Vocab Crosswerd

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Across
  1. 2. a primary election in which voters are not required to declare party affiliation
  2. 5. a direct primary in which only persons meeting tests of party membership may vote
  3. 7. an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections
  4. 9. an electoral district or constituency having a single representative in a legislative body rather than two or more
  5. 10. a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote
  6. 12. an optional division of a city or town for administrative and representative purposes, especially for purposes of an election
  7. 17. an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states
  8. 18. a subdivision of an electoral district, typically a contiguous area within which all electors go to a single polling place to cast their ballots
  9. 22. a small organization, typically a political party, that has broken away from a larger one
  10. 25. a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention
  11. 26. an electoral system in which a candidate, or candidates, who poll more than any other counterpart (that is, receive a plurality), are elected
  12. 27. a regular election of candidates for office, as opposed to a primary election
  13. 28. the tendency for a popular political party leader to attract votes for other candidates of the same party in an election
  14. 29. voters choose one candidate per office regardless of the candidate's party affiliation
  15. 30. a political party that campaigns on only one issue
Down
  1. 1. parties rooted in poor economic times, lacking clear strategy, dissatisfied with current condition
  2. 3. an organization that raises money privately to influence elections or legislation, especially at the federal level
  3. 4. a political system consisting chiefly of two major parties, more or less equal in strength
  4. 6. Those based on a particular set of beliefs and having a comprehensive view of social, economic and political matters
  5. 8. a primary in which members of a party nominate its candidates by direct vote
  6. 11. a political party whose electoral strength is so small as to prevent its gaining control of a government except in rare and exceptional circumstances
  7. 13. a second primary between the two leading candidates of the first primary
  8. 14. a political party having electoral strength sufficient to permit it to win control of a government
  9. 15. The official endorsement of a candidate for office by a political party
  10. 16. A pluralist society is one in which many different groups and political parties are allowed to exist
  11. 19. a general agreement
  12. 20. when a voter in an election votes for candidates from different political parties when multiple offices are being decided by a single election
  13. 21. where you go to vote
  14. 23. all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.
  15. 24. of or involving several political parties