidate nominated for a specific office receives a vote
  19. 33. party loyalty becomes less important to voters
  20. 34. elimination of gender disqualification
  21. 36. meeting to endorse the party candidate
  22. 38. all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.