Election Process Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. Number of electoral votes for PA
  2. 5. Gives the opening speech at the national nominating convention
  3. 6. Division of city for election purposes
  4. 8. Each part of a party platform
  5. 9. Gives the last speech at the national nominating convention
  6. 10. Nickname for the Republican Party
  7. 11. One of the first two political parties that favored a weak federal government
  8. 13. Symbol of the Democratic Party
  9. 15. This group of people cast a collective number of 538 electoral votes during presidential elections
  10. 17. Andrew Jackson was the first president to be elected as a member of this party
  11. 18. Abe Lincoln was the first president to be elected as a member of this party
  12. 19. Group that chooses the President if no one receives the majority of electoral votes
  13. 22. Symbol of the Republican Party
  14. 23. Voters go here to vote on Election Day
  15. 25. Elections to select the candidates for each political party
  16. 26. Cities, counties, and wards are organized into these for election purposes
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  1. 1. Minimum voting age
  2. 2. When two or more parties agree to work together in order to get a majority
  3. 3. Presidential candidate for the Bull Moose Party who received more votes than the Republican Party in the election of 1912
  4. 4. Most common tactic of campaigning
  5. 7. This third party candidate drew votes from Al Gore and helped George W. Bush win the election of 2000
  6. 12. Minority parties
  7. 14. People who cast the official vote for president
  8. 16. The regular election
  9. 20. One of the first two political parties that favored a strong federal government
  10. 21. People who inspect polling places for fairness
  11. 24. Position elected by his/her political parties at party meetings to represent one of the four main levels of political party organization