Politics and Governance

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Across
  1. 4. A current officeholder
  2. 8. A national meeting of a political party, where delegates formally elect a party's nominee
  3. 9. An informal meeting of local party members to discuss candidates and choose delegates to the party's convention
  4. 13. The positions that a party adopts, and stands on, at the beginning of an election campaign
  5. 14. An organized effort to win an election; to strive for elected office
Down
  1. 1. A representative to a party's national convention chosen by local voters to vote for a particular candidate
  2. 2. The party member who makes sure that all other members are present for crucial votes and that they vote in accordance with the party line
  3. 3. The candidate chosen by a political party to run for a particular office
  4. 5. A cooperative effort by two political parties
  5. 6. A political analyst, commentator, or columnist who usually works for a newspaper or magazine, or in broadcasting
  6. 7. A survey used to gauge public opinion concerning issues or to forecast an election
  7. 10. When a political party chooses its official candidate for a particular office
  8. 11. Candidates for various offices running as a team; or a group of delegates running on behalf of one candidate
  9. 12. To campaign in person on a local level
  10. 15. An integrated system of ideas about politics, values, and culture