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What do average Americans think of the electoral college?
Dislike it - there have been several failed attempts to change it for sth more modern
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Give 20 points!
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Win 50 points!
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Win 10 points!
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Go to last place!
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baam
Lose 5 points!
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shark
Other team loses 25 points!
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Win 25 points!
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The election when a third of the Senate is re-elected is called the _____ election.
staggered
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What is the “winner take all” system in the US elections?
The party which won the majority of votes in the state gets all the remaining votes, the other party gets none.
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What is Jerrymandering in elections?
The Process of giving one political party an advantage over another political party by redrawing district lines
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What is the “ticket” in the American Presidential elections campaign?
The candidate who runs for the President chooses his/her Vice President
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What is an electoral college?
The American system when the public does not vote directly for the president but through delegates
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The total number of 538 electors means 435 representatives, 100 senators and 3 electors from ______.
The District of Columbia
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What is the popular vote and how is that different from the actual election?
People of the states vote in a poll
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In which states do the candidates campaign harder than in others? Why?
Swing states, because they can change their vote - there’s no guarantee
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The American system when the public does not vote directly for the president but through delegates is called _____.
electoral college
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Is it true that the bigger the state is the more senators it sends to the Senate?
No, only 2 senators regardless of the population
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What are the animal mascots of the Democrats and the Republicans? What do you know about their origin?
Donkey - democrats, stubborn and … Elephant - republicans, big, but cowardly and slow.
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What are the “campaign rallies”?
Candidates travel across the country and set out their policies and ideas for the whole country’s future
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