Campaigns and Elections Crossword

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  1. 4. A primary election in which voters may choose in which party to vote as they enter the polling place.
  2. 6. A second primary election held when no candidate wins a majority of the votes in the first primary.
  3. 7. The alleged tendency of candidates to win more votes in an election because of the presence at the top of the ticket of a better-known candidate, such as the president.
  4. 8. A primary election in which each voter may vote for candidates from both parties.
  5. 9. Organizations under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code that raise and spend money to advance political causes.
  6. 11. / Spending by political action committees, corporations, or labor unions to help a party or candidate but done independently of them.
  7. 12. The person already holding and elective office.
  8. 13. A primary voting election in which voting is limited to already registered party members.
  9. 14. The vote cast by a person who does not like either candidate and so votes for the less objectionable of the two, putting a clothespin over his nose yo keep out the unpleasant stench.
  10. 16. voting Voting for a candidate because you like his or her past actions in office
  11. 17. action committee A committee set up by a corporation, labor union, or interest group that raises and spends campaign money from voluntary donations.
  12. 18. Funds obtained by political parties that are spent on party activities, such as get-out-the-vote drives, but not on behalf of a specific candidate
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  1. 1. surge An increase in the votes congressional candidates usually get when they first run for election.
  2. 2. An election held to choose candidates for office,
  3. 3. Drawing boundaries of legislative districts in bizarre or unusual shapes to favor one party
  4. 5. Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts so that they are unequal in population.
  5. 10. An election held to choose which candidate will hold office.
  6. 15. An issue about which the public is united and rival candidates or political parties adopt similar positions in hopes that each will be thought to best represent those widely shared benefits.