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Political Parties 2

Across
Organizes the national convention and raises $ for presidential elections
Do not have much support of $. hard to get on the ballots - need 1000's of signatures; don't have as much money to campaign against the 2 powerful parties
Each state has a group of people called Electors who are the ones who actually cast the vote for president; number of electors in each state is = to the # of senators and representatives in each state (e.g. Fla has 2 senators and 25 representatives = 27 electoral votes
Third party based on a set of beliefs of how Gov. should run (Communist)
Raises $ and focuses on state representative positions (Governor)
Down
Presidential nominee announced. party members unite to draw support for their party and candidate and raise $$$$ for the election
A state that hasn't historically voted one way or another in an election. E.g. Florida voted for a Republican in 2004 but a Democrat in 2008
Third party revolving around a particular issue (Green Party)
By winning the majority of electoral votes -270 is the minimum
Broken into precincts with a captain. Pass out flyers, get voters to the polls