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Across 5. PRIMARY ELECTION IN WHICH ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE REGISTERED AS A MEMBER OF A POLITICAL PARTY MAY VOTE 8. NUMBER OF ELECTORAL VOTES NEEDED TO SECURE THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 9. PARTY ELECTORS THAT VOTE FOR ANOTHER PARTY’S CANDIDATE 11. THOSE IN OFFICE TEND TO STAY IN OFFICE – THINK OF IT IS VOTING FOR THE EVIL YOU KNOW INSTEAD OF VOTING FOR THE UNKNOWN (HUMANS DO NOT LIKE THE UNKNOWN) 13. ABILITY OF AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE TO HAVE THEIR NAME PLACED ON A BALLOT BY GAINING THE NECESSARY SIGNATURES 14. CONSTITUTIONALLY REQUIRED PROCESS FOR SELECTING THE PRESIDENT THROUGH STATES OF ELECTORS CHOSEN IN EACH STATE, WHO PLEDGE TO VOTE FOR A NOMINEE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; REMEMBER – MAINE AND NEBRASKA ARE THE ONLY STATES TO DIVIDE THEIR ELECTORAL VOTES BY DISTRICT AND NOT WINNER-TAKE-ALL 15. SYSTEM OF ELECTIONS IN WHICH THE CANDIDATE WHO WINS THE PLURALITY OF THE VOTES WITHIN A STATE RECEIVES ALL OF THAT STATE’S VOTES IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE 18. STATES WHERE THE POLLS SHOW A CLOSE CONTEST BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 19. DATE IN NOVEMBER WHEN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HELD 21. DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS BY THE PEOPLE RATHER THAN BE APPOINTED BY THE STATE 22. ELECTORAL SYSTEM FOR CHOOSING MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE WHERE THE WINNER IS THE CANDIDATE WHO RECEIVES THE MOST VOTES, EVEN IF THE CANDIDATE DOES NOT WIN THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES 24. A MEETING WHERE DELEGATES OFFICIALLY SELECT THEIR PARTY’S NOMINEE FOR THE PRESIDENCY 25. PRIMARY ELECTION IN WHICH ALL ELIGIBLE VOTERS MAY VOTE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR PARTY AFFILIATION

Down 1. ELECTORAL SYSTEMS IN WHICH THE CANDIDATE IN A DISTRICT WHO WINS MORE VOTES THAN ANY OTHER IS ELECTED REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A MAJORITY (51%) OF THE VOTE 2. ELECTORAL SYSTEMS IN WHICH THE CANDIDATE OR PROPOSAL WINS A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF VOTES THAT IS MUCH GREATER THAN A SIMPLE MAJORITY; USUALLY 2/3 OR 3/4 OF THE VOTE FOR US LEGISLATION 3. ELECTION SYSTEM FOR A LEGISLATURE IN WHICH CITIZENS VOTE FOR PARTIES, RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALS, AND THE PARTIES ARE REPRESENTED IN THE LEGISLATURE ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGE OF THE VOTE THEY RECEIVE 4. ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE SAME PARTY INSTEAD OF VOTING FOR TWO CANDIDATES TO BE PRESIDENT WITH THE WINNER BEING PRESIDENT AND THE SECOND-PLACE CANDIDATE BEING VICE-PRESIDENT 6. A MAJOR NATIONAL ELECTION THAT SIGNALS A CHANGE IN THE BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN TWO POLITICAL PARTIES 7. ELECTORAL SYSTEMS IN WHICH THE CANDIDATE OR PROPOSAL WINS AT LEAST 51% OF THE VOTES 10. WINNERS DURING A PRESIDENT ELECTION WILL TAKE OFFICE JANUARY 20 INSTEAD OF MARCH 4; THIS PREVENTED PRESIDENTS AND SENATORS THAT HAD BEEN VOTED OUT OF OFFICE TO PASS UNPOPULAR LEGISLATION ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR 12. A PERSON WHO ACTS AS THE VOTERS’ REPRESENTATIVE AT A CONVENTION TO SELECT A PARTY’S NOMINEE 16. OFFICIALS VOTED OUT OF OFFICE AND NOT RETURNING FOR ANOTHER TERM 17. DECISION BY A STATE TO PUSH ITS PRIMARY OR CAUCUS TO A DATE AS EARLY IN THE ELECTION SEASON AS POSSIBLE TO GAIN MORE INFLUENCE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION PROCESS 20. THE FORMAL PROCESS THROUGH WHICH PARTIES CHOOSE THEIR CANDIDATES FOR POLITICAL OFFICE 23. PROCESS THROUGH WHICH A STATE’S ELIGIBLE VOTERS MEET TO SELECT DELEGATES TO REPRESENT THEIR PREFERENCES IN THE NOMINATION PROCESS