Election Basics
This month is when the 2026 midterm elections take place.
November
This is the term for a person running for elected office.
Candidate
This is the national lawmaking body of the United States.
Congress
This is the process of signing up to vote.
This country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States.
France
This is the minumum age to vote in most U.S. elections.
18
This political party is represented by a donkey.
Democrats
This chamber of Congress has 100 members.
Senate
This is what voters use to make their choices in an election.
Ballot
This is the number of bones in a typical adult human body.
206
Congressional elections take place every:
Two years
This political party is represented by an elephant.
Republicans
This chamber of Congress has 435 voting members.
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This is the name of the dystopian novel by Margarat Atwood, whose protagonist plays Scrabble with the Commander.
The Handmaid's Tale
Midterm elections take place halfway through this person's four-year term.
President
This is the term for a candidate who does not belong to a major political party.
This is the number of senators representing each state.
Two
This allows IL voters to cast their ballots before Election Day.
Early Voting
Geomagnetic storms are often triggered by what bursts of radiation from the Sun's surface?
Solar Flares
This is the year of the next regular U.S. presidential election after the 2026 midterms.
2028
This is the term for someone who already holds the office they are running for again.
Incumbent
This word describes a political party holding more than half the seats in a chamber of Congress.
Majority
This is the term for a vote submitted by mail instead of in-person.
Absentee
This Southern state was governed by both Earl Long and his brother, the "Kingfish" Huey.
Louisiana