Election crossword

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Across
  1. 1. JD ________: Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 2024 US presidential election
  2. 3. The fixed period of time that something lasts for: a presidential ________ is four years
  3. 5. To _________ a vote: to vote
  4. 6. Common symbol of the Republican Party (animal)
  5. 9. Ideas or information that a group of people deliberately spread to try to influence the thinking of other people
  6. 13. A political position
  7. 16. Seat of the US Congress in Washington,DC attacked on January 6, 2021
  8. 18. A decisive issue in the 2024 presidential election
  9. 20. The winning of an election with an extremely large number of votes (a ____________ victory)
  10. 22. A person currently holding office
  11. 25. To choose by voting
  12. 27. The upper house of the Congress, with two members from each state (100 members total)who each serve six‐year terms
  13. 28. Legislative group consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate
  14. 30. A formal meeting of members of a party to nominate candidates to run for
  15. 32. Voter ________, or vote rigging: intentional, illegal actions aimed at changing or influencing or forcing the results of an election
  16. 34. Who does not belong to a political party
  17. 35. The right to vote
  18. 37. __________ state: any state that could reasonably be won by either the Democratic or Republican candidate in an election
  19. 38. Tim ________: Democratic nominee for vice-president in the 2024 US presidential election
  20. 39. In the US, an election in which people choose who will represent a particular party in an election for political office
  21. 40. Electoral __________: A group of representatives chosen by voters to elect the president and the vice president of the United States
Down
  1. 2. A period of government, or the people who are in government: the Trump _______________
  2. 4. Colour of the Democratic Party
  3. 7. The ___________: US reality tv show hosted by Donald Trump
  4. 8. Printed form or other item used in voting
  5. 10. A study in which people are asked for their opinions about a subject or person
  6. 11. The person elected to be head of the government of a United States state
  7. 12. A _______-take-all vote is an election in which the candidate who receives the majority or plurality of votes wins all the seats or representation
  8. 14. The act of making a public statement of one's support for someone
  9. 15. The position of being president
  10. 16. Person who seeks or is put forward by others for a political office
  11. 17. Statement of the principles or beliefs of a political group
  12. 19. Kamala Harris is of ___________ and Indian descent
  13. 21. Colour of the Republican Party
  14. 23. A strong supporter of a party, cause, or person
  15. 24. Common symbol of the Democratic Party (animal)
  16. 26. The number of people who are present at an event, especially the number who go to vote at an election
  17. 29. To propose or offer the name of someone for political office
  18. 31. Problems and ideas to be talked about, questioned, decided upon and voted on
  19. 33. Government that is run by the people who live under it
  20. 34. The act of officially putting someone into an important position, or the ceremony at which this is done
  21. 36. The group of people in charge of ruling or managing a country, state, city or other place