Race 2 70 Crossword KO

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  1. 3. The legal right to vote in the United States, extended through amendments.
  2. 4. The publication of false and malicious statements that may damage someone’s reputation.
  3. 6. Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals.
  4. 8. An organization of people with shared policy goals and interests.
  5. 10. A system for selecting convention delegates in which voters must attend an open meeting to express their political preference.
  6. 14. A legal process whereby a state surrenders a person charged with a crime to the state in which the crime is alleged to have been committed.
  7. 15. Transferring responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments.
  8. 16. The amendment to the Constitution that extended suffrage to African American men.
  9. 19. The gradual disengagement of people from the parties, as seen in part by shrinking party identification.
  10. 20. A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government share formal authority over the same area and people.
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  1. 1. Media programming on cable TV or the Internet focused on a particular interest and aimed at a particular audience (in contrast to broadcasting).
  2. 2. When representatives from an organized group communicate with policymakers to persuade them to make a political decision.
  3. 5. The clause in the First Amendment preventing Congress from deciding a national religion.
  4. 7. The process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the Census.
  5. 9. A subgovernment describing the relationship between interest groups, government agencies, and congressional committees.
  6. 11. Independent expenditure-only PACs that can accept donations of any size and can endorse candidates, but must report to the FEC.
  7. 12. A theory of American democracy stating that groups with shared interests control public policy.
  8. 13. A political party’s statement of its goals and policies for the next four years; the best formal statement of a party’s beliefs.
  9. 17. A type of power for the federal government that is listed explicitly in the Constitution.
  10. 18. An official count of the population that the government conducts every 10 years.