Election Process Crossword Puzzle

3. Number of electoral votes for PA
5. Gives the opening speech at the national nominating convention
6. Division of city for election purposes
8. Each part of a party platform
9. Gives the last speech at the national nominating convention
10. Nickname for the Republican Party
11. One of the first two political parties that favored a weak federal government
13. Symbol of the Democratic Party
15. This group of people cast a collective number of 538 electoral votes during presidential elections
17. Andrew Jackson was the first president to be elected as a member of this party
18. Abe Lincoln was the first president to be elected as a member of this party
19. Group that chooses the President if no one receives the majority of electoral votes
22. Symbol of the Republican Party
23. Voters go here to vote on Election Day
25. Elections to select the candidates for each political party
26. Cities, counties, and wards are organized into these for election purposes

1. Minimum voting age
2. When two or more parties agree to work together in order to get a majority
3. Presidential candidate for the Bull Moose Party who received more votes than the Republican Party in the election of 1912
4. Most common tactic of campaigning
7. This third party candidate drew votes from Al Gore and helped George W. Bush win the election of 2000
12. Minority parties
14. People who cast the official vote for president
16. The regular election
20. One of the first two political parties that favored a strong federal government
21. People who inspect polling places for fairness
24. Position elected by his/her political parties at party meetings to represent one of the four main levels of political party organization