Across
- 4. two or more parties agree to share cabinet posts
- 5. country is divided into electoral districts in which the candidate who wins the most votes wins the legislative seat
- 6. a rule about what percentage of a popular vote a party needs to acquire before it can receive seats in the legislature
- 8. government elected through a two-step process, first the people elect a legislature which then elects the government
- 10. the term meaning that a democracy is strong and lasting and will withstand the tests of time
Down
- 1. elections that take place before the expiration of the legislature’s full term
- 2. a party’s share of its seats in the legislature equals its share of the popular vote
- 3. the president is the sole effective head of government, constitutionally armed with real decision making powers
- 7. social networks and norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them
- 9. vote to determine if the government still has the support of a majority of the legislators