President/Election

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Across
  1. 2. (in some US states) 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.
  2. 10. branch of government responsible for carrying out and enforcing laws.
  3. 12. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
  4. 13. the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country’s representatives abroad.
  5. 15. (in the US) a body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government.
  6. 16. the use of insults and accusations, especially unjust ones, with the aim of damaging the reputation of an opponent.
Down
  1. 1. an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president.
  2. 3. the elected head of a republic.
  3. 4. (of a form of government, constitution, etc.) belonging to, or characteristic of a republic.
  4. 5. College (in the US) a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
  5. 6. (of an official or regime) currently holding office.
  6. 7. an advocate or supporter of democracy.
  7. 8. establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which carries out and enforces federal laws.
  8. 9. the belief that white people constitute a superior race and should therefore dominate society, typically to the exclusion or detriment of other racial and ethnic groups, in particular black or Jewish people.
  9. 11. the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.
  10. 14. prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.