POLITICAL PARTY
ELECTIONS 1
ELECTIONS 2
ROLES
POLITICS
MISC
100
The two major political parties in the United States today.
What are the Democratic and Republican Party?
100
This election is held to choose which candidate from each party will run in the general election.
What is a primary election?
100
This amendment extended the right to vote for women
What is the 19th Amendment?
100
This group has the role of report on events and influences public opinion.
What is the media?
100
This is the minimum number needed by a candidate to win the Electoral College.
What is 270?
100
The two ways to become a U.S. citizen
What is birth or naturalization?
200
This organization works to win elections and influence government policy.
What is a political party?
200
This election determines who will actually win the office.
What is the general election?
200
This amendment guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race or color.
What is the 15th Amendment?
200
This group makes phone calls and tries to educate voters on candidates.
What is volunteers?
200
The number of U.S. Representatives plus the number of U.S. Senators in Congress
What is the electoral vote of each state?
200
13 votes
What is the electoral vote for the state of Virginia?
300
This is the main goal of political parties during elections.
What is winning elections and controlling government offices?
300
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
300
Age, Education, Income
What are reasons that increase the likeliness to vote?
300
This group should research and cast ballots.
What are voters?
300
Focuses on local elections, recruit candidates, and help register voters.
What is local political parties?
300
Showing favoritism to one side.
What is bias?
400
Political parties recruit candidates, educate voters, and do this to their candidates during elections.
What is the functions of a political party?
400
18 years old by the day of the election, U.S. citizen, and resident of Virginia
What is the requirements to vote in Virginia?
400
Not interested, forgot to register, don't have time
What are examples for people to not vote.
400
This person has the role to share ideas and campaign for office.
What is a candidate?
400
Writes the national party platform, organize the Presidential campaign, and hosts national conventions.
What is national political parties?
400
This is the deadline to register to vote in time for the next election.
What is 22 days before the election?
500
Political parties also perform this role by watching the actions of elected officials from the opposing party.
What is monitoring government officials?
500
This person has the role of monitoring elections and making sure the process is fair on election day.
What is a poll watcher?
500
Made racial discrimination in voting illegal.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1964?
500
This is a responsibility
What is voting?
500
This takes place on January 20th and is when the President takes the oath of office.
What is inauguration day?
500
If a candidate wins 51% of the vote in a state, then the candidate wis all the votes from that state.
What is the winner take all system?