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WorksheetsPolitical Terminology Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the term for a person assigned by a political party or candidate to observe activities at a polling place to guard against illegal voting?
Electorate
Poll Watchers
Campaign
Platform
What is the requirement that citizens register to vote before the election is held?
Public Policy
Nominate
Voter Registration
Bias
What is the term for a political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system?
Third Party
Liberal
Electorate
Platform
What is the term for prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared to another with the attempt to sway people to a specific point of view?
Bias
Campaign
Public Policy
Nominate
What is the term for a race between candidates for elective office?
Platform
Campaign
Voter Registration
Public Policy
What is the term for the means of communication that reaches a large number of people through newspaper, television, radio, internet, and social media?
Electoral College
Mass Media
Swing State
Poll Watchers
What is a state that could go either way in a presidential election, also known as 'battleground states' or 'purple states'?
Swing State
Third Party
Election
Public Policy
What is the term for a person who runs for election to public office?
Poll Watchers
Candidate
Conservative
Independent
What controls a state's number of electoral votes (# of reps + 2 senators)?
Electoral College
Political Party
Bias
Liberal
What is a political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system?
Third Party
Public Policy
Election
Mass Media
