Elections
Media
Finance
Amendments
Music Trivia
100

The amount of electoral votes a candidate must have in order to win

278 electoral votes

100

Sources of media

  • Print media

  • Broadcast radio

  • New Media (Internet)

100

Contributions made outside the limits and prohibitions of federal law

Soft money

100

The amendment that lowers the voting age to 18

26th amendment 

100

The number 1 Beatles song of all time

Hey Jude

200

The winner of the popular vote always wins the election

False

200

An unofficial release of confidential information to the media

Leaking

200

Independent expenditure groups that do not give directly to candidates, have no limits on spending

Super PACs

200

The two amendments crucial to the equality of our society

15th and 19th amendments

200

The pop singer known as the "Material Girl"

Madonna

300

The process of gathering public support for a candidate

Campaign

300

30 second sound clips used on TV to convey the message of an entire speech

Sound bites

300

An act passed as a way to try to close financing loopholes that allowed soft money to influence elections

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

300

The purpose of the 6th amendment

Gives every person accused of a crime a right to an attorney

300

Freddie Mercury‘s real name

Farrokh Bulsara

400

A way candidates are nominated in which Washington D.C. elected officials pick candidates for the U.S.

Caucus

400

A method media uses that watches the government making sure it's serving the public’s interest, the media conveys their findings back to the people

Watchdog 

400

Single issue based groups that raise unlimited soft money for voter registration, issue advocacy, but not for a specific candidate

527 groups

400

The only amendment to be passed from popular vote

17th amendment

400

The year the band Paramore released their first album "All We Know Is Falling"

2005

500

Election held within the party to pick the party’s candidates for the general election

Direct primary

500

Granting interviews either “on-the-record” or “off-the-record”, allowing candidates to persuade the public to perceive the issue in a certain way

Spinning

500

Protected free speech rights of PACs to influence elections and also candidates can spend as much of their own money as they want

Buckley v. Valeo

500

The purpose of the 24th amendment

Bans both Congress states from control the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax

500

The oldest surviving musical instrument

Flute