Across
- 4. A part of government in which specialized tasks are carried out by appointed officials rather than by elected ones
- 7. An organization that has an important purpose in society
- 11. A candidate for national office who has support mostly from his home state
- 12. To move to another place
- 14. The help make happen
- 15. A method in election campaigns that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad
Down
- 1. A meeting in which representative members of a political party choose candidates to run for important elected offices
- 2. The largest number of something, but less than a majority
- 3. To take part in
- 5. Greater than half of a total number of something
- 6. A word or object that stands for something else
- 8. Relating to a national government
- 9. To continue existing or living after nearly being destroyed
- 10. Practice of handing out government jobs to supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters
- 13. To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming law