Voting
What did the 23rd amendment do?
How many major political parties does America have?
2
All the money spent during a campaign is called:
Campaign Finance
True or false? Bias is when media is delivered fairly for both sides.
False
Parties choose candidates with caucuses and:
Primaries
The process we use to elect the president is called the…
Electoral College
The redrawing of boundaries in a state to change district shape is called:
Redistricting
What did the 26th amendment do?
Made the voting age 18
What are the two major political parties in America?
Democrats and Republicans
Because campaigns costs so much, what type of people have an advantage?
Wealthy
Biased or not? Waynesboro is a city in VA
BONUS 500: Turn this sentence into a biased one.
Not Biased
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When a group of people meet to discuss someone that should run for office, they are participating in a:
Caucus
How many electoral votes does VA have?
13
the unfair drawing of districts to favor a political party or group is called...
Bonus 500: What year was this first seen?
Gerrymandering
1812
What did the 15th amendment do?
BONUS 500: What act did Lyndon B. Johnson sign to make sure states followed this rule?
Gave minority men the right to vote
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Give 3 issues Democrats care about:
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Groups that contribute the most to campaigns are called
BONUS 500: Give an example of a group of people that might start/have a PAC
PACs
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Information that is VERY misleading is called:
Propaganda
An election between multiple members of the same party is called a:
BONUS 500: In your class, who were the two people to make it out of the primary?
Primary
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States that may vote Democrat or Republican are called:
BONUS 500: Give two examples of swing states
Swing states
Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan
What are the two types of Gerrymandering?
Packing and Cracking
In order to vote in VA, what are the three requirements?
18 y/o, VA Resident, U.S. Citizen
Parties that are not major parties are called:
BONUS 500: Give two examples
Third parties
Green, Libertarian, Constitution
What groups can raise infinite money?
SUPER PACs
Biased or not? Waynesboro is the best school in VA
Biased
The issues a politician will run on (stand on) are part of their:
Platform
If California has 53 representatives, how many electoral votes do they have? Why?
55 - they have two senators
How many districts does VA have?
BONUS 1000: What district is Waynesboro in?
11
District 6
What did the 19th amendment do?
BONUS 1000: What part of the country refused to allow minorities in this amendment?
Granted voting rights to women
SOUTH
Give 3 issues Republicans care about:
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What important court case ruled that private groups can raise infinite money for candidates?
Citizens United vs FEC
Biased or not? Mr. Pangle has great handwriting.
BONUS 1000: Turn this sentence into a not biased one.
Not Biased! (Biased)
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What is the event called when a political party announces the winner of their primary?
Convention
How many votes does it take to win the Electoral college?
BONUS 1000: How many votes does NC have?
270
15
Pushing the opposite political group together into one district is called:
Packing
What did the 24th amendment do?
Banned poll taxes and tests
Interest groups lobby. What is lobbying?
BONUS 1000: Give an example of an interest group
Persuading a group/person to do something
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There is only one president recently who spent more money but lost the election. Who was it?
BONUS 1000: Roughly how much did she spend?
Hillary Clinton
1.4 Billion
Biased or Not? New York Flying Pizza uses the highest quality ingredients
Biased
Who won the Democratic primary in 2020?
BONUS 1000: Who did he primarily run against?
Joe Biden
Bernie Sanders
What system does VA use where the winner of the state takes all 13 electoral votes?
Winner take all
separating the opposite political group into multiple districts is called:
Cracking