This candidate is a successful businessperson who hails from New York.
Who is Donald Trump?
100
This is the age one must be to run for the presidency of the United States.
What is thirty-five?
100
- A citizen who wishes to run for president must first run against other candidates from his or her own party in this “pre-election".
What is a primary?
100
- A candidate figuratively does this when he announces his intention to seek office.
What is "tossing one's hat into the ring"?
100
- Conservatives often cite the Second Amendment to support their views on this issue.
What is Gun Control?
200
This candidate lived in the White House during the 1990's.
Who is Hillary Clinton?
200
This is the type of citizen one must be to run for the presidency of the United States.
What is a natural born citizen?
200
- This type of pre-election is actually more like a discussion meeting, which is followed by a vote.
What is a caucus?
200
- This color name is given to a state in which a Republican presidential candidate receives the majority of the popular vote.
What is a "red" state?
200
- Some people argue about this issue using the Eighth Amendment phrase “Cruel and unusual punishment”.
What is the Death Penalty?
300
This candidate is the oldest of the bunch (but not by much).
Who is Donald Trump?
300
A prospective United States President must have lived in the United States for this many years prior to running for office.
What is fourteen years?
300
- In this type of primary, only voters registered with one party or the other may vote.
What is a closed primary?
300
- A polite (or not so polite) face-to-face discussion of issues between candidates.
What is a debate?
300
- Concerning this issue, a liberal person might argue that a market system should be closely regulated by the government.
What is the Economy?
400
This Libertarian candidate is a former Governor of New Mexico.
Who is Gary Johnson?
400
These words, added to the Oath of Office by George Washington on the day he was sworn in as our first president, don't actually appear in the Constitution.
What is "... so help me, God"?
400
- This state passed a law requiring its primary to take place at least one week before that of any other state.
What is New Hampshire?
400
- Of the two major political parties in United States, this is one is considered to be more “left leaning”.
What is the Democratic party?
400
- The phrase “separation of church and state”, tossed around when this issue is discussed, does not actually appear in the constitution.
What is Religion and Government (or Church and State)?
500
This retired medical doctor is the Green Party's nominee for the United States Presidency.
Who is Jill Stein?
500
Many voters don't realize that, on Election Day, they aren't actually voting for a candidate; they are voting for these.
What are electors?
500
- This is the name of a primary election in which many states hold their primaries on a single day.
What is Super Tuesday?
500
- This President was the only candidate in United States' history to receive 100% of the electoral vote.
Who was George Washington?
500
- No one likes paying these, but politically liberal persons often think the rich should pay a larger share of them.