government crossword

123456789101112
Across
  1. 2. general agreement among various groups
  2. 4. officeholder
  3. 9. district from which one person is chosen by the voters for each elected office
  4. 12. largest number of votes cast for the office
Down
  1. 1. people eligible to vote
  2. 3. of political views
  3. 4. based on a particular set of beliefs
  4. 5. action based on firm alligiance to a polital party
  5. 6. of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of public office
  6. 7. groups
  7. 8. by two parties
  8. 9. practice of awarding public office, contracts, and other governmental favors to those who supported the party in power
  9. 10. narrow-minded concern for, or devotion to, the interests of one section of a country
  10. 11. temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a government