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Across 1. WHEN VOTERS BECOME INDEPENDENTS OR STOP VOTING ALTOGETHER 5. USUALLY A SMALL PARTY FOCUSED ON ONE POLITICAL ISSUE 6. ELECTIONS THAT SELECT THE FINAL PARTY CANDIDATES 8. KEY PEOPLE THAT CAN PUSH, CONTROL, OR LIMIT NEW LAWS 10. CHANNELS THAT CONNECT INDIVIDUALS WITH GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING ELECTIONS, POLITICAL PARTIES, INTEREST GROUPS, AND THE MEDIA 11. TRADITIONAL VOTING GROUPS WORKING TOGETHER FOR PARTIES 12. A MINOR POLITICAL PARTY IN COMPETITION WITH THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES 14. NATIONAL GATHERING OF PARTY MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PARTY’S CANDIDATES 16. PARTY GROUPS THAT MANAGE THE AGENDA AND CAMPAIGNS 18. DETAILED INFORMATION ON ALL VOTERS AND THEIR HABITS 19. SET OF POSITIONS AND POLICY OBJECTIVES THAT MEMBERS OF A POLITICAL PARTY AGREE TO 21. GROUP OF PEOPLE ORGANIZED TO ACQUIRE AND EXERCISE POLITICAL POWER AND CONTROL PUBLIC POLICY 22. WHEN THE GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT A POLITICAL PARTY SHIFT THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO A DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTY 23. REPUBLICAN VOTER DATA BANK USED DURING THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN 24. HOW PARTIES COLLECT VOTER DATA 25. ELECTION SYSTEM IN WHICH TWO POLITICAL PARTIES DOMINATE POLITICS, WINNING ALMOST ALL ELECTIONS 26. ORGANIZATION THAT MAY SPEND AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY ON A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, AS LONG AS THE SPENDING IS NOT COORDINATED WITH ANY CAMPAIGN

Down 1. ORGANIZATION THAT RAISES MONEY TO ELECT OR DEFEAT CANDIDATES AND MAY DONATE MONEY DIRECTLY TO A CANDIDATE’S CAMPAIGN, SUBJECT TO LIMITS 2. JOINING OF INDIVIDUALS SEEKING POLITICAL OR SOCIAL CHANGE WITH THE GOAL OF PLACING ISSUES ON THE POLICY AGENDA 3. THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH POLITICAL PARTIES IDENTIFY POLITICAL CANDIDATES 4. CANDIDATE NOT AFFILIATED WITH A POLITICAL PARTY 7. WHEN THE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND PLATFORM WITHIN A POLITICAL PARTY CHANGE 9. DEMOCRATIC VOTER DATA BASE USED DURING THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN 13. WAYS TO REGISTER MORE QUALIFIED VOTERS, MOTIVATE REGISTERED VOTERS TO VOTE, AND INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS 15. SELECTING THE PARTY’S PLATFORM ISSUES, USUALLY BY STATE 17. USUALLY A PARTY LEADER OR ACTIVIST WHO IS NOT PLEDGED TO A CANDIDATE BASED ON THE OUTCOMES OF THE STATE’S PRIMARY OR CAUCUS 20. GATHERING MONEY FOR ADVERTISEMENTS, POLLING, PROFESSIONALS, ETC. TO ELECT CANDIDATE OR PARTY