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WorksheetsU.S. Presidential Elections
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 14mins
Since the 1840s, on which day of the week have U.S. presidential elections been held?
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
When was the last time a third-party candidate won any electoral votes?
1948
1968
1992
2008
Maine is one of two states that do not apportion their electoral votes in a “winner-takes-all” format. What is the other state?
New Hampshire
Nebraska
Louisiana
Nevada
The only president to get elected four times to the office:
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Washington
How many terms is the serving of a president limited to?
2
3
4
5
The system by which the president and vice president of the United States are chosen is:
Ballot initiative
Debate
Caucus
Electoral college
The oldest opposition political party in the United States was:
Republican Party
Democratic-Republican Party
Labor Party
Federalist Party
The only United States President who served both as President and Vice President without being elected:
Gerald Ford
George H.W. Bush
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
What was the Democratic Party's logo popularized by cartoonist Thomas Nast?
a donkey
an elephant
a rabbit
a dove
Who did George W. Bush defeat in the 2004 United States presidential election?
John Kerry
Kamala Harris
Colin Powell
Donald Rumsfeld
Which United States President is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
The first U.S. President to resign from office.
Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who became the first person since Benjamin Harrison to be elected president despite having lost the nationwide popular vote?
Jimmy Carter
Harry S. Truman
George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
Who was the first U.S. President to be impeached during his first term of office?
Bill Clinton
Richard Nixon
Andrew Johnson
Donald Trump
True or False: In at least one U.S. election, the president and vice president were selected from opposing tickets.
True
False
What election saw the closest result in terms of raw popular vote?
1960 — Richard Nixon vs. John F. Kennedy
2000 — Al Gore vs George W. Bush
1976 — Gerald Ford vs. Jimmy Carter
2009 — Barack Obama vs. John McCain
To run for president, the U.S. Constitution has three requirements. Which one of the following is not one of them?
Must be at least 35 years old
Must have lived in the United States at least 14 years
Must be a natural-born citizen
Must be able to read and write
True or False: All members of the electoral college are required to vote for the candidate that got a majority of the state’s popular vote.
True
False
What happens if the electoral college cannot agree on a winner by awarding at least 270 votes to one candidate?
Members of the college must keep voting until there is one.
Members of the college get three chances to decide, and if they can’t, the House of Representative decides on the president and vice president.
Both the Senate and House vote on the top three candidates.
The House of Representatives votes if the electoral college fails to elect a winner after the first ballot, and the Senate votes on the vice president in the same manner.
Which of the following is considered a swing state?
Ohio
Nevada
Oklahoma
South Carolina
The first woman to run for the presidency on a major party ticket in the United States was:
Sarah Palin
Hillary Clinton
Geraldine Ferraro
Kamala Harris
