Electoral College 1
This is the total number of electoral votes available in a U.S. presidential election.
538
These types of states are heavily targeted by candidates because their political leanings are split and could go to either party (not swing but what?)
Battleground
How many electoral votes does Maine have?
4
What state am I from?
Virginia
Serving as a crucial check on the executive branch, these national elections take place in November—halfway through a president's four-year term.
Midterm Elections
To win the presidency, a candidate must secure this minimum number of electoral votes.
270
These are the only two states that do not use the "winner-take-all" system, opting instead to allocate votes by congressional district.
ME or NE
Name the two modern Presidents who were elected to office despite losing the popular vote.
Trump and Bush
Garfunkel
Appointed to lead Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has championed this four-word health policy acronym aimed at combating chronic disease
MAHA (Make America Healthy Again)
Each state gets a base of two electoral votes for its Senators, plus a variable number based on this legislative body.
House of Representatives
Because every state gets at least three electoral votes regardless of population, a single vote in this least-populated U.S. state mathematically carries far more weight than a vote in California.
WY or VT
In the 2000 and 2016 elections, the winning candidates achieved victory through the Electoral College despite losing this national metric.
Popular Vote
What university did I attend?
Virginia Tech
From state-level gubernatorial debates to Capitol Hill, politicians are scrambling to create legal frameworks to regulate these tools, such as advanced chatbots.
AI
This 1961 constitutional amendment granted three electoral votes to Washington, D.C., despite it not being a state.
23rd Amendment
This historical compromise allowed Southern states to count a fraction of their enslaved populations to boost their representation and electoral power without letting them vote.
This term is used to describe an elector who breaks their pledge and votes for a candidate other than the one they were chosen to support.
Faithless Electors
What profession(s) did I work in before teaching?
Politics and trail building
This type of tax, championed by the executive branch to protect domestic manufacturing, faces legal challenges over whether a president can impose them without Congress.
Tariff
Except for two states, most of the U.S. uses this system where the candidate who wins the state's popular vote gets all of its electors.
Winner take all system
This compromise at the Constitutional Convention created a bicameral legislature with a House and Senate
Great/Connecticut Compromise
If no candidate wins a majority of 270 electoral votes, this body is tasked with deciding the president, with each state delegation getting exactly one vote.
House of Representatives
Two truths and a lie, which is the lie?
- I was voted most polite in my middle school graduating class
- I hate soup
- I've been skydiving once.
I've been skydiving twice!
Because these powerful federal positions are lifetime appointments, a president's selection of a new one can shape the nation's laws for decades to come.
Supreme Court Justice