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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

The Process of giving one political party an advantage over another political party by redrawing district lines is called j______.

jerrymandering

At the dawn of the electoral college - which states benefited more from it - Southern or Northern? Why?

Southern - 3/5 of a person - slaves, so as not to be outnumbered by the northern states, as more free people lived there and had the right to vote

Which type of states are considered the most important during the election?

Swing states, because it depends on them which party candidate they choose this time

What is the popular vote and how is that different from the actual election?

People of the states vote in a poll

When does the inauguration take place?

January 20th

What event takes place on January 20th?

The inauguration

In which states do the candidates campaign harder than in others? Why?

Swing states, because they can change their vote - there’s no guarantee

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.

Is it true that you have to be 21 to be eligible to vote in the US?

No, 18

What happens on a “Super Tuesday”?

Multiple states hold their primaries

What is decided during the Primaries?

Who is going to be the party’s presidential candidate

What are “safe” and “swing” states in the American election?

Safe - vote the same party, swing - change their decision from time to time

What do average Americans think of the electoral college?

Dislike it - there have been several failed attempts to change it for sth more modern

Why presidential candidates prefer to win big states like Florida, Texas and New York?

Because of the density of their population and the number of electoral votes that they get as the result

The total number of 538 electors means 435 representatives, 100 senators and 3 electors from ______.

The District of Columbia

The state has the same number of electors (in the electoral college) as ___ and ______.

Senators and representatives

The American system when the public does not vote directly for the president but through delegates is called _____.

electoral college

What is an electoral college?

The American system when the public does not vote directly for the president but through delegates

Is it true that running a Presidential election campaign is a costly business?

Yes, tens of millions of dollars

Which day of the week do Americans vote on?

the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November

What are the “campaign rallies”?

Candidates travel across the country and set out their policies and ideas for the whole country’s future

What is the “ticket” in the American Presidential elections campaign?

The candidate who runs for the President chooses his/her Vice President

The candidate who runs for the President chooses his/her Vice President and together they’re known as the _______.

ticket

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.

The two main parties in the US are ____ and _____.

Democrats, Republicans

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

Why do you think the election to the Senate are called “staggered”?

Because of the metaphor - staggering, like walking with difficulty, stopping and nearly falling every time.

The election when a third of the Senate is re-elected is called the _____ election.

staggered

Every two years a _____ of the Senate runs for re-election.

one third

Senators are elected every ___ years.

6

Each state has ____ senators as their representatives.

2

Before it officially becomes the law the project is called ____.

the bill

What did G. Washington mean when he described the Senate as "a saucer that cools the coffee"?

They scrutinise the bills before they proceed to be passed as laws

G. Washington described ____ as the saucer that cools the coffee.

The Senate

There’s always a ____ election during the president’s time in office to make it easier for the voters to control the balancing of the system.

Mid-term election

The system when the candidate with the most votes wins the election is called _____.

First-past-the-post

The number of districts depends on how ____ the state is = how many people live there.

populous

The number of representatives in the House of Representatives depends on the number of _____ in each state.

districts

Members of the House of Representatives stand for reelection every ___ years.

2

How is the election system in the US different from the one in Russia?

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The President is both the Head of ____ and the Head of ____.

State / Government

What is checks and balances with regard to the American government?

The counterbalancing of the system, ensuring that the political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups

What are the upper and lower chambers called in the US Congress?

The Senate / the House of Representatives