Across
- 2. Starts after party nominations and kicks into high gear after Labor Day
- 4. One already holding office
- 11. Residents can vote in either partys primary
- 12. The day with the most primaries
- 13. Only registered party members can vote
- 14. A state that can go either way during an election
- 15. The person was already president and now has an advantage
Down
- 1. Allows voters to cast votes for candidates in multiple parties
- 3. Small states are overrepresented
- 5. The period between the first well-known presidential candidates with strong political support networks
- 6. Candidate who wins the plurality of the popular vote will receive all of that states electoral votes
- 7. Proportion of their % = total votes won
- 8. States scheduling their primaries and caucuses earlier and earlier to boost their political clout
- 9. The first is held in Iowa
- 10. Picking Republicans in some races and Democrats in others