Vote For Pedro
I Love College
The pain in Campaign
Fake News?
Down the Stretch They Come
100

How often do elections happen for:

The President

The Senate

The House

President: Every 4 years

Senate: Every 6 years

House: Every 2 years

100

People vote for these when casting a ballot for president.  

Electors

100

This group decides the rules for campaign funding

F.E.C.

100

Name the four major sources of media coverage

Tv, Internet, Radio, Newspaper

100

Who won the 2022 KY Derby

Strike Rich

200

Name two advantages that incumbents have when it comes to elections. 

credit claiming, name recognition, direct mail, fundraising 

200

This aspect of the Electoral College leads some people to question its democratically representative quality

winner-take-all

200

After the primary election, the next election is called

The general election

200

The role of the media that decides which stories get reported on and how. The public then prioritizes these.

Agenda setter

200

Name three of the 13 Triple Crown Winners

 Sir Barton (1919), Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), Whirlaway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946), Citation (1948), Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977), Affirmed (1978), American Pharoah (2015), and Justify (2018)

300

The first caucus and primary take place in these two states. 

Iowa (caucus) and New Hampshire (primary)

300

Many scholars argue that the Electoral College favors these types of states. 

smaller

300

Of the three types, which type of primary election gives voters the greatest options: open, closed, or caucus

Open primary

300

Name two of the four major types of linkage institutions

Voting/elections, Political Parties, Interest Groups, the Media

300

Which horse holds the record for the fastest KY Derby time at 1:59.40

Secretariat

400

The major event that happens after the primaries and before the general election in November. 

party convention 

400

The Electoral College was a compromise that helped ratify the Constitution. Name another compromise. 

3/5ths

Connecticut/Great 

Importation of slaves

400

This term is used for a candidate who is currently in office and is running again

Incumbent

400

Most political scientists agree that U.S. media is most biased toward this

profit

400

All thoroughbreds have the same birthday - what is it?

January 1

500

Name one criticism of the current primary system.

Too long, too costly, too much power to the media, good candidates don't want to run, too much power to states like Iowa, not representative of the American public as a whole

500
Describe what happens if the Electoral College ends in a tie. 

The House votes. Each state gets one vote. 

500

This funding is given by the federal government to candidates campaigns to match the money they raised personally 

Matching funds

500

The media in the U.S. is different than other countries in this way. 

private ownership
500

How old was Coach KB when he attended his first KY Derby in the Infield?

16