Unit 3 - American Political Process

5. This is the current holder of an elected government position, said to have an advantage over those that try to "unseat" them in elections.
7. In a winner-takes-_____ system, whichever party receives the majority of the votes in a district receives every seat in the representative legislature they are running for.
11. When someone leans in this direction, we call them liberal
12. In this system, each party gets a number of seats in a representative government proportionally based on the votes they recieve
13. A private election in which party members select their preferred nominee for the presidential election
15. ______ groups attempt to influence elected officials to change public policy
16. When someone leans in this direction, we call them conservative

1. An officially registered fund raising committee that represents interest groups.
2. To determine the number of electoral college electors in your state, simply add the number of representatives in the house of reps that state has to its _________, or 2.
3. The age someone in the United States must be in order to vote.
4. The last name of the man who said that ". . . the Government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction.""
6. The thing most likely to influence our choice of political party
8. When a political party advocates for certain policies they are trying to get these created
9. Political parties use this strategy to enhance their likelihood of getting a candidate elected by manipulating the zoning of voting districts.
10. _____ parties rarely win elections in the United States
14. Another word for the mission statement or main goals of a political party