AP Government

3. A meeting of local party members to debate and select delegates
5. Model of federalism that involves spending, taxing, and providing grants in the federal government system
9. The weakening of partisan party preferences leading to a rise in independents
10. The process for terminating debate in the senate
11. Powers of the government payed out in the Constitution
12. Multiple competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group
13. A person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group or corporation to try to influence policy decisions and positions in the executive and legislative branches
15. The political ideology which most Americans tend to lean towards
18. The effect of candidates getting a boost because of the popularity of a candidate above them on the ballot
19. The Clause in the 1st Amendment that gives Congress to power to regulate interstate business activity
20. The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent

1. The people represented by an elected representative
2. The type of federal grant limited to narrowly activities
4. The process by which we develop our political views and values
6. The clause of the First Amendment that prohibits the government from establishing/favoring a religion
7. Written defamation of another person
8. The sharing of powers between federal and state governments
14. The organization responsible for implementing, administering, and enforcing policies, laws, and regulations at the federal level
16. Presidential power to reject a bill passed by Congress
17. A Legislature divided in two houses