1. political party 2. write-in candidate
3. public policy
4. minority party
5. third party
6. platform
7. political views
8. ballot access
9. candidate
10. majority party
A. Allowing a political party to put a candidate on the ballot
B. A person’s ideas about how government should run and
how issues should be solved
C. A candidate whose name a voter must hand-write on the
ballot
D. Political party with the most elected members
E. The stand the government takes about how issues should
be handled
F. A political party other than Republican or Democratic
G. An organized group of people who share similar political
views and work to influence government
H. Set of statements describing a party’s views on major
issues
I. Political party that does not have a majority of the elected
members
J. A person running for political office

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