Voting Rights Legislation
This amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States
What is the minimum amount of electoral votes that each state can get?
3
What is the purpose of the General Election? Who is being voted on?
Define Media Bias
When news providers present information that unfairly favors one side of an argument or issue over another.
How many electoral votes are there in total?
538
This amendment said that all the "right to vote could not be denied by 'race, color, or previous condition of servitude"
15th Amendment
How many votes do you need to win to win the Presidency?
270
Why are debates important for politicians?
They get to influence voters watching from home. This is a chance to make an impression on the American public.
Who benefits from gerrymandering?
What is the law called that gave Native Americans the right to vote?
Native American Citizenship Act
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
Outlawed literacy tests and other discriminatory practices that prevented people of color from voting
How do states either lose or gain electoral votes? How many years between each census?
These are designated to celebrate a political parties newly elected Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates
National Conventions
Republican National Convention
Democratic National Convention
How many years are between drawing district lines in each state?
10 years
The term "gerrymandering" came because the man who drew the new districts in New York had them look like a what?
Salamander
What did the 26th Amendment do?
Changed voting age from 21 to 18.
There are currently 7 states that have only 3 electoral votes. Name 4 of them.
Alaska, Delaware, D.C., North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming
What day are the electoral college votes confirmed in the Senate? Making the way for a President to be officially named?
January 6th.
What is the actual goal of Gerrymandering?
To manipulate (or change) the borders of electoral districts to give one political party an advantage over another.
TRUE OR FALSE: To be President of the United States you need to be born in one of the 50 states.
If false, tell me why.
This Supreme Court in 2013 eliminated critical protections from discrimination in terms of voting. This meant that county's needed to seek clearance before changing new voting laws.
Shelby County v. Holder
Besides 2016 where Donald Trump won the electoral vote even with not winning the popular vote, name the most recent occurance where this has happened.
George W. Bush won the electoral vote and not the popular vote in 2000.
Name all of the requirements to be President of the United States
1). 35 years old
2). U.S citizen (born in the U.S or a U.S territory)
3). Lived in the U.S for 14 years.
What is the name of the man who is credited with "Gerrymandering?"
Elbridge Gerry
How many times has the Presidency been won by a candidate who lost the political vote but won the electoral vote?
5