Across
- 2. Focus on polling data and who is leading
- 6. The official November election for an office
- 8. Donations to a party or interest group that was not tracked
- 10. Donations given directly to a candidate, could be traced
- 12. Only voters registered with a given party can vote in that party's primary
- 14. may raise unlimited funds in support of a candidate or party as long as they do not coordinate in any way with the candidate or party or donate directly to the candidate
- 15. The tendency for the current office holder to win re-election. Bigger influence in the House.
Down
- 1. Where a party selects their candidates and creates their platform
- 3. Occurs every four years and utilizes the Electoral College following the general election
- 4. A key factor in campaigns. Political Action Committees are an entity who do this.
- 5. A local meeting where registered members of a political party in a city, town or county gather to vote for their preferred party candidate and conduct other party business
- 7. The system to chose the President and Vice President
- 9. A primary election that doesn't require voters to be officially affiliated with a particular party.
- 11. An organization, usually representing an interest group or corporation, that raises money with the goal of supporting or defeating candidates, parties, or legislation
- 13. General Congressional election held two years into a president's term.