Across
- 3. Indicates sharp changes in existing patterns of party loyalty due to changing social and economics conditions
- 5. Created under the FEC act of 1974 to administer and enforce campaign finance laws
- 6. Removed race disqualifications for suffrage
- 10. Supreme Court ruled that limited the ability of business, unions, and other groups to fund their own efforts to elect or defeat candidates for office is unconstitutional
- 11. An election taking place in a year when no presidential elections are occurring; Midterm Elections
- 14. Only voters who are registered in the party may vote to choose the candidate
- 15. When no candidate from a party receives a majority of the votes, the top two candidates face each other in a runoff
- 20. Occurs when the minority party wins by building a new coalition of voters that continues over successive elections
- 21. Voters may vote for candidates of either party, choosing a Republican for one office and a Democrat for another
- 22. Congressional elections that take place in years when no presidential election is occurring
- 24. Choosing an early date to hold the primary election
- 28. Day when most southern states hold presidential primaries
- 30. Nominating elections in which voters choose the candidates from each party who will run for office in the general election
- 32. Weaker or lesser-known candidates from the president's party profit from the president's popularity by winning votes
- 36. Allows citizens to register to vote at welfare and motor vehicle offices
- 37. Freedom of speech or right to petition the government for redress as a First Amendment right
- 38. Voting based on how the voter believes the candidate will perform in office
- 39. Voting based on what voters perceive to be in their own best interest
- 40. Party officials in the Democratic Party who attend the national convention without having to run in primaries and caucuses
- 41. Removed gender disqualifications for suffrage
- 42. Allowed for the direct election of Senators
Down
- 1. Allows voters to petition to propose issues to be decided by qualified voters
- 2. Belief that a person can influence politics and public policymaking
- 4. Voters may vote to choose the candidate of either party, whether they belong to that party or not
- 7. Banned the use of soft money in federal campaigns, placed limits on issue advertising, and increased the 1974 limits on individual and group contributions to candidates; also called McCain-Feingold
- 8. Removed poll taxes for federal elections
- 9. Occurs when the minority party is able to win with the support of majority-party members, independents, and new voters; however, the long-term party preferences of voters do not change
- 12. Allows citizens to nominate candidates
- 13. Money disturbed from a national political party organization that was not regulated by law
- 15. Allows citizens to vote directly on issues called propositions (proposed laws or state constitutional amendments)
- 16. Voters select delegates to the presidential nominating convention
- 17. The right to vote
- 18. Occurs when the traditional majority power maintains power based on the party loyalty of voters
- 19. A special election initiated by petition to allow citizens to remove an office from office before a term expires
- 23. Locally held meeting in a state to select delegates who, in turn, will nominate candidates to political offices
- 25. Elections in which the voters choose from among all the candidates nominated by political parties or running as independents
- 26. Occurs when party loyalty becomes less important to voters
- 27. Voting for candidates based upon the party to which they belong, usually voting a straight ticket
- 29. Voting for candidates all of the same party
- 31. Voting based on past performance of the candidates
- 33. Representatives from each state who formally cast ballots for the president and vice president
- 34. lowered the minimum age to vote in federal elections to 18
- 35. People qualified to vote