Political Parties

4. An election that produces a sharp change in the existing pattern of party loyalties among groups of voters.
7. The statement of policies of a national political party.
9. A system of representation by which one office, contested by two or more candidates is won by the single candidate who collects the most votes.
11. The tendency for members of a legislative party to vote as a bloc.
12. The change in voting patterns that occurs after a critical election.
13. A system of representation by which legislative seats are awarded to a party in proportion to the vote that party wins in an election.
15. Closed meeting of the members of a political party to decide questions of policy and selection of candidates for office.
16. A party ... is an issue activist who is mostly interested in specific policy areas and works for the party, or for specific politicians within the party, to advance these goals.
17. Designation as an official candidate of a political party.

1. An organization that sponsors candidates for political office under the organization's name.
2. A party ... is a person who works directly for the party, is loyal to its goal of winning elections, and stays with it over long periods through multiple election cycles.
3. Loyalty or psychological attachment to a political party.
5. An election held before Election Day to allow voters to select which candidate will appear on the ballot under a party label.
6. The meeting where the party formally nominates its presidential and vice presidential candidate, and adopts its party platform.
8. A centralized party organization that controls local politics to such an extent that it can reward whole neighborhoods, wards, precincts, or other groups with benefits.
10. Officials who oversee the operation of their party nationwide.
11. Set of interrelated institutions that link people with government.
14. A regularity that only two parties tend to compete for control of the government in countries that have single-member, plurality electoral systems.