Presidential Elections
Candidates for President must first go through this before they enter the general election
What is Primary Election?
Candidates spend this enormous amount of money on campaigns.
What is billions of dollars?
This happens on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of this month.
What is November?
You must be this age to vote in the United States.
What is 18 years old?
If you were too poor this stopped you from voting.
What is a poll tax?
You must get 270 in this place in order to win a Presidential election
What is electoral college?
This type of money is given directly to the candidate.
What is hard money?
This is a petition asking for a new law.
What is a proposition?
This is where you make your voice heard. This can often times be at a church, school, or public building.
What is a polling place?
This was used to stop blacks from voting. They asked if your father's father ever voted.
What is the Grandfather Clause?
These people are appointed to vote in presidential elections. Only PRESIDENTIAL elections!
Who are electors?
The organizations are designed to support candidates by contributing money.
What are PACS?
In all general elections (except the Presidency) the person who receives this amount of vote wins.
What is the majority?
Voters use these types of machines to vote today.
What are electronic voting machines?
This group of people were prevented from voting until the 19th amendment.
Who are women?
Celebrities and politicians give their support to Presidential candidates by offering these?
What are endorsements?
This is money is not given to a particular candidate. Instead it is given to a political party or PAC.
What is soft money?
This is an election where citizens can vote to remove public officials from office.
What is Recall Election?
This is used when soldiers our out of the country and still want to vote in elections.
What is absentee ballot?
In America's early days not owning this could prevent you from voting.
What is property?
These exaggerations and misleading information are used by candidates in posters and commercials.
What is Propaganda?
This Act was created to limit the hard money that goes into campaigns. I also requires public disclosures of candidate spending.
What is the Federal Election Campaign Act?
In these year the House of Representatives had to choose the President.
What is 1800 and 1824?
This is a geographic area that contains a specific number of voters.
What is a precinct?
This amendment gave former slaves the right to vote.
What is the 15th amendment?