Contemporary Elections
Three of the seven major swing states this cycle.
What are Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania?
This form of voting occurs outside of in-person polling sites, typically conducted by mail.
What is absentee voting?
Things allegedly being eaten in Springfield, Ohio.
What are the dogs, the cats!
Three of the six states with the least seats in the House of Representatives.
What are Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, & Delaware?
List at least 2 of the major polling aggregate websites.
What are FiveThirtyEight, RealClearPolitics, the New York Times, the Silver Bulletin, etc.?
The former Presidential candidate who left a dead bear in Central Park.
Who is Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.?
The president(s) who authored and signed the Voting Rights Act.
Who are JFK and Lyndon B. Johnson?
____ of a plan.
What are concepts?
Four out of six of the only members of Congress with no voting power.
What are 6 non-voting members, representing the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and four other territories of the United States: American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands?
All six jurisdictions flipped by Biden in the 2020 election.
What are Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska's second congressional district?
The only state in America with a unicameral, non-partisan legislature.
What is Nebraska?
This system of voting allows voters to rate their preferences for multiple candidates in descending order.
What is ranked choice voting?
The musician who endorsed Kamala Harris immediately following the debate.
Who is Taylor Swift?
The legislative tool used to bypass House leadership and bring a bill directly to the floor for a vote.
What is a discharge petition?
A political poll that asks adults which party they would prefer to see hold power, without any names attached to candidates.
What is the Generic Ballot?
Name any 8 major party candidates from the 10 competitive Senate races this cycle.
Who is:
Jacky Rosen, Sam Brown; Angela Alsobrooks, Larry Hogan; Mike Rogers, Elissa Slotkin; Rick Scott, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell; Kari Lake, Ruben Gallego; Sherrod Brown, Bernie Moreno; Bob Casey, David McCormick; Eric Hovde, Tammy Baldwin; Tim Sheehy, John Tester; Ted Cruz, Colin Allred.
The three amendments related to voting rights.
What are the 15th, 19th, & 24th Amendments?
Kamala Harris took fire for repeatedly shifting her stances on banning this oil collection process over the years.
What is fracking?
The Congressional district with the lowest population density.
What is Alaska at-large?
The state that has voted for the eventual winner of the presidential election the highest percentage in its history.
What is Ohio?
The amount of money raised by the Harris and Trump campaigns in August (within $10 million).
What is:
Kamala Harris: $361 Million
Donald Trump: $130 Million
This reform allows citizens to automatically register to vote when they receive a driver's license.
What are motor voter laws?
The European Prime Minister called out by name at the debate.
Who is Viktor Orbán?
The number of ballots needed for Kevin McCarthy to get elected Speaker of the House.
What is 15?
The vote share that each party received nationally during the 2022 U.S. House elections (within 1%).
What is:
Republicans: 50.0%
Democrats: 47.3%