Ariannys Flores

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Across
  1. 1. allows citizens to vote directly on issues called propositions
  2. 2. banning the use of soft money in federal campaigns and increasing the 1974 limits on individual and group contributions to candidates
  3. 4. voting based on what voters perceive to be in their own best interest
  4. 5. allows for the direct election of senators
  5. 8. are elections in which the voters choose from among all the candidates nominated by political parties or running as independents
  6. 13. when no candidate from a party receives a majority of the votes
  7. 14. elected party officials
  8. 15. is the independent regulatory agency charged with administering and enforcing the federal campaign finance law.
  9. 16. occur during the year when no presidential election is held
  10. 19. states use this today to determine whom the state delegates to the national party convention will support
  11. 21. voting for candidates based upon the party to which they belong
  12. 23. allows lesser known or weaker candidates from the presidential candidates party to win by riding the “coattails” of the nominee
  13. 25. are nominating elections in which voters choose the candidates from each party who will run for office in the general election
  14. 26. A vote for candidates of different political parties on the same ballot, instead of for candidates of only one party
  15. 29. the citizens eligible to vote
  16. 30. is the right to vote
  17. 34. was designed to make voter registration easier
  18. 35. voting based on past performance of the candidate
  19. 36. voters may vote to choose the candidates of either party whether they belong to that party or not
  20. 37. voting based on how the voter believes the candidate will perform in office
  21. 38. donations to political parties that could be used for general purposes
  22. 40. the supreme court ruled that limiting the ability of businesses, unions, and other groups to fund their own efforts to elect or defeat candidates for office is unconstitutional
  23. 41. elimination of race disqualifications
Down
  1. 1. occurs when the minority party wins by building a new coalition of voters that continues over successive elections
  2. 3. indicare sharp changes in existing patterns of party loyalty
  3. 6. allows voters to petition to propose issues to be decided by qualified voters
  4. 7. only voters who are registered in the party may vote to choose the candidate
  5. 9. a guarantee in the First Amendment
  6. 10. occur when party loyalty becomes less important to voters
  7. 11. meetings run by political parties that are held at the county, district, or precinct level
  8. 12. choosing earlier and earlier dates to hold their primaries
  9. 17. is a special election initiated by petition to allow citizens to remove an official from office before a term expires
  10. 18. occur when the minority party is able to win with the support of majority-party members, independents, and new voters
  11. 20. occur when the traditional majority power maintains power based on the party loyalty of voters
  12. 22. allows citizens to nominate candidates
  13. 24. elimination of gender disqualifications
  14. 27. elimination of poll taxes in federal elections
  15. 28. voters may vote for candidates of either party
  16. 31. when voters go to the polls on election day they are casting the popular vote this vote is actually for electors
  17. 32. lowering the minimum age for voting in federal elections to 18
  18. 33. when people do not believe their vote out of millions of votes will make a difference
  19. 39. occurs in early march when the greatest number of states hold presidential preference primaries on the same day