Presidential Election

To become President of the United States, the three requirements set by the U.S. Constitution are

• You must be rich, you have to serve in the military, you have to be famous

• Someone in your family was previously a president, you have to serve in the military, you have to be nice

• You have to be a natural born citizen, you have to be at least 35 years old, you have to have lived in the U.S. for 14 years.

• You have to serve in the military, You have to be a natural born citizen, You have to be able to speak many languages

The 2 main political parties in the U.S. are?

• Independent and Democrat

• Independent and Republican

• Republican and Democrat

• The Green Party and The Tea Party

A caucus is . . .?

• A series of discussions and meetings to choose a candidate to represent a political party in an election

• a group of people that decides who will be president

• a meeting to decide who can be a citizen of the U.S.

• a group of people that decide who can vote in the election

What is the main purpose of the primary election?

• to see who is old enough to vote

• to choose the new president

• to narrow down the number of candidates running in the election

• to count the votes from other countries

At the National Democrat and Republican ______________________ they select their parties presidential nominee.

• Conventions

• elections

• ballots

On election day, people __________________ cast their vote.

• only in Washington D.C.

• in every state

• in every country

• who have died

When people cast their vote, they are actually voting for a group of people call electors to vote for them.

• False

• True

The number of electors each state gets is equal to it's ____________________________.

• Every state gets the same amount of votes

• number of Senators and Representatives in Congress

• number of registered voters in the state

• size in square miles

There are a total of ______________ electors in the Electoral College.

• 100

• 13

• 538

• 3000

Each elector has only 1 vote in the election?

• True

• False