Across
- 6. a vote for candidates of different parties on the same ballot, instead of for candidates of only one party.
- 8. the ability o produce a desired or intended result
- 9. a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change
- 11. a contribution to a political party tat is not accounted as going to a particular candidate, thus avoiding various legal limitations.
- 12. a group of people that seeks to influence public policy on the basis of a particular common interest or concern
- 13. a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention.
- 14. a regular election of candidates for office as opposed to a primary election
- 16. the action or process of registering or of being registered
- 18. all the people in the country who are able to vote
- 19. the number of votes cast for a candidate who receives more than any other but does not receive an absolute majority.
- 20. a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources. Placed to keep blacks from being able to vote in the south.
Down
- 1. the study of the rights and duties of citizenship
- 2. an election when the political candidate who receives the most number of votes wins the election.
- 3. an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states
- 4. a test that determines the qualification of a voter based on his/her ability to read and write
- 5. seek to influence a politician or public official on an issue
- 7. the support given by a patron
- 10. a preliminary election in which a party's candidate for public office are nominated by a direct vote of the people
- 15. a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy
- 17. necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility.
