Electoral College
The number of people who vote for someone
What is the popular vote
How many political parties are there?
What is 2?
Something that can be proven to be true
What is fact
Which constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th amendment
How old you need to be to vote
What is 18
In the Electoral College, each state is worth a certain number of _________________
What is points
The stuff a candidate wants to do when they are elected
What is platform
Having a preference for something
What is bias
OR
prejudice
What amendment changed the voting age from 21 to 18?
26th amendment
What is one factor that determines how likely you are to vote?
Age
or
Education
or
Income
How are Electoral College points assigned
What is Congressional representation
What do third party candidates sometimes do?
What is take votes from the two main parties
OR
Bring up new issues
Media that uses the viewer's emotions to get the viewer to agree with the author's opinion
What is propaganda
What amendment gave Washington DC electoral college representation?
23rd amendment
What is one place where can you register to vote?
DMV
or
in-person at Registrar's office
or
by mail/internet
How many electoral college points do you need to win a Presidential election?
What is 270
What are the names of the two main political parties?
What is Republican and Democrat?
What is an example of "media"
What is the news, social media, newspapers, magazines, websites, entertainment
(ANY of these answers are acceptable)
What constitutional amendment said you could not charge people money to vote?
24th amendment
What does PAC stand for?
Political Action Committee
The TOTAL number of electoral votes in all 50 states?
What is 538
What is one way political parties help candidates to win elections?
What is help raise money
OR educating voters about campaign issues
Name one role of the media in elections
identify candidates
OR
emphasize certain issues
OR
show different points of view
Which amendment said that all men could vote regardless of their race?
15th amendment
How much money can a private individual give to a political candidate?
$3500