How Elections Work

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Across
  1. 2. Small groups of people getting together to decide whom they want to support as their parties candidate
  2. 3. _ _ _ _ _ parties are other parties for people to be in
  3. 5. They vote for these
  4. 6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ election is when candidates spend weeks advertising hoping to get votes
  5. 7. Each party has a potential President and Vice President
  6. 8. Elections where everyone in the party who is interested vote for the party candidate
  7. 9. you have to do this before you vote
  8. 10. _ _ _ _ _ _ debates is when reporters question them on the major issues on tv
  9. 12. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ votes is when electors are added up in votes
Down
  1. 1. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are chosen to represent candidates at the national conventions in the summer
  2. 2. Major parties hold these to officially nominate the candidate who won the most delegates
  3. 4. One of the 2 main parties (Hint: Obama)
  4. 9. The 2nd party (Opposite of Obama)
  5. 11. In _ _ _ 8th, 2016 the people vote on one ticket