CROSSWORD PUZZLE ON POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

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  1. 2. system ,a political system dominated by two major parties
  2. 3. Machine,A strong party organization that can control political appointments and deliver votes
  3. 6. A series of statements expressing the party's principles, beliefs, and positions on election issues.
  4. 10. A way for citizens to vote on state or local laws
  5. 11. protest party,parties rooted in poor economic times, lacking a clear ideological base, dissatisfied with current conditions and demanding better times
  6. 12. A geographical are that contains a specific number of voters
  7. 14. number that is more than 50 percent of the total
  8. 17. Parties,A political party that challenges the two major parties
  9. 18. by two parties
  10. 20. parties, parties based on a particular set of beliefs, a comprehensive view of social, economic, and political matters
  11. 22. right to vote
  12. 24. A special election in which citizens can vote to remove a public official from office
  13. 25. Vote,The votes cast by individual voters in a presidential election, as opposed to electoral votes
  14. 26. member district,electoral district from which one person is chosen by the voters for each elected office
  15. 29. party,,a group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of public office
  16. 30. all of the people entitled to vote in a given election
  17. 31. agreement among various groups on fundamental matters; broad agreement on public questions
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  1. 1. election ,The first election that takes place to find out who will be the candidate for that party
  2. 4. current officeholder
  3. 5. recorded version of a vote
  4. 7. Commitee,Representatives from the 50 states party organizations who run a political party
  5. 8. government action based on firm allegiance to a political party
  6. 9. voting ,Method of voting for people who cannot go to the polls on election day
  7. 13. a temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a government
  8. 15. parties, parties that concentrate on only one public policy matter
  9. 16. parties ,parties that have split away from one of the major parties
  10. 18. The list of candidates for which you cast your vote
  11. 19. in an election, the number of votes that the leading candidate obtains over the next highest candidate
  12. 21. party system, a political system in which only one party exists
  13. 23. College,A group of people named by each state legislature to select the President and Vice President
  14. 27. parties, in American politics, the Republican and the Democratic parties
  15. 28. A meeting of political party members to conduct party business