Across
- 6. where the party nominates its candidates for president and vice-president
- 7. one of the functions of political parties - means criticizing the opposing party
- 8. a minor, or third party, that is concerned with mainly just one thing
- 9. usually happens in a dictatorship
- 11. main function of political parties so they can win offices
- 12. people who share the same ideas and work together to get candidates elected
- 14. they warned against the formation of political parties when they wrote the Constitution
- 16. a reason why the two major parties don't have a strong central structure
- 17. when a minor party influences the outcome of an election by pulling votes from one of the two main parties
Down
- 1. responsible for determining party structures at the State level
- 2. one of the functions of political parties - means ensuring their candidates have good character and are qualified
- 3. responsible for writing the policy statements for a political party
- 4. the leader of a party's national committee
- 5. if these parties have good ideas, one of the two dominant parties will probably take their ideas
- 10. because only one winner is elected to each office, so helps create the two-party system
- 13. we have this in the U.S. due to winner-take-all elections and the first arguments between the Federalists and the Antifederalists
- 15. if a political party is successful in controlling this office, the party is generally more united