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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of the following presidential candidates won nearly a million votes while in prison?
Eugene V. Debs, the nominee of the Socialist Party in 1920
William Lemke, the nominee of the Union Party in 1936
Norman Thomas, the nominee of the Socialist Party in 1932
James Weaver, the nominee of the Populist Party in 1896
Since the 1840s, on which day of the week have U.S. presidential elections been held?
What term, popularized after the 2000 election, describes an incompletely punched hole in a paper ballot?
Hanging chad
Dangling brad
Dimpled chip
Damaged biff
Maine is one of two states that do not apportion their electoral votes in a “winner-takes-all” format. What is the other state?
South Carolina
Nevada
Nebraska
Florida
Who was the youngest person to ever become President?
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
Bill Clinton
Benjamin Franklin
In 1984 Pres. Ronald Reagan won every state except one. Which one did he lose?
New York
Vermont
Kentucky
Minnesota
Prior to 1943 what was the legal voting age in the United States?
25
21
17
20
Which amendment gives women the right to vote?
5th Amendment
19th Amendment
2nd Amendment
10th Amendment
To date, who is the only person to ever serve as President and Vice President in the United States?
Joe Biden
Hilary Clinton
Gerald Ford
Walter Kronkite
In the United States, what determines the winner of a presidential election?
Campaign Ads
Electoral College
Popular Vote
Public Opinion
The Electoral College allows each state to have how many electors?
The number equal to the amount of a state's U.S. senators and U.S. representatives
One
The square root of a state population
Random selection
When do Americans officially find out the winner of the presidential election?
November 18th
January 6th
The Tuesday following the first Monday in November
January 16th
If no candidate wins a majority of electoral votes, how is the election decided?
The Senate
The House of Representatives
Popular Vote
The Current President
How many of the electoral votes must a candidate receive in order to win?
270
280
250
260
What's the name of the election that determines which candidate makes it into the general election?
Secondary election
Primary election
Practice election
Open election
States where no candidate has overwhelming support and the popular vote is up for grabs are known as what?
Swing states
Orange states
Undecided states
Red states
President Barack Obama hoped to win a second term in 2012, but which former Republican presidential candidate did he defeat in his U.S. Senate bid in Illinois in 2004?
Duncan Hunter
Richard Lugar
Alan Keyes
John McCain
In what city was the 2012 Democratic National Convention planned to be held?
Boston, Massachusetts
Tampa, Florida
Charlotte, North Carolina
New York City, New York
In 2008, Barack Obama was a U.S. senator for which state?
Michigan
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Which candidate is an ordained Southern Baptist minister?
John Edwards
Mike Huckabee
John McCain
Jesse Jackson Jr
Which Republican candidate was the Mayor of New York City during the World Trade Center disaster in 2001?
Rudy Guilini
Andrew Cuomo
Bill de Blasio
Hilary Clinton
What candidate is a veteran of the Vietnam war and was a prisoner of war for 5 1/2 years?
Andrew Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
John Kerry
John McCain
Who was the guest of honor in the October 7, 2020 Kamala Pence debate?
The Moderator
The Fly
The Plexi glass
The Boogyman
In the recent Vice President debate who said “How calm were you when you couldn’t get a roll of toilet paper?”
Kamala Harris
Supa Fly
Mike Pence
Susan Page
Which Virus is 45 claiming to have now?
Zika virus
Coronavirus
Swine flu
Lie- itis
