Voting History
This term denies (does not allow) certain groups of people the right to vote (example: people with prison sentences)
What is disenfranchised voters?
This is the date of the general election for this upcoming presidential election.
What is Tuesday, November 5th, 2024?
These are the two states that are not winner-take-all in the Electoral College.
What are Nebraska and Maine?
This is the main profession that helped determine why Election Day is on the first Tuesday of November.
What is farming?
What’s the only country that is also a continent?
Australia?
The 19th amendment allowed what group of individuals the right to vote?
Women, although African-American women still faced discrimination.
This is the type of primary that any person may vote in. Give one pro and one con.
What is an open primary?
Pro = Maximising votes (anyone can vote)
Con= Voter Raiding
This is the total number of electoral votes in the Electoral College and many votes are needed to win. (These are 2 different numbers).
What are 538 total and 270 to win?
These are the three requirements to vote in an election.
What is 18 years old, be a United States Citizen, and live in your precinct (area) for 30 days.
This person won album of the year at the Grammys in 2025.
Who is Beyonce?
This is the potential voting population (hint: this determines what age can vote)
What is the electorate?
This is the type of primary that voters must have registered to vote in and only allows members of a given party to vote in. Give one pro and one con.
What is a closed primary?
Pro = Guaranteed votes (No Voter Raiding)
Con = Lose the moderate votes
This is the number of Electoral Votes Illinois gets in 2024.
What is 19?
This is the length of time you have to live in your precinct to be eligible to vote on Election Day.
What is 30 days?
This is the number 1 most watched show right now on Netflix.
What is American Murder: Gabby Petito?
This amendment made 18 year olds and over able to vote. Hint:"Old enough to fight, old enough to vote."
What is the 26th amendment?
This is the name of the "single day" that multiple states' primary elections are held on.
What is Super Tuesday?
These are the two kinds of states that are represented in the electoral college. Give an example of each. (Hint: both start with "s").
What are swing states and safe states? Swing example: Wisconsin, Georgia, etc. Safe example: California, Texas, etc.
Name the 3 ways to vote in a general election.
What are early voting, vote by mail (absentee), and traditional in-person voting?
This Newton's Law is more commonly referred to as the "Law of Inertia". Which law is this?
What is Newton's 1st Law.
These 2 pieces of political legislation removed barriers to voting, which were deemed to be discriminatory towards groups like African Americans in the 1960s.
What is the 24th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
These are the three things that happen at the National Convention.
What are:
1. Announce official presidential candidates
2. Explain their platform
3. Announce their Vice President (Running Mate)
True or false: it is possible to win the popular vote and still not win the election. What determines the overall win?
What is true? If a candidate has a larger amount of votes but does not win the majority in the Electoral College, they will not win the election.
What are the number of days before the election that you have to mail in a vote from overseas and for everyone else?
What is overseas = 45 days.
What is everyone else = 40 days.
This is the only U.S. state with a single syllable in its name.
What is Maine?
This amendment granted suffrage (the right to vote) to African-American men only. But they still faced poll taxation and a literacy test before they could vote.
What is the 15th amendment?
Name three states that participate in a caucuses.
What is Iowa, Wyoming, Idaho = Both parties
Nevada, North Dakota, Utah, Arkansa, Hawaii, and Missouri = One party only
This term prevents people from voting in ALL elections that are listed on their ballot.
What is Voter Fatigue?
This political tactic allows political parties to draw lines across an electoral district to give their party an advantage. Is this tactic legaul?
What is Gerrymandering and No it is not legaul, but everyone does it so no one gets in trouble?
These are the top three cities in the United States, that have the most championships across the Big Four pro sports leagues (NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB).
What is New York - 54, Boston - 40, and Chicago - 29?