c. 18 Vocabulary

2. Institutional advantages held by those already in office who are trying to fend off challengers in an election.
5. A primary election in which each voter may vote for candidates from both parties.
6. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
10. Elections held halfway through a president's term.
11. The practice of moving presidential primary elections to the early part of the campaign to maximize the impact of these primaries on the nomination.
13. Gave Washington D.C. electoral votes in presidential elections.
15. An electoral system used throughout most of Europe that awards legislative seats to political parties in proportion to the number of votes won in an election.
16. Popular candidate's support benefiting others on the same party ticket.
17. Electoral system where the candidate with the most votes wins all delegates.
20. Pre-primary phase where candidates seek early support.
21. An election held to choose which candidate will hold office.

1. A committee set up by a corporation, labor union, or interest group that raises and spends campaign money from voluntary donations.
3. Winning the most votes, not necessarily the majority.
4. An election held to choose candidates for office.
7. A primary election in which voters may choose in which party to vote as they enter the polling place
8. An officeholder who is seeking reelection.
9. A primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote.
12. Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election.
14. A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president.
18. States where the vote outcome is uncertain and can swing either way.
19. A Tuesday in early March in which many presidential primaries, particularly in the South, are held.