Election Vocabulary

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation (5)
  2. 7. A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative (4)
  3. 9. Elected leader of a country (9)
  4. 11. A person appointed or elected to represent others (8)
  5. 12. Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause (10)
  6. 14. Frugality in the expenditure of money or resources (7)
  7. 15. The legislature of the United States government (8)

Down

  1. 1. The formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (6)
  2. 3. The act of moving something from one location to another (8)
  3. 4. A raised horizontal surface (8)
  4. 5. A large formal assembly (10)
  5. 6. A member of the ___ Party (10)
  6. 8. The third day of the week (7)
  7. 10. A member of the ___ Party (8)
  8. 12. A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen (7)
  9. 13. A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea (8)