Elections & TV
Worldwide Elections
Election Vocabulary
Elections by the Number
100

Deputy director of the Pawnee Parks Department Leslie Knope, played by Amy Poehler, emerges victorious in a city council election against Paul Rudd’s Bobby Newport during the season four finale of what NBC comedy?

What is Parks and Recreation

100
In this country, polling sites are often turned into BBQ parties, which may contribute to their voter turnout of over 90%.

What is Australia

100

Double the last letter in the name of a strong cotton fabric to get what verb that means going through a district to solicit votes in person?

What is Canvass

100

This is the age you must be to legally vote in the United States.

What is 18

200

David Palmer successfully won a presidential election after Jack Bauer foiled an assassination attempt on him during his campaign, in what Fox drama series?

What is 24

200

In this country, voting usually occurs on a Wednesday and is designated a national holiday to increase voter turnout.

What is South Korea

200

Another word for the right to vote.

What is suffrage

200

U.S. Senators serve terms of this long.

What is 6 years

300

Perhaps the most popular novelty t-shirt of the last twenty years was inspired by Napoleon Dynamite imploring his classmates to vote for whom in the class president election?

Who is Pedro

300

In this country, voters have been casting ballots online since 2005.

What is Estonia

300

This term refers to rearranging voting districts so that they favor a certain political party.

What is gerrymandering

300

A U.S. President can serve this many terms.

What is 2

400

Former Florida Governor Robert Ritchie should have known not to run against a show’s protagonist as he was only able to muster 119 electoral votes against incumbent Jed Bartlet during the 2002 presidential election on what NBC White House drama?

What is The West Wing

400

In the 1960s, this voters in this country would drop a glass marble into the color-coded metal barrel of the candidate they’d like to vote for, triggering the ringing of a bicycle bell. 

What is Gambia

400

This term refers to the vote of the people.

What is the popular vote

400

The number of electoral college votes needed to win the U.S. Presidential Election.

What is 270