Civics Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Across
- 1. Current officeholder
- 4. The smallest unit of election administration
- 6. Minor parties based on a particular set of beliefs
- 8. The largest number of votes cast for the office
- 12. The strong support of their party and its policy standards
- 13. General agreement among various groups
- 14. Competing groups
Down
- 2. The people eligible to vote
- 3. Two major parties find common ground
- 5. Temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and to control government
- 7. Minor parties that split away from one of the major parties
- 9. Unit into which cities are often divided for the election of city council members
- 10. Political ___________ is a group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of public office
- 11. Political _____________, or range of political views