Voting and Elections

Suffrage is a fancy word meaning _____

• the right to vote

• the process to amend the Constitution

• suffering

Time when new President is officially sworn into office

• Primaries

• Caucuses

• Inauguration

• National Conventions

What number of electoral votes is required to win the presidency?

• 435

• 270

• 538

• 302

What are the two major political parties?

• Democrat and Republican

• Libertarian and Independent

• Democracy and Monarchy

• Green and Llibertarian

This type of election determines the nominee of a given party

• general

• primary

Which type of election comes first?

• Primaries

• General

Match the animal to their political party.

a

b

Republican

Democrat

 

Although ​ (a)   rarely win elections, they can play an important role in public politics.

• third parties
• democrats
• republicans

What is the purpose of a political party's platform?

• to tell Americans what to believe

• to outline and make clear their views on important issues

• to help candidates who don't understand the issues

• to make it easy for opposing parties to adopt their views

In recent decades, the Democratic Party has been connected with policies of ​ ​ (a)   , and Republicans have been connected with policies of ​ ​ (b)  

• Liberals
• Conservatives
• Libertarians
• Communitarians