Across
- 2. Gave women the right to vote
- 5. When a candidate increases their and their parties chance of winning a election due to their previous popularity
- 6. The person selected to represent their party at a presidential nominating convention
- 11. When the dominant party wins and remains in power in a election
- 12. Gives people the right to vote for their senators instead of the state legislature
- 14. A belief that normal people can influence the government.
- 17. Voters pick multiple parties during an election
- 21. A Tuesday in February or March where most states hold the presidential primary election
- 25. Voters choose candidates for each office without regard to party.
- 26. Voting on a candidate based on their party affiliation
- 28. The process in which the citizens elect a president and vice president
- 30. Congress elections that happens midway through a president's four-year term
- 31. When supporters of one party move to another
- 35. A meeting of members of a party where they select candidates for election or promote a policy
- 37. The right of a citizen to express themselves without the government forbidding it
- 38. A election to pick candidates to run for public office
- 39. People of the state vote for or against a law that deals with a issue
- 40. Bans the government from taxing citizens when they vote
Down
- 1. When the winning party is losing temporarily in a election
- 3. A lot of the people who are entitled to vote in an election no longer associate with the political party with which they had been previously aligned to, without forming new affiliations with another party
- 4. Set the minimum age for voting to 18
- 7. When a voter votes based on imagined future performance from candidates
- 8. The assumption that voters will vote based on their own benefit
- 9. Voting for someone because of their past actions in office
- 10. Election where all the party winners of the primary election run against each other
- 13. A voter states their affiliation with a party when voting
- 15. The right to vote should not be taken away because of race and color
- 16. The people have the right to propose a new law
- 18. General elections that are held near the mid of a president's four-year term
- 19. A commission whose purpose is to enforce campaign finance law in United States federal elections
- 20. When a state sets a early date for primary elections
- 22. Voters have the right to remove a elected official from office
- 23. Only voters who are registered for that party may vote
- 24. Enhanced voting opportunities for every American by allowing voters to register at motor vehicle departments
- 27. Voters don't have to say their party affiliation when voting
- 29. Election to elect candidates for office
- 32. People who are eligible to vote in an election
- 33. Second primary election held to determine a winner when no candidate in the primary election met the requirements
- 34. The right privilege to vote
- 36. Unregulated donations to political parties for general "party-building" purposes