US Government

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Across
  1. 2. the efforts of lobbyists to persuade legislators and officials to support a specific point of view
  2. 7. a group of like-minded people who meet to select candidates they will support in an upcoming election
  3. 10. Regularly scheduled elections at which voters make the final selection of officeholders- much as democracies do.
  4. 11. a group of individuals with a common interest upon which every political party depends
  5. 12. all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election
  6. 13. test that determines the qualification of a voter based on his/her his ability to read and write or ability to read and understand any section of the State or Federal Constitution.
  7. 14. the ability to produce a desired or intended result
  8. 15. the number of votes cast for a candidate who receives more than any other but does not receive an absolute majority.
  9. 16. one of the key inducements used by party machines.
  10. 17. a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change.
  11. 19. Campaign contributions unregulated by federal or state law, usually given to parties and party committees to help fund general party activities.
Down
  1. 1. A candidate running for re-election to a position that he or she already holds.
  2. 3. an election within a party to pick that party's candidates
  3. 4. A group of people concerned about or interested in an issue before Congress
  4. 5. a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources
  5. 6. the action or process of registering or of being registered.
  6. 7. the study of the rights and duties of citizenship.
  7. 8. when a voter in an election votes for candidates from different political parties when multiple offices are being decided by a single election.
  8. 9. an electoral system in which legislative seats are awarded only to the candidates who come in first in their constituencies. In US presidential elections, the system in which the winner of the popular vote in a state receives all the electoral votes of that state
  9. 18. a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy