Bustard Elections

Question 1

Bill Clinton benefited from one of the largest bumps in history following the 1992 Democrat national convention. He climbed as many as …… points in the polls.

Answer 1

30 points

Question 2

for Trump CNN reported a ……. point bounce while ……..(network name) reported no bounce for Trump.

Answer 2

6 point bounce

NBC

Question 3

Clinton was elected as Democrat nominee with only ……% of the vote compared to Sanders’ ………%

Answer 3

59. 67% for Clinton

39. 16% for Sanders

Question 4

In the week prior to the Democrat convention various emails from the Democrat National Committee were leaked, showing alleged bias against the Sanders campaign. The chair ……. ……… …… resigned.

Answer 4

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Question 5

Ted Cruz refused to endorse Trump and instead said “…. …. ………..”

Answer 5

“Vote your conscience”

Question 6

John McCain chose …… ….. as his running mate due to her age and gender.

Answer 6

Sarah Palin

Question 7

Trump won …. contest in the party election and won …..% of the popular vote compared to Cruz’s 19.6%

Answer 7

41 contests won

44.95% of the pop vote

Question 8

In 2009, just under …….. million Americans took part in the nomination process, or ….% of the electorate.

Answer 8

58 million

30%

Question 9

Barack Obama announced his candidacy …. days before the 1st primary.

Answer 9

332 days prior

Question 10

In 2008 there were a total of …. televised debates before the candidates were chosen,

Answer 10

47 televised debates.

Question 11

October …th Comey announced the re-opening of the investigation into Clinton’s emails.

Answer 11

October 28th

Question 12

September ……th - basket of deplorables comment.

Answer 12

September 9th

Question 13

In …../50 states and ……. million voters voted before election day in 2016.

Answer 13

34 states

47 million people.

Question 14

Ohio is a bellwether state - it has voted for the winning party since 19..

Answer 14

1964

Question 15

……% of Americans thought that international trade took away jobs, prior to the 2016 election.

Answer 15

42%

Question 16

……. …….. announced it was moving from Indiana to Mexico. Trump rallied against corporate greed and won the state won by Obama in 2008.

Answer 16

United Technologies.

Question 17

Of the 63% of voters that thought Trump was dishonest, more than ……. (fraction) still voted for him.

Answer 17

1/5

Question 18

Clinton set up ….480 field offices to Trump’s ……

Answer 18

Clinton had 480

Trump had 180

Question 19

Around ……% of Americans get their news from their Facebook feed.

Answer 19

45%

Question 20

The first contest of the primary season are the ……. Caucus and the …….Primary

Answer 20

Iowa Caucus

New Hampshire Primary

Question 21

The no. of ECVs needed to win the election is….

Answer 21

270 electoral college votes

Question 22

In 2000 re election rates in the House was ………%

Answer 22

97.8%

Question 23

In 1975, 44 states had split senate delegations.

By 2017, just ….. had split senate delegations.

Answer 23

Just 12 states.

Question 24

State governor …… was recalled in Wisconsin in 2012.

He won the recall election.

Answer 24

Scott Walker

Question 25

Clinton received .... delegates but required .........out of 712 superdelegates to secure the victory.

Answer 25

She received 2205 delegates | Plus 602/712 superdelegates

Question 26

In California the no. of signatures required to get on the ballot is equal to .....% of the electorate in the state. Compared to only .... signatures on a petition in ........

Answer 26

1% | 25 signatures in Tennessee.

Question 27

There is an average $........ financial advantage for incumbents in the House.

Answer 27

$275,000

Question 28

No opposition: Alabama 1 - ........ .......... (Republican) won ........% of the vote against only write-ins. Alabama 7 - Teri Sewell - .......% (Democrat)

Answer 28

Bradley Byrne - 96.4% Teri Sewell - 98.4%

Question 29

............. served for 59 years in the House. He is the longest serving congressperson in history.

Answer 29

John Dingell

Question 30

California has .... EC votes compared to Alaska's .......

Answer 30

Cali - 55 | Alaska - 3

Question 31

After the last primary Trump only visited ..... states.

Answer 31

8 states

Question 32

In ...... of the last 39 elections the winner has had more than 50%.

Answer 32

26 of the last 39

Question 33

In 2016 Trump had ......% of the popular vote.

Answer 33

46.1%

Question 34

Trump and Clinton made ....% of their campaign visits to 11 states.

Answer 34

90%

Question 35

California receives one ECV for every ....... people compared to Wyoming with one ECV for every ........... people.

Answer 35

California - 713,000 | Wyoming - 195,000

Question 36

99.9% of Mitt Romney's TV ads were shown in just ...... states.

Answer 36

Just 10 states

Question 37

California's proposition .... legalised Marijuana

Answer 37

Proposition 64