Across
- 2. position statements on each specific issue on a party's platform
- 3. a primary in which voters do not need to declare a party before voting, but may vote in only one party's primary
- 6. declaring that you are running for office
- 7. an election in which members of a political party choose candidates to run for office in the name of the party
- 9. one who asks voters to write his or her name on the ballot
- 10. the system in which party leaders perform favors for the loyal supporters of the party
- 12. a statement of the party's official stand on major public issues
- 13. the practice of voting for candidates of more than one party on the same ballot ticket
- 14. a meeting of party leaders to discuss issues or to choose candidates
- 15. go door-to-door handing out information and asking people what candidate they support
Down
- 1. those who do not support a particular political party
- 4. a primary in which a voter must be registered as a party member and may vote only in that party's primary
- 5. An organization of citizens who wish to influence and control government by getting their members elected to office.
- 8. a ballot cast for all the candidates of one party
- 11. or name, a candidate running for office
- 12. voting districts