Across
- 5. when all parties compete for the same vote
- 6. 45th
- 9. is a group of people who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of public office.
- 10. one running for office or trying to get a job
- 12. the actual votes by the electorate
- 14. the first election where members of the same party fight it out
- 18. all the folks in an area who can actually vote
- 22. all the work a person or group does to get something done or someone elected
- 23. voting directly for something instead of voting for a representative who'll vote for that thing
- 24. folks representing STATES who vote for president and VP in the U.S.
Down
- 1. a paid person who influences members of govt.
- 2. folks who have something in common who get together to influence the govt.
- 3. a person for whom a politician works
- 4. the important parts of a politician's speech which support her/his principles or goals
- 7. the first election where only party members can vote for their party
- 8. 44th
- 11. to give new seats in the House based on new census info/population
- 13. the first election where anybody can vote for anybody
- 15. different ways of giving information or entertaining the public
- 16. sketch of people
- 17. drawing a map weirdly to get an advantage
- 19. counting the people
- 20. dude who was booted out of his job as Speaker
- 21. when the lines of a section of a state are redrawn
