Unit 2 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. VOTER – A voter who does not officially belong to any political party.
  2. 3. – A person who currently holds a political office.
  3. 4. – The body of voters in a specific district or area who elect a representative.
  4. 7. – The act of making a choice in an election or on a public issue.
  5. 8. – All the people who are eligible to vote in an election.
  6. 10. – The legal right to vote.
  7. 12. – Not connected to or biased toward any political party.
  8. 14. PLATFORM – A written statement of a political party’s beliefs, principles, and goals.
Down
  1. 1. – A person chosen to represent others and vote on their behalf, often at a party convention.
  2. 5. VOTE – When a voter supports a candidate from a political party different from the one the voter usually supports.
  3. 6. ELECTION – An election in which voters choose from among candidates (usually from different parties) to decide who will hold public office.
  4. 9. COLLEGE – A group of representatives from each state who formally elect the President and Vice President of the United States.
  5. 11. – A person who is running for, or nominated to run for, a political office.
  6. 12. ELECTIONS – Elections in which candidates’ political party affiliations are not listed on the ballot.
  7. 13. ELECTION – An election in which voters choose a political party’s candidate who will run in the general election.