Executive Branch

5. Authority to issue executive orders
8. This group selects the president and vice president
11. A critical view of the presidency that argues that presidents have become too powerful
13. A plan to reform the electoral system to get a direct popular vote
14. When a presidential vacancy is filled
18. A right claimed by presidents that allows them to refuse certain information
19. Rules or regulations issues by the president
20. a plan that gives each candidate a share of state electoral votes equal to their state
21. The speech opening a national convention

1. A meeting where parties select their presidential ticket
2. A plan that would abolish the electoral college and replace it with a direct vote
3. A party's formal statement of principles
4. a voter who has not made up their mind
6. state a state when either candidate could win
7. a vote cast by an elector
9. Article 2 of the constitution
10. A contest where whoever wins gets a;; the delegates chosen at the primary
12. A closed meeting when delegates are selected for national conventions
15. A plan where each state chooses its electors
16. The main architect of the nations foreign policy
17. The ceremonial head of government