Civics: Elections and Process Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Information, usually fake or misleading, that is deliberately repeated over and over to influence votes or public opinion
  2. 7. A group of people with a common public policy issue
  3. 13. An organization that raises money to donate to candidates who support the PAC's views on an issue
  4. 16. The organized effort of a candidate to win an election
Down
  1. 1. Political view that falls between liberal and conservative views
  2. 2. Changing the way that campaigns are run
  3. 4. A written statement that expresses their political view
  4. 5. The term for all forms of communication including radio, TV, newspapers, books, magazines, the Internet, recordings, movies, etc.
  5. 6. A representative from and interest group who contacts lawmakers or other officials directly to influence policy
  6. 8. The coourse of action the government takes on an issue or problem
  7. 9. A group formed to make a guided course of action
  8. 10. A geographic area that contains a specific number of voters
  9. 11. A consistent tilt to favor one side of an issue while ignoring or discounting evidence that supports the other side
  10. 12. Political view that favors a smaller gov and has more traditional views
  11. 14. Political view that favors bigger gov and has less traditional views
  12. 15. A person who seeks or is nominated for an office