It is an 8-letter word for the right to vote.

This assigns certain powers to the national government and reserves others to the states.

Regularly scheduled elections at which voters make the final selection of officeholders.

This is what women were seeking when they were asking Congress for suffrage.

It is the animals which represents the Republican Party.

This word begins the with letter 'f' and is synonymous with having been given the right to vote.

These are powers delegated to the national government, spelled out, in the Constitution.

This is the naming of those who will seek office.

It is the federal act that protects all American citizens against various tactics intended to prevent minorities from voting.

These are the two major parties in the United States.

It is the potential voting population.

These powers are not expressly stated in the Constitution but they a reasonably understood in the Constitution.

This is sometimes called the 'wide open primary'.

It is the practice of drawing electoral district lines in order to limit the voting strength of one particular group.

This is a system in which several major and many lesser parties exist, seriously compete for, and actually win public offices.

Aliens applying for naturalization is trying to attain this.

These are powers that belong to the national government because it is the national government of a sovereign state in the world community.

This takes place when no one wins a majority in a race.

This was the year the the first African American President was elected President of the United States.

These are parties that have split away from the major party.

This amendment states that no state can deprive persons of 18 years of age or older the right to vote due to age.

This is a system of government in which a written constitution divides the powers of government between a central government and several regional governments, usually called states.

This is the place where the votes who live in a precinct actually vote.

It is the year that the 15th amendment was ratified and declared that voting rights cannot be denied based on color or race.

This person serves as the party leader and starts that leadership with the power to make appointments and the ability to dispense other favors.