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Question 1) Because of the winner-take-all Electoral College system, a presidential candidate with a narrow popular vote win

a. Will only show a very small margin in the Electoral College vote.

b. Can still have a very large margin of victory in the Electoral College vote.

c. Will have about the same percentages in the Electoral College.

d. Will always lose the Electoral College vote.

Question 2) A candidate must win how many votes in the Electoral College to become president of the United States?

a. 150

b. 270

c. 400

d. All 538 of the votes

Question 3) The "red" states in the US are geographically located

a. On the coasts.

b. In the Midwest.

c. In the Midwest and the South.

d. In the South.

Question 4) The Electoral College reflects in its numbers

a. The representation in the Senate and House.

b. The selection of the electors of the College each election year.

c. The methods described in the 13th Amendment.

d. Decisions made in a bill that is passed in Congress the year before the election.

Question 5) The Electoral College was created in

a. 1787, when the Constitution was written.

b. 1801, after the first disastrous presidential election when two people were elected for president -- Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.

c. 1867, after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, when Congress decided to elect the president by popular vote of the people.

d. 1824, and then later adapted in 1870, to make sure that the popular vote of the people was counted properly.

Question 6) The number of electors each state receives in the Electoral College is based on

a. The current population of that state.

b. The population of that state, based on the most recent census.

c. The number of representatives the state has in Congress.

d. The number of eligible voters in that state.

Question 7) Although there have been many parties in American history,

a. We have always had at least four major political parties at any one time.

b. We have always had one dominant and one weak political party.

c. We have always had two major political parties that represent liberal and conservative views.

d. We have only had about six political parties in our history.

Question 8) Proportional elections in the rest of the world usually have

a. A parliament.

b. A three-house system.

c. A two-house system.

d. Only two political parties.

Question 9) The Republican Party emerged

a. At the beginning of the republic.

b. At the end of WWI.

c. After WWII.

d. Before the Civil War.