Electoral Systems & Voting Crossword Puzzle

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Class: _____________  de-alignment - A tendency, increasing in modern times, for people to disassociate themselves from one particular class and its dominant political attitudes.
Minority government: A government that does not command a parliamentary majority. Such governments are unstable and have difficulty surviving. They have to seek a consensus of support for all their proposals.
Partisan: _____________  de-alignment - People who, in the past, identified themselves closely with one particular party are increasingly seeing themselves as independent of any such attachment.
Mandate: The successful party following an election has the authority to implement promises outline in their manifesto.
Coalition: ________________ government - Where a government is formed from more than one party. In a coalition, seats in the government are shared among more than one party and proposals have to be agreed in advance by all members of the coalition.
First Past: ____________  the Post - a constituency system. Voters select a single candidate, and do so by marking his/her name with an 'X'.Each constituency returns one single candidate, and it has a "winner takes all" effect.
Safe seat: A constituency where one party is so dominant that it is almost unthinkable that it will not win the seat at every election.
Marginal seat: A seat held by a small majority
Manifesto: In a manifesto a political party will give in detail what actions and promises it would like to put in place if it is successful in the next election.

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class: _ de-alignment - a tendency, increasing in modern times, for people to disassociate themselves from one particular class and its dominant political attitudes.
minority government: a government that does not command a parliamentary majority. such governments are unstable and have difficulty surviving. they have to seek a consensus of support for all their proposals.
partisan: _ de-alignment - people who, in the past, identified themselves closely with one particular party are increasingly seeing themselves as independent of any such attachment.
mandate: the successful party following an election has the authority to implement promises outline in their manifesto.
coalition: _ government - where a government is formed from more than one party. in a coalition, seats in the government are shared among more than one party and proposals have to be agreed in advance by all members of the coalition.
first past: _ the post - a constituency system. voters select a single candidate, and do so by marking his/her name with an 'x'.each constituency returns one single candidate, and it has a "winner takes all" effect.
safe seat: a constituency where one party is so dominant that it is almost unthinkable that it will not win the seat at every election.
marginal seat: a seat held by a small majority
manifesto: in a manifesto a political party will give in detail what actions and promises it would like to put in place if it is successful in the next election.