Candidates and Elections (Quiz 15)

What does the Electoral College do?

• Trains people who want to run for office

• Supervises presidential debates

• Write and pass laws

• Elects the President of the United States

Which is NOT a requirement to be President?

• 35+ years old

• U.S. resident for 14 years

• Previous government experience

• Natural born citizen

What is the popular vote?

• something legally required to hold a political office

• a voting member of the Electoral College

• a group of people selected by each state to vote directly for the president and vice president

• the count of individual votes in an election

What determines how many votes a state gets in the Electoral College?

• The state's total representatives of Congress

• All states get the same number

• How many voters in the state voted last election

• The physical size of the state

To become President, a candidate needs _________________.

• A majority of the popular vote

• 270 electoral votes

• 2/3 vote from both chambers of Congress

• Approval from 3/4 of state legislatures

What is an incumbent?

• the candidate currently holding a political office

• a voting member of the Electoral College

• something legally required to hold a political office

• something that makes a candidate well-suited to hold a political office

Which of these presidents lost the popular vote, but won the Electoral College? (2 answers)

• George W. Bush

• Bill Clinton

• Barack Obama

• Donald Trump

True of False: It's possible to win the popular vote, but still lose the election.

• True

• False

How many total votes are there in the Electoral College

• 435

• 100

• 538

• 50

What is an elector?

• an election held to determine which candidate from each party will run in the general election

• the final election to determine who will win a political office

• the count of individual votes in an election

• a voting member of the Electoral College