What is Voting
Candidates & Political Parties
How Elections Work
The President
Election Fun Facts
100

What is it called when people choose their leaders by casting their vote?

What is an election?

100

What is the person running for a leadership position in an election called?

What is a candidate?

100

What do we call the process of counting votes to see who wins an election?

What is vote counting?

100

 Who is the leader of the United States?

Who is the president?

100

What do we call the Tuesday in November when the U.S. holds elections?

What is Election Day?

200

How old do you have to be to vote in the United States?

What is 18 years old?

200

Name one of the two main political parties in the United States.

What is the Democratic Party or the Republican Party?

200

True or False: The person with the most votes always wins in a U.S. presidential election.

What is False (because of the Electoral College)?

200

How many years does a president serve in one term?

What is four years?

200

 True or False: All U.S. citizens had the right to vote from the very beginning of the country.

What is False?

300

What do you call the place where people go to cast their votes?

What is a polling place?

300

What do we call a group of people with similar ideas about how the government should work?

What is a political party?

300

What system does the U.S. use to choose the president?

What is the Electoral College?

300

What is one of the jobs of the president?

What is sign laws, work with other countries, or lead the military?

300

Who was the first U.S. president?

Who is George Washington?

400

True or False: Only citizens of the U.S. can vote in U.S. elections.

What is True?

400

 True or False: A candidate can run for president without being part of a political party.

What is True?

400

 How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win the U.S. presidency?

What is 270?

400

What is the building where the president works?

What is the White House?

400

What year did women in the U.S. win the right to vote?

What is 1920?

500

What do people use to mark their choices in an election?

 What is a ballot?

500

What do candidates do during a campaign to try to win votes?

What is give speeches, run ads, hold rallies, or debate?

500

What are the two types of elections that happen before a leader is chosen? (Hint: the first chooses a party’s candidate, and the second chooses the leader)

What are the primary election and the general election?

500

True or False: A president can serve more than two terms.

What is False?

500

What amendment to the U.S. Constitution lowered the voting age to 18?

What is the 26th Amendment?