Presidency

Question 1

How many senators are in the Electoral College?

Answer 1

100

Question 2

How many Representatives are in the Electoral College?

Answer 2

435

Question 3

How many electoral votes are from D.C.?

Answer 3

3

Question 4

What is the total number of electors?

Answer 4

538

Question 5

• Almost always the first commercial in a campaign
• Usually introduces the candidate

Answer 5

Glittering Generalities

Question 6

Attack ads

Answer 6

Mudslinging

Question 7

One person or a group of people saying something about a candidate

Answer 7

Testimonial

Question 8

Uses popular symbols to create a certain image for the candidate

Answer 8

Transfer

Question 9

Commercial uses statistics in a one-sided manner

Answer 9

Cardstacking

Question 10

A candidate tries to appeal to the everyday citizen
- tries to act like the average person

Answer 10

Plain Folks

Question 11

Tries to get you to believe everyone is voting for the candidate so you should too

Answer 11

Bandwagon

Question 12

President does things that show him as a symbol of the United States

Answer 12

Chief of State

Question 13

The president enforces the laws of the land and makes sure the laws are followed

Answer 13

Chief Executive

Question 14

Presidential right to withhold information from the country (The first president to use it was Thomas Jefferson in 1807)

Answer 14

Executive Privilege

Question 15

When the president works with other nations

Answer 15

Chief Diplomat

Question 16

President is the head of the military

Answer 16

Commander in Chief

Question 17

passed in 1973 by Congress: allows the president to send troops into hostile territory for 60 days without declaring war or alerting Congress

Answer 17

War Powers Resolution

Question 18

The president can make laws/influence the lawmaking process

Answer 18

Cheif Legislator/Lawmaker

Question 19

(Required by law) where the president says how the country is doing

Answer 19

State of the Union Address

Question 20

Veto done within the last 10 days of a congressional session

Answer 20

Pocket Veto

Question 21

Allows the President to cross out certain parts of the bill

Answer 21

Line item Veto

Question 22

The president is in charge of the economy

Answer 22

Chief Economist

Question 23

The third person in line to be the president

Answer 23

President Pro Tempore

Question 24

PA has this many electoral votes

Answer 24

19

Question 25

The minimum number of electors needed to win the presidency is

Answer 25

270

Question 26

The fifth person in line to be president is

Answer 26

Secretary of State

Question 27

The fifth step when someone wants to become president

Answer 27

Electoral vote primaries