Elections 23-24

In this type of government, the people vote for their government representatives.

• Monarchy

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Theocracy

To be eligible to vote in a national election, you must be at least this old.

• 18

• 16

• 21

• 30

In the United States, the popular vote alone does not determine who wins the presidency. The President is elected through this system, in which each state is given a number of electors who vote based on the winner of their state's popular vote

• Voter Turnout

• Electoral College

• Popular Vote

• Presidential College

There are 538 electoral in the Electoral College. To win a majority vote in the Electoral College, a presidential candidate needs to win this number of electors.

• 538

• 269

• 271

• 270

If elected to two full terms in office, Presidents of the Uniter States can serve for up to this many years.

• 4 years

• 2 years

• 8 years

• 6 years

According to the Constitution, candidates must be this old to be eligible to become President of the United States

• 21

• 25

• 30

• 35

In addition to being a natural-born (not naturalized) citizen, to be eligible to become President of the United States, how many years must you live in the U.S?

• 6

• 8

• 14

• 35

True or False:

The United States votes for a new President every 6 years?

• True

• False

Is the Electoral College an example of a direct democracy or an indirect democracy?

• Direct Democracy

• Indirect Democracy

The Electoral College is broken into Red States that reliably vote Republican, Blue States that reliably vote Democratic, and these states, which might go for either a Democrat or Republican candidate, depending on the election.

• Swing States

  (purple states)

• Red States

• Blue States

• Green States