United States presidential election - Quiz
A) House of Representative elections B) Municipal school board elections only C) Supreme Court appointments D) State constitutional conventions
A) 50 B) 100 C) 33 or 34 D) 20
A) Coattails B) Running mates C) Incumbents D) Dark horses
A) Midterm election years B) Special election years C) Presidential election years D) Off-year election years
A) Dwight Eisenhower B) Franklin Roosevelt C) Harry Truman D) John F. Kennedy
A) Ten B) Fifteen C) Five D) Three
A) Barack Obama B) Dwight Eisenhower C) Lyndon Johnson D) Ronald Reagan
A) Third Party System B) Fourth Party System C) First Party System D) Second Party System
A) Reconstruction B) Gilded Age C) Progressive Era D) Civil War
A) Third Party System B) Sixth Party System C) Fourth Party System D) Fifth Party System
A) FiveThirtyEight B) Supreme Court Clerk C) Congressional Budget Office D) The New York Times
A) Lyndon Johnson B) Ronald Reagan C) Barack Obama D) Harry Truman
A) Republicans vs Democrats B) Whigs vs Democrats C) Federalists vs Democratic-Republicans D) Federalists vs Whigs
A) 100 B) 435 C) 50 D) 200
A) Ronald Reagan B) Lyndon Johnson C) Dwight Eisenhower D) Harry Truman
A) To create an effective path to victory for the candidate B) To eliminate the need for survey data C) To reduce the amount of money spent on advertising D) To increase the number of political parties
A) To avoid using any media advertisements B) To minimize the number of campaign staff C) To mobilize supporters and persuade undecided voters D) To win every single vote in the election
A) Five B) Two C) Three D) Four
A) Broadcast television B) Telephone calls C) Personal door-to-door contact D) Email campaigns
A) Email communication B) Personal contact C) Telephone solicitation D) Broadcast television ads
A) Yes B) No C) Yes, if the budget is high enough D) Only in local elections
A) Debating the opponent B) Hiring a professional PR firm C) Increasing the number of campaign volunteers D) Allocating resources properly
A) Undecided voters B) Opponent voters C) Voters living abroad D) The candidate's voting base
A) Phone contact is more effective B) All three are equally effective C) Email is more effective D) Personal contact is much more effective
A) Keeping the base and swinging undecided voters B) Focusing exclusively on the opponent's base C) Ignoring undecided voters to save money D) Trying to convert opponent voters
A) The Supreme Court B) International commissions C) Federal law D) State law
A) The Electoral College B) The United Nations C) Individual states D) The federal government
A) Submit one national filing B) Register only with the Electoral College C) Obtain approval from the federal government D) Submit separate filings in each state
A) The Bill of Rights B) The Declaration of Independence C) Individual state constitutions only D) The U.S. Constitution
A) 19th Amendment B) 26th Amendment C) 15th Amendment D) 1st Amendment
A) Sex B) Race C) Religious belief D) Age
A) 19th Amendment B) 15th Amendment C) 26th Amendment D) 14th Amendment
A) Local city councils B) The executive branch C) State legislatures D) The federal Congress
A) No B) Only for primary elections C) Only for federal officials D) Yes
A) Requirement to own property B) Requirement to be a veteran C) Mandatory political party membership D) Convicted felons being banned from voting
A) The presidential candidate B) The individual state C) The constitutional court D) The federal government
A) One B) Four C) Three D) Two
A) 1800 B) 1888 C) 1824 D) 1876
A) John Quincy Adams B) John Calhoun C) Henry Clay D) Alexander Hamilton
A) John Calhoun B) Henry Clay C) John Quincy Adams D) Andrew Jackson
A) John Quincy Adams B) Andrew Jackson C) Aaron Burr D) Henry Clay
A) About 50 percent B) About 100 percent C) About 75 percent D) About 91 percent
A) A legislative mandate B) A political compromise C) A corrupt bargain D) An electoral fraud
A) 1820 B) 2000 C) 1888 D) 1876
A) Together B) Separately C) By a random selection process D) By the House of Representatives
A) 538 B) 270 C) 290 D) 250
A) January 15 B) January 1 C) January 20 D) February 1
A) In Washington, D.C. B) In the House of Representatives C) At their state's capital D) At the White House
A) 2000 B) 1800 C) 1876 D) 1824
A) 538 B) 500 C) 100 D) 435
A) The Senate B) The Electoral College C) The House of Representatives D) The Supreme Court
A) Six B) Two C) Five D) Four
A) Article II, Section 1 B) Article III, Section 1 C) Article I, Section 2 D) Article IV, Section 2
A) One B) Three C) Zero D) Two
A) Maryland B) South Carolina C) Virginia D) Colorado
A) 1876 B) 1872 C) 1840 D) 1824
A) 5 B) 24 C) 16 D) 18
A) 1824 B) 1872 C) 1876 D) 1840
A) 1876 B) 1920 C) 1933 D) 1887
A) The date the president takes office B) The date the electoral college meets C) The deadline for voting in the election D) Resolving controversies over elector selection
A) March 4th B) November 4th C) January 20th D) December 20th
A) Safe harbor period B) Lame duck period C) Congressional session D) Transition window
A) George Washington B) Thomas Jefferson C) John Adams D) Ross Perot
A) Ross Perot B) Hubert Humphrey C) George Wallace D) Theodore Roosevelt
A) Electoral College B) Congressional Caucus C) State Legislatures D) National Convention
A) Florida B) Wisconsin C) Oregon D) New York
A) Oregon B) California C) Florida D) Wisconsin
A) George Wallace B) George McGovern C) Hubert Humphrey D) Ross Perot
A) Naturalized citizen B) Permanent resident C) Natural-born citizen D) Dual citizen
A) Election Day B) The day of the primary C) The day of the nomination D) Inauguration Day
A) Political parties B) Exploratory committees C) Financial boards D) Election cabinets
A) The political parties B) Local municipalities C) The Electoral College D) State governments
A) Texas B) New Hampshire C) Iowa D) California
A) Florida B) New York C) New Hampshire D) Iowa
A) Constitutional electors B) Party officials C) Convention chairs D) Superdelegates
A) Candidate nomination B) Ballot access C) Electoral certification D) Voter registration
A) By being appointed by the state B) By securing enough signatures C) By running in the primary D) By paying a fee
A) Guam B) U.S. Virgin Islands C) Puerto Rico D) American Samoa
A) November 30 B) November 1 C) November 15 D) November 8
A) Ranked choice voting B) Proportional representation C) Winner-take-all D) Direct popular vote
A) The sitting vice president B) The Chief Justice C) The Speaker of the House D) The president
A) Candidate-elect B) President-elect C) Presumptive president D) Nominee-elect
A) Herbert Hoover B) Donald Trump C) Ulysses S. Grant D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
A) Six B) Twenty-two C) Fifteen D) Nine
A) Gerald Ford B) Chester A. Arthur C) Andrew Johnson D) Millard Fillmore
A) Governor B) Military officer C) Lawyer D) Cabinet Secretary
A) Twenty-six B) Eight C) Twenty-two D) Sixteen
A) Eighteen B) Fifteen C) Twenty-six D) Sixteen
A) James A. Garfield B) Warren G. Harding C) John F. Kennedy D) Barack Obama
A) Herbert Hoover B) Andrew Johnson C) John Quincy Adams D) William Howard Taft
A) 1992 B) 2004 C) 1996 D) 2000
A) Trending B) Broadcasting C) Priming D) E-campaigning
A) Morning in America B) Make America Great Again C) The future of the country D) Read my lips
A) Morning in America B) Read my lips C) Daisy D) Revolving Door
A) Voter turnout increases in safe states B) The popular vote becomes the only factor C) Candidates ignore nationwide campaign efforts D) Third parties receive more funding
A) Thomas Jefferson B) Abraham Lincoln C) Samuel F. Vinton D) James Madison
A) The House Plan B) National Popular Vote Interstate Compact C) The Every Vote Counts Amendment D) The Vinton Amendment
A) The Automatic Plan B) The District System C) The Proportional Plan D) The House Plan
A) They have lost the election B) They retire from politics C) They have easily won a second term D) They are impeached immediately
A) 60.1% B) 68.5% C) 50.0% D) 61.7% |
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