APS ch 12

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Across
  1. 3. type of primary where a candidate secures a percentage of delegates equal to the percentage of votes received across the state
  2. 6. Get-out-the-vote efforts rely heavily on these
  3. 9. one of the reasons that an incumbent loses a re-election attempt
  4. 14. to receive public funds, a party needs to have won at least ___ percent of the popular vote in the previous presidential election
  5. 16. this congressional election usually occurs two years into a president's term.
  6. 18. directly to a candidate’s campaign
  7. 20. These ads attack an opponent’s character or platform
  8. 22. this LBJ campaign commercial was run only once before being pulled
  9. 23. The Supreme Court has agreed that giving money to a campaign is the same as this Constitutional right
  10. 24. __ v. Valeo ruled that there is no limit on how much a candidate can spend on their own
  11. 25. Senator John McCain, one of the leaders that pushed the BCRA through, is from this state
  12. 26. Political parties are allowed to give up to $5,000 to these candidates per election
  13. 28. The disputed vote count in this state led to the Supreme Court’s intervention in Bush v. Gore.
  14. 29. in a general election, candidates are advised to move toward this spot on the political spectrum
Down
  1. 1. these ads attempt to counterattack an anticipated attack from the opposition before the attack is launched
  2. 2. these officially recognized fund-raising organizations are allowed by federal law to make
  3. 4. Joe Biden was the challenger in the 2020 presidential election and Donald Trump was this
  4. 5. presidential elections occur on the Tuesday after the first ___ in November.
  5. 7. for their candidate
  6. 8. the finance ___ coordinates the financial business of the campaign
  7. 10. He sparred with Kennedy in the first televised debate
  8. 11. North Carolina and this state were the only states that Obama won in 2008 but lost in 2012
  9. 12. technique that puts forward the interpretation of some information in a way that is most
  10. 13. studies show that reporters are obsessed with this aspect of politics
  11. 15. an election in which voters decide which of the candidates within a party will represent the party in the general election
  12. 17. these special PAC’s can be established to make independent expenditures
  13. 19. ___ vs. FEC declared unconstitutional the BCRA’s ban on electioneering communications made by corporations and unions
  14. 21. these are the people that actually cast votes for president and vice president
  15. 23. the tendency of states to choose an early date on the primary (nomination) calendar
  16. 27. People making less than $50,000 annually vote most often for this party.