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American elections

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many steps are there in the American electoral process?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

3

d)

5

2.

How old do you have to be to be able to run for presidency?

a)

18

b)

21

c)

35

d)

50

3.

What is the correct order in the electoral process?

a)

1.national conventions
2.electoral college
3.general election
4.primaries & caucuses

b)

4.national conventions
1..electoral college
2..general election
3..primaries & caucuses

c)

3.national conventions
4.electoral college
2.general election
1.primaries & caucuses

d)

2.national conventions
4.electoral college
3.general election
1.primaries & caucuses

4.

You can run for presidency if you were born outside the USA and naturalized later

a)

Right

b)

Wrong

5.

An elector is the same thing as a voter

a)

right

b)

wrong

6.

What is the aim of the national conventions?

a)

for parties to select their final presidential nominee

b)

for a presidential candidate to select their vice-president

c)

for people to select their nominees

d)

for the electoral college to vote

7.

How many electoral votes are there?

a)

270

b)

538

c)

642

d)

403

8.

How many electoral votes to have to win if you want to be elected president?

a)

538

b)

270

c)

483

d)

269

9.

American people...

a)

vote for both a president and a vice-president

b)

can choose to vote only for the president

c)

can choose to vote only for the vice-president

d)

can't dissociate the president from his/her vice-president

10.

The newly elected president and vice-president are inaugurated in...

a)

November

b)

December

c)

January

d)

generally a few weeks after the elections

11.

A delegate is...

a)

A member of the Electoral College

b)

A person authorized to represent others as an elected representative to a political party conference

c)

a member of the House of Representatives

12.

The number of (Great) Electors is different from one state to another

a)

right

b)

wrong