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- 2. seek to influence (a politician or public official) on an issue.
- 5. Voting for candidates from different parties on the same ballot.
- 7. a contribution to a political party that is not accounted as going to a particular candidate, thus avoiding various legal limitations.
- 9. A preliminary election in which a party's candidates for public office are nominated by direct vote of the people.
- 10. Proof of tax payment, to be produced when voting; used to disenfranchise blacks
- 12. A set of ideas, description of existing political order, vision of ideal political order, a means to transform the existing to ideal
- 14. An election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.
- 15. an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states.
- 16. The person already holding a political office.
- 17. An individual who actively promotes a political party, philosophy, or issue she or he cares personally about
- 18. the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number
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- 1. the study of the rights and duties of citizenship.
- 3. a group, however loosely or tightly organized, that is determined to encourage or prevent changes in public policy without trying to be elected.
- 4. Body of people allowed to vote in an election.
- 6. a regular election of candidates for office, as opposed to a primary election.
- 8. Requirment that voters be able to read; formerly used in the South to disenfranchise blacks.
- 10. Granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
- 11. citizens' faith and trust in government and their belief that they can understand and influence political affairs.
- 13. system designed to reduce voter fraud by limiting voting to those who have established eligibility to role by submitting the proper documents
- 15. A meeting of people, often in an auditorium or church basement, where they vote on who they would like their party's nominee to be.