Elections & TV
Deputy director of the Pawnee Parks Department Leslie Knope, played by Amy Poehler, emerges victorious in a city council election against Paul Rudd’s Bobby Newport during the season four finale of what NBC comedy?
What is Parks and Recreation
In 2004, allegations of fraud against Viktor Yanukovych, the purported winner of a presidential election, led to the Orange Revolution in what country?
What is Ukraine
Double the last letter in the name of a strong cotton fabric to get what verb that means going through a district to solicit votes in person?
What is Canvass
This is the age you must be to legally vote in the United States.
What is 18
David Palmer successfully won a presidential election after Jack Bauer foiled an assassination attempt on him during his campaign, in what Fox drama series?
What is 24
In the United Kingdom, the Conservative Party has been in power stretching back to when David Cameron defeated Gordon Brown in the general election in which year?
What is 2010
Another word for the right to vote.
What is suffrage
U.S. Senators serve terms of this long.
What is 6 years
Perhaps the most popular novelty t-shirt of the last twenty years was inspired by Napoleon Dynamite imploring his classmates to vote for whom in the class president election?
Who is Pedro
“Compulsory,” “universal civic duty,” and “mandatory” are all terms that describe which act that citizens of legal age must partake in if they live in countries like Australia, Luxembourg, and Egypt?
What is Voting
This term refers to rearranging voting districts so that they favor a certain political party.
What is gerrymandering
A U.S. President can serve this many terms.
What is 2
Former Florida Governor Robert Ritchie should have known not to run against a show’s protagonist as he was only able to muster 119 electoral votes against incumbent Jed Bartlet during the 2002 presidential election on what NBC White House drama?
What is The West Wing
Since 1965, residents of Gambia have been casting their votes for president by dropping a small object into a drum. What’s the name of the tiny glass globes they use instead of paper ballots?
What is Marbles
This term refers to the vote of the people.
What is the popular vote
The number of electoral college votes needed to win the U.S. Presidential Election.
What is 270