Political Parties and Elections

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Across
  1. 2. a number that is more than 50 percent of the total
  2. 5. a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
  3. 6. a strong party organization that can control political appointments and deliver votes
  4. 8. political organization established by a corporation, labor union, or other special interest groups designed to support candidates by contributing money
  5. 10. an election in which only the declared members of a political party are allowed to vote for that party's nominees
  6. 11. the votes cast by individual voters in a presidential election, as opposed to the electoral vote
  7. 15. a special election in which citizens can vote to remove a public official from office
  8. 18. a system of government in which two political parties compete for power
  9. 21. the list of candidates for which you cast your vote
  10. 22. to record or enroll
  11. 23. a geographic area tat contains a specific number of voters
  12. 25. percentage of eligible voters who actually vote
  13. 26. representative from the 50 state political organizations who run a political party
  14. 28. a procedure by which citizens vote on state or local laws
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  1. 1. an election in which voters choose candidates to represent each political party in a general election
  2. 3. a lack of interest
  3. 4. the location where voting is carried out
  4. 7. to seek votes from voters
  5. 9. matter of debate or dispute
  6. 12. an election in which voters need not to declare their party preference
  7. 13. a meeting of political party members to conduct party business
  8. 14. a series of statements expressing a party's principles, beliefs, and positions on election issues
  9. 16. the most votes among all those running for a political office
  10. 17. an association of voters with broad common interests who want to influence or control decision making in government by electing the party's candidates to public office
  11. 19. a system in which the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state usually receives all of the states electoral votes
  12. 20. a procedure by which citizen can propose new laws or state constitutional amendments
  13. 24. the right to vote
  14. 27. a political party that challenges the tow major parties