APGov 5.8

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Across
  1. 5. The advantage that incumbents have solely due to being recognized
  2. 7. An electoral process where the winner of the most votes in a state receives all of the state's electoral votes
  3. 9. The election held to actually vote for president
  4. 11. A system used for selecting political party candidates during a primary
  5. 13. A primary where everyone can vote regardless of which party they are registered to
  6. 14. An election in which people vote for candidates to represent their parties in general elections
  7. 17. An electoral system in which subgroups are reflected proportionately to each other
  8. 18. Someone who has already been president or already recognized as a popular candidate
Down
  1. 1. States that do not typically vote for a specific party
  2. 2. To unevenly distribute to the beginning of the voting process
  3. 3. Allowed residents of Washington DC to vote for president
  4. 4. The period between the primaries and general election where political networks show interest in candidates based on support in primaries
  5. 6. A body of people who formally cast votes for president based on the majority vote
  6. 8. The number of votes cast for a candidate who receives the most votes, but does not receive the absolute majority
  7. 10. Voting for candidates of more than one party
  8. 12. The day during primaries when the greatest number of states hold primaries and caucuses
  9. 15. A Primary election in which only registered members of the primary's party can vote
  10. 16. A conference of members of legislation who select a candidate to run for office