Civics Chapter 10

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Across
  1. 6. the candidate who receives the most popular votes in a given state wins all the electoral votes for that state.
  2. 11. Commission an independent regulatory agency created by congress to enforce federal election laws.
  3. 13. is something given or received as an equivalent for services.
  4. 15. is the order in which officials fill the office of president in case of a vacancy.
  5. 16. decides who will be elected president and vice president of the U.S. Learn who is involved and how the process works.
  6. 17. successful president need political courage because sometimes they must go against the public opinion to do what they think is best.
  7. 19. committee an organization formed to collect money and provide financial support for political candidates
  8. 20. are members of a political party chosen in each state to formally elect the president and vice president.
Down
  1. 1. for many years the vice presidency was almost a purely ceremonial office with vice presidents attending events in place of the president and making goodwill tours to foreign countries.
  2. 2. a great majority of votes for one side.
  3. 3. running for the presidency cost tens of millions of dollars
  4. 4. someone who represents a political party that is neither democrat nor republican.
  5. 5. a successful president must know when to introduce a new policy and make a key decision or delay action.
  6. 7. good leadership requires the capacity to be flexible and to be open with new ideas
  7. 8. an event held before an election where members of the party go to the polls and vote on which candidate they want to see earn their party’s nomination.
  8. 9. a meeting where political party members who have been chosen as delegates from each state vote for the candidate supported by their state’s voters.
  9. 10. a president must know and understand the American people ability to communicate a leading expert has said presidential power is the power to persuade.
  10. 12. the amount by which something is won or lost
  11. 14. is the institution that is composed of a set of electors who are chosen to elect a president and vice president into office every four years.
  12. 18. an event held before an election where members of a political party select delegates to send to the national party convention where they will also vote to nominate a candidate.