Presidential Election Vocabulary for English Learners

Where do people vote?

• candidate

• polling place

• Republican

• election

How often does the presidential election happen in the USA?

• every year

• every 2 years

• every 4 years

• every 8 years

What do we call the people who are trying to become president?

• political party

• poll

• candidate

• citizen

True or False: You must be 18 or older and a US citizen to vote.

• True

• False

Which political party has the symbol of an elephant and the color red?

• Republican

• Democratic

When is the presidential election in the United States?

• The first Tuesday of November

• The first Friday of November

• The first Tuesday of September

• The first Thursday of October

What is the paper called that people use to vote?

• campaign

• policy

• poll

• ballot

The plans the candidates talk about on how they will improve the USA are called _________________________.

• campaign

• policies

• Democratic

• debates