Across
- 2. A theory of voting in which voters vote based on the previous years handling.
- 3. Media which reaches and influences both elites and the masses at the same time.
- 5. People who are awarded automatic slots as delegates based on the office they hold.
- 6. A mutually dependent relationship between bureaucracy, interest groups, and congress.
- 7. The belief that ordinary people can influence government.
- 10. Used to discuss the procedures used by some states to select presidential nominees.
- 12. Voters may only choose the candidate from their party.
- 16. A state level election to determine which candidate the states delegates will support
- 20. Meeting each year for political parties to write party platform and nominate candidates for office.
- 21. An election used to nominate the president.
- 22. Mother's Against Drunk Driving is an example of a single-issue _______.
- 24. Voters may choose the candidate of either party, whether they belong to the party or not.
- 27. Money raised by political parties for campaign materials at the grassroot level now banned at the nation level (to a certain degree).
- 28. The institution designated in the Constituion whereby a body of electors selects the president and vice president.
- 29. The tendency of states to hold primaries early in the season to capitalize on media attention.
- 31. Sharp changes in the existing patterns of party loyalty due to changing social and economic conditions
- 32. Allows voters to petition to propose legislation and then submit it for a vote.
- 33. Only two major parties compete for power and dominate the elections.
- 34. Electoral contenders from other than the two major parties.
- 35. People who already hold office.
Down
- 1. divided into two houses.
- 4. When the greatest number of states hold primary elections to select delegates to national conventions
- 8. When significant numbers of voters no long support a particular political party.
- 9. They may accept donations of any size and can endorse candidates.
- 11. Voting for candidates of different parties for various offices.
- 13. an organization that solicits campaign contributions from like minded individuals and distributes them to political candidates.
- 14. Procedure whereby the state submits legislation to its voters for approval, allowing citizens to vote directly on issues called propositions (prop 44).
- 15. Campaign _______ are important for interest groups to give to politicians in return for favorable votes on pending legislation.
- 17. Assumption that individuals act in their own best interest, carefully weigh the benefits of elections.
- 18. A bipartisan body charged with administering campaign finance laws.
- 19. A parties official endorsement of a condidate for office.
- 23. Congressional elections taking place in a year when no presidential election is occuring.
- 25. Translate inputs from the public into output from the policy makers.
- 26. Media executives, new editiors, and reporters who decide what news to present and how it will be presented.
- 30. Communication as a representative of a group with government officials to persuade them to support a particular policy.