Across
- 3. a form of government in which people hold power, either by voting for measures directly or by voting for representatives who vote for them.
- 5. a meeting where a political party chooses its presidential candidate.
- 7. the right, privilege, or act of voting.
- 10. a tally of all the votes citizens have cast in the presidential election.
- 11. a person or organization that donates money to a candidate’s campaign for office.
- 14. The Republican Party is symbolized as an elephant. The Democratic Party is symbolized as a donkey.
- 15. voters who do not have a commitment to a particular political party.
- 16. A person who chooses to register to vote with no party affiliation. The decision to register as an independent voter does not register a voter with any third party although these third parties are often referred to as independent parties.
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- 1. a member of the House of Representatives, also called a congressman or congresswoman.
- 2. the candidate a political party chooses or nominates, to run in the national election.
- 4. a candidate who is running for office with another candidate on the same ticket. (Example: president and vice president.)
- 6. a person who already holds an office and is running for reelection
- 8. the people who have been chosen to represent each state at a political party’s convention.
- 9. A political party's formal statement of basic principles, stands on major issues, and objectives.
- 10. a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election.
- 12. the person running for elected office.
- 13. either in paper form or electronic, the way voters show their vote preferences or a list of candidates.