APS ch 12

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Across
  1. 5. in a general election, candidates are advised to move toward this spot on the political spectrum
  2. 9. the tendency of states to choose an early date on the primary (nomination) calendar
  3. 11. directly to a candidate’s campaign
  4. 14. Political parties are allowed to give up to $5,000 to these candidates per election
  5. 15. North Carolina and this state were the only states that Obama won in 2008 but lost in 2012
  6. 19. The Supreme Court has agreed that giving money to a campaign is the same as this
  7. 22. right
  8. 24. to receive public funds, a party needs to have won at least ___ percent of the popular vote in
  9. 25. the finance ___ coordinates the financial business of the campaign
  10. 26. these special PAC’s can be established to make independent expenditures
  11. 27. one of the reasons that an incumbent loses a re-election attempt
  12. 28. the general election
  13. 29. these are the people that actually cast votes for president and vice president.
  14. 30. an election in which voters decide which of the candidates within a party will represent the party
  15. 31. previous presidential election
Down
  1. 1. _____ v. Valeo ruled that there is no limit on how much a candidate can spend on their own
  2. 2. technique that puts forward the interpretation of some information in a way that is most
  3. 3. The disputed vote count in this state led to the Supreme Court’s intervention in Bush v. Gore.
  4. 4. Senator John McCain, one of the leaders that pushed the BCRA through, is from this state
  5. 6. He sparred with Kennedy in the first televised debate.
  6. 7. ___ vs. FEC declared unconstitutional the BCRA’s ban on electioneering communications made by corporations and unions
  7. 8. These ads attack an opponent’s character or platform
  8. 10. this congressional election usually occurs two years into a president's term.
  9. 12. presidential elections occur on the Tuesday after the first ___ in November.
  10. 13. these officially recognized fund-raising organizations are allowed by federal law to make
  11. 16. Joe Biden was the challenger in the 2020 presidential election and Donald Trump was this
  12. 17. these ads attempt to counterattack an anticipated attack from the opposition before the attack is launched
  13. 18. Get-out-the-vote efforts rely heavily on these
  14. 20. type of primary where a candidate secures a percentage of delegates equal to the percentage of votes received across the state
  15. 21. studies show that reporters are obsessed with this aspect of politics
  16. 23. People making less than $50,000 annually vote most often for this party.
  17. 24. for their candidate