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Ch. 9 Crossword

Down: 1) primary election in which party affiliated voters cast votes and nonaffiliated voters can choose which paryt's primary to vote in. 3) voting system in which states governments run elections and provide voters the option of choosing candidiates from multiple parties also called the secret ballot 4) individuals who are in the middle of the ideological spectrum and do not hold consistently strong views about whether government should be involved in people's lives 6) used by the framers to signify a system of legislative districting in which larger states recieve more representative than smaller states today an electoral system that assigns party delegates according to vote share in a presidential primary election or that assigns seats in the legislature according to vote share in a general election 8) election in which voters choose their elected officials 10) set of consistent political belifs 16) primary election in which voters are allowed to cast votes for any party's candidates as long as they cast only one vote per elected office 17) top level of national political parties coordinates national presidential campaigns 20) theory that in a two party race if voters select candidates on the basis of ideology and everyone participates equally the party closer to the middle will win 22) enrollment required prior to voting to establish eligibility 23) democratic party delegates who have a vote at the national nominating convention on the basis of party status or position in government and who are free to support the presidential nominee of their choice 25) election in which voters select the candidiates who will run on the party label in the general election also called direct primary 26) those who opposed the new proposed constitiution during the ratification period 27) system of employment in the federal bureaucracy under which employees are chosen and promoted based on merit 37) meeting of party members in town halls schools private homes to select a presidental nominee

Across: 2) political system in which government programs and benefits are awarded based on political loyalty to a party or politician 5) parties that take responsibiluty for offering the electorate a distinct range of policies and programs thus providing a clear choice 7) individual selected by party voters in a primary or caucus election who is commited to supporting a particular presidential nominee at the party's national nominating converntion 9) political party formed by Thomas Jefferson to oppose stron centeral government policies of the federalists 11) voters traditionally affiliated with the democratic party based on their working class status who voted in the 1980's based on the conservative message on social issues emphasis on national security and call for limited government 12) LJ's program for expanding the federal social welfare program in health care education and housing for ending poverty 13) democratic party commission whose reforms of the party are presidential nominating system increased access by underrepresented groups 14) voter identification with a political party in repeated elections 15) grass roots movement to abolish slavery 18) first level of political parties recruits candidates for lower level elected office registers voters and ensures that its voters get to the polls on election day 19) document that lays out a party's core belifs and policy proposals for each presidential election 21) list of candidates who are running for elected office used by voters to make their choice 24) electoral system in which whoever wins the most votes in an election wins the election 28) broad coalitions of individuals organized to win elections in order to enact a commonly supported set of public policies 29) attatchment or allegiance to a political party- partisanship 30) members of government who share the same party affiliation and work together to accomplish the party's electoral and policy goals 31) internal structure of a political party at the county city state and federal levels 32) electoral system that assigns one seat in a legislative body to represent citizens who live in a defined area (a distrcit) based on which candidate wins the most votes 33) occupant of elected office 34) moving a state primary or caucus earlier in the year to increase it's influence 35) campaign propiosal containing ten legislative initiatives used by all republicans running for the house of representatives in 1994 36) defined by Madison as any group that places its own interest abouve the aggregate interests of soicety 38) percentage of voters who are likely to choose a party's electoral and policy goals 39) practice of voting for candidiates from different parties for different elected offices in a single election 40) FDR's program for ending the great depression through government intervention in the economy and development of a set of safety net programs for individuals 41) top level of state political parties helps recruit and raise money for statewide candidiates and drafts state party policies

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