Across
- 4. system of selecting policymakers and government organization so that policy represents and responds to public preference
- 8. the idea that the government should not meddle in the economy
- 11. the chief executive’s power to reject a bill passed by a legislature
- 12. publishing of false statements to damage one’s reputation
- 14. those already in holding office
- 15. a federal system of health insurance for those requiring financial assistance
- 17. Power explicitly listed in the constitution
- 19. Changes in population
- 20. Theory of government that is an extreme form of pluralism
Down
- 1. process of getting a person elected to a public office
- 2. supporters of the US constitution
- 3. when a media programming is focused on a particular interest and audience
- 5. an official SCOTUS decision as to how similar cases were handled in the past
- 6. the granting of favors of giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
- 7. Amendment granting women the right to vote
- 9. a special tax added to uprooted goods to raise their price, mostly used with foreign goods
- 10. communication by someone other than a citizen action on his or her own behalf
- 13. Amendment granting freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition, and religion
- 16. type of primary in which voters can decide the party to participate in
- 18. a party’s official endorsement of a candidate for office