Political Parties
These two political parties are the biggest in the United States.
What are the Democrats and the Republicans?
Third parties and their candidates do not typically win elections because of these two reasons.
What is a lack of votes, and a lack of name recognition?
True or false, the media does not play a significant role in elections.
What is false? The media plays a huge role in elections
In order to vote you must do this at least 22 days before election day.
What is register?
What is the system called when the person who gets the popular vote wins the electoral college vote?
What is Winner Take All?
An imaginary line that both parties appeal to the center of in order to gain the most voters.
What is the political spectrum?
What are political parties?
These organized attempts to win elections are put on by every political party.
What are campaigns?
This election has significantly more voter turnout than other elections. HINT: Every four years
What is the presidential election?
This is the magic number of electoral college votes needed to win.
What is 270?
Not something you stand on, but rather what a political party believes about certain issues
What is a platform?
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
This idea means that one will favor one side over the other.
What is bias?
Name 2 out of the 3 places/ways that you can register to vote
What is the registrars office, by mail, or online?
This determines how many electoral college votes each state gets. HINT: It is determined by the number of Representatives and Senators.
What is Congressional representation?
This "race" is what all political parties want to win
What is an election?
Name a third party.
Green, Libertarian, Constitution, Bull-Moose.
Rosie the Riveter and the Got Milk advertisements are examples of this 10 letter phenomenon.
What is Propaganda?
Poll taxes were taken away by this Constitutional amendment
What is the 24th Amendment?
These states, also referred to as purple, change their mind about the party they are voting as often as possible.
What are swing states?
These individuals are the people selected by each political party in order to win elections.
Who are candidates?
This amendment gave African Americans freedom in the United States
What is the 13th amendment?
This left leaning news company was founded on June 1, 1980 in Atlanta GA. HINT: Three letters, and not an animal.
What is CNN?
Name two out of the three factors that help you determine if a person will vote or not.
What are education, age, and income?
These TWO states can split their electoral college vote
What are Maine & Nebraska