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Elections & Voting trivia on Everyday Civics

This library holds 120 clues across 12 categories. Pick a difficulty — easy serves the gentler clues, hard the toughest — then clear two boards and a final question.

Categories in this library

  • The Electoral College
  • Election Day Basics
  • Primaries and Caucuses
  • Voting Rights History
  • Campaign Finance
  • Political Parties
  • Ballots and Voting Methods
  • Congressional Elections
  • Campaigns and Debates
  • Famous Elections
  • Election Administration
  • Redistricting

Sample questions

  • How many electoral votes are needed to win the presidency? 270
  • Which body formally elects the president? Electoral College
  • In what month are federal elections held? November

How to play

  1. Choose a topic or grade, difficulty, and players, then begin. Each game draws a fresh random board from that library.
  2. Open a card, then pick one of the four answers.
  3. A correct pick adds points; a miss subtracts them.
  4. Finish the first board, then the second, then the final question.