Road to the White House

How many electoral votes are available in U.S. presidential elections

• 538

• 270

• 50

• 100

What are the main two political parties in the U.S.?

• Democrats and Whigs

• Democrats and Washingtons

• Whigs and Republicans

• Democrats and Republicans

What is the name for a president who is in office but will not be re-elected (from losing and election or serving out a full two terms)?

• lame duck

• lame goose

• lame president

• lame robin

How many electoral votes does it take to win the presidency?

• 270

• 538

• 100

• 50

What is the event where two or more candidates discuss (and sometimes argue) about how they would best run the country?

• platform

• convention

• debate

• fight

What is the term given to someone who runs for president?

• track start

• running mate

• candidate

• office holder

The process that a person goes through in order to become president?

• meetings

• running

• campaign

• office holding

The ideas that a party chooses, to determine how that party would run the country?

• ideologies

• platform

• decisions

• choice points

Special elections (or meetings) that where people vote for the candidate that they want to run for president for their party?

• primaries and votes

• primaries and elections

• primaries and caucuses

• primaries and choosings

The name of what records who people vote for? It usually will contain a list of the candidates, and people choose whom they want to vote for.

• choice list

• voting box

• candidate list

• ballot