Across
- 3. a system of government in which specialized tasks are carried out by appointed officials rather than by elected ones
- 4. to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming law
- 7. to move to another place
- 8. a meeting in which representative member of a political party choose candidates to run for important elected offices
- 9. a method in election campaigns that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad
Down
- 1. the largest number of something but less as a majority
- 2. a candidate for national office who has support mostly from his home state
- 5. greater than half of a total number of something
- 6. system practice of handing out government jobs to supporters, replacing government employees with the winning candidates supporters