CAP Project Gov Terms

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Across
  1. 1. gathering of local party members to choose candidates for public office delegates to the national party convention and to decide the party platform
  2. 3. the act of attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of government officials
  3. 7. a trend whereby a significant portion of the electorate abandons its previous party affiliation without developing a new partisan affiliation to replace it
  4. 8. protection from discrimination on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, color, race, ethnicity, age, etc.
  5. 10. slowing in the passing of laws due to a divided government
  6. 11. the practice or policy of allocating resources or employment to individuals belonging to groups that have a history of being discriminated against
  7. 15. a right held by the federal courts to make rulings on the constitutionality of laws and executive actions
  8. 18. strong, often blind adherence to a particular party
  9. 19. the act of setting boundaries for electoral districts to favor or hurt political interests
  10. 20. the process by which individuals learn and acquire a political lens, mostly formed by family.
Down
  1. 2. the freedom of citizens to exercise customary rights without abridgement by legislation or judicial interpretation
  2. 4. one political party controls the executive branch, and another party controls one or both houses of Congress
  3. 5. a body of representatives from each of the states in the U.S. who formally cast votes to elect the next president of the U.S.
  4. 6. order a power enacted by the U.S. president allowing that office to pass a rule or regulation as law
  5. 9. procedure for submitting to popular vote measures passed by the legislature or proposed amendments to a state constitution
  6. 12. powers given exclusively to the stats or the people by the 10th amendment of the Constitution. Powers not shared with the federal government
  7. 13. the relationship between Congress, government agencies, and interest groups that help create U.S. policy
  8. 14. a political system that organizes a government into two or more levels that hold independent powers
  9. 16. formal accusation by the lower house of legislature against a public official, the first step in removal from office
  10. 17. governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority