Election+Quiz

These are some of the important terms you need to know for election coverage next week. Please complete a short-answer quiz on these items to submit to MyCompLab by next Monday.

1. What is a "Red State"?

2. What is a "Blue State"?

3. What is a "Purple State"?

4. What is the Electoral College?

5. How does the Census affect the Electoral Vote?

6. What number constitutes a "winning" Electoral number?

7. Name two "conservative polls."

8. Name two "liberal polls."

9. What is a "Gallop Poll."

10. What is a "winner-take-all" state?

11. What is an absentee voter?

12. What is an early voter?

13. Which states were affected by the storm?

14. When does the electoral college meet?

15. Which states changed electoral votes since last election?