Across
- 3. A legal strategy of drawing district boundary lines to make safe seats for one party's candidates
- 9. Down ballot candidates who do well in an election when their presidential candidate is popular
- 12. Spending that benefits only one district
- 13. The person in office seeking to be reelected
- 15. Independent Expenditure groups that can raise and spend unlimited money in an election so long as they do not coordinate with a candidate
- 19. A Primary election in which any registered voter can participate
- 20. The decision-making body of a political party that meets every 4 years to choose a presidential nominee
- 22. The Process after a census of redrawing new district boundary lines
- 24. Campaign donations that go to a political party to direct to candidates
- 25. The process used to select a new US president
- 27. A meeting of party members with speeches and debates followed by voting for a presidential nominee
- 28. A voter who votes for every candidate from one political party
- 30. The counting of the population every 10 years as required by the Constitution
- 32. This election occurs every two years after a presidential election
- 33. A plurality electoral system that leads to a two-party state
- 34. The process used by Congress to allocate (divide up) seats in the HOuse among the states after a census
Down
- 1. The method used to allocate electoral college votes in 48 states
- 2. A Primary election in which only members of a political party can vote for the nominees
- 4. A district intentionally created in which most people in the district will be members of minority groups
- 5. The Party's written stance on the major issues
- 6. The statistical likelihood that an incumbent will get reelected to Congress
- 7. An illegal strategy of drawing district boundaries to protect one racial group
- 8. When a PAC takes in donations from its members and presents the donations as one package to a candidate
- 10. Members of Congress can send mail home for free
- 11. Seats in the US House of Representatives is based on _______
- 14. The voters in a district or state who elect a representative
- 16. The legal entity of a corporation or union that is permitted to engage in political activity
- 17. This election occurs every November in which voters choose their candidates for office
- 18. Campaign donations that go directly to a candidate
- 21. A voter who votes for a candidate because of what they think will happen in they get in office Prospective
- 23. Counting all US citizens 18 years and over who are registered to determine voter turnout
- 26. The term used to refer to electors who do not vote for the candidate that won their state
- 29. money in elections was designed to protect US ________
- 31. The states that are too close to call in a presidential election