Political Behavior

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Across
  1. 6. a vote for candidates of different parties on the same ballot, instead of for candidates of only one party.
  2. 8. the ability o produce a desired or intended result
  3. 9. a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change
  4. 11. a contribution to a political party tat is not accounted as going to a particular candidate, thus avoiding various legal limitations.
  5. 12. a group of people that seeks to influence public policy on the basis of a particular common interest or concern
  6. 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.
  7. 14. a regular election of candidates for office as opposed to a primary election
  8. 16. the action or process of registering or of being registered
  9. 18. all the people in the country who are able to vote
  10. 19. the number of votes cast for a candidate who receives more than any other but does not receive an absolute majority.
  11. 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. 1. the study of the rights and duties of citizenship
  2. 2. an election when the political candidate who receives the most number of votes wins the election.
  3. 3. an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states
  4. 4. a test that determines the qualification of a voter based on his/her ability to read and write
  5. 5. seek to influence a politician or public official on an issue
  6. 7. the support given by a patron
  7. 10. a preliminary election in which a party's candidate for public office are nominated by a direct vote of the people
  8. 15. a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy
  9. 17. necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility.