Across
- 6. Meeting all state party leaders for selecting delegates to National Party Convention
- 7. an issue aboutt which the public is divided and rival parties or candidates adopt different positions
- 9. the social rewards that lead people to join political organizations
- 12. National Party leaders who get delegate slots at Democratic National Party Convention automatically
- 13. drawing the boundaries of legislative districts so that they are unequal in population
- 16. a party committee in Congress that provides funds to members and would-be members
- 19. the political support provided to a candidate on the basis of personal popularity and networks
- 20. a party organization that recruits members by dispensing patronage
- 21. the person already holding office
- 22. Political Party's statement of goals and policies for next 4 years
- 23. drawing the boundaries of legislative districts in bizzare or unusual shapes so that they favor one party
- 24. a group that seeks to elect candidates to public office
Down
- 1. recent tendency of states to hold primaries early in calendar for media attention
- 2. sends info and request for money to people who supported similar views and candids before
- 3. Political contributions for party-building expenses at grass-roots level or for ads
- 4. Supreme power within each party
- 5. Republican party faction of the 1890s to the 1910s composed of reformers who opposed patronage
- 6. a primary election in which voting is limited to already registered party members
- 8. Party's official endorsement of candidate for office
- 10. day-to-day party manager elected by the national committee
- 11. an election held to determine which candidate will hold office
- 14. delegates who run party affairs between national conventions
- 15. a primary election in which voters may choose in which party to vote as they enter the polling place
- 17. a part that values principled stands on issues above else
- 18. voting for candidates of different parties for various offices in the same election