Across
- 2. the leader of the executive branch
- 3. the ability to issue executive orders
- 5. a party’s formal statement of principles
- 9. a plan in which each State chooses electors and members of Congress
- 10. rules and regulations issued by the President that have the force of law
- 12. the name given to Article II of the U.S. Constitution, which establishes the office of the President
- 13. the ceremonial head of government
- 14. the way a presidential vacancy is filled
- 17. one of two votes cast by an elector, one for President and one for Vice President
- 18. the power of mercy or leniency
- 19. the act of waiting to the carry out a criminal sentence
- 20. the director of the executive branch
Down
- 1. the headlining speech a convention
- 4. the legal forgiveness of a crime
- 6. the leader of a political party controlling the executive branch
- 7. when a candidate who wins gets all the delegates chosen at the primary
- 8. an agreement between two or more independent states
- 11. a local meeting of party members who select delegates for public office
- 15. a voter who has not made up their mind at the start of a campaign
- 16. the act of acknowledging the existence of a country and its government