Congress
The number of votes it takes to win the Electoral College?
What is the Senate?
What is the name of the political party our former president belongs to?
What is the Republican Party?
In charge of regulating elections, including limiting how much certain people/groups can donate.
What is the Federal Election Commission (FEC)?
The number of electoral votes needed to win the election
What is 270?
Most states are winner take all when it comes to electoral votes, but these 2 states allow candidates to split electoral votes
What are Maine and Nebraska?
The people who open and count the sealed electoral college votes
What is Congress?
The name of the other major political party in the United States (think Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden?)
What is the Democratic Party?
Before I receive my party's nomination I must first win this election
What is the primary election?
This state has the most number of electoral votes of all the states
What is California?
This president has a memorial dedicated to him for saving the Union. He was also the first Republican in the oval office.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
When you add the number of Senators and Representatives your state has it is equal to the number of _________________ votes your state gets in the presidential election.
What is an electoral vote?
Name one of the independent political parties that exist in the United States
What is the Green Party (Constitution, Libertarian, Communist, Tea, etc...)
When running for president I may tour the country and give speeches, participate in debates, and run ads on TV and radio. This process is called________
What is campaigning?
The state of Tenneessee has this number of electoral votes
What is 11?
Two reasons the framers created the Electoral College. Bonus if you can name two!
What is •Compromise between big and small states •Protection against direct election by uninformed citizens
•Did not trust people, Congress, or state legislatures
•Reinforced federalism and gave states a role in the presidential election
Which house of Congress determines the vice presidency if no candidate gets the required number of votes?
What is the Senate?
The method by which electors are chosen
What is by each political parties?
48%< the largest of any donors< of a presidential campaign funds come from this group
What are Big Donors?
The method used to determine who wins the electoral votes in all but 2 states.
What is a winner-take-all system?
This candidate won the election of 2000 despite losing the popular vote
Who is George W. Bush?
Which house of Congress determines the presidency if no candidate gets the required number of votes?
What is the House of Representatives?
The elephant is the symbol of this political party
What is the Republican Party?
an organization that is formed by an individual or special interest group to raise money for political campaigns.
What is a Political Action Committee?
Electors who do not vote as they have pledged to vote are called...
What are faithless electors?
President candidate with the largest electoral vote in history
Who is Ronald Reagan?
525 of 538