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What is The First Amendment?
This amendment gives Americans the basic right to freedom of speech, religion, petition, and assembly
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What is The Democratic Party
Young voters are most likely to align with this political party, at 44%
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What is The Libertarian Party?
This party was the most successful third party in 2016, with Gary Johnson getting 3% of the popular vote
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Who is Bill Clinton?
This president was known for many things, one of them being playing the saxophone on the Arsenio Hall Show
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What is Oregon?
This beaver state was the first to implement Automatic Voter Registration (AVR)
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What is The Thirteenth Amendment?
This amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery in the US
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What are Milennials?
40% of this generation identifies as non-white, making them the most diverse voting generation in history
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What is The Green Party?
This party has never had a candidate win a federal office, though their presidential nominee Howie Hawkins is looking to change that this year
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Who is Barack Obama?
Three presidents have won the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album. This former president, the most recent to do so, won in 2008 for his book “The Audacity of Hope”
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What is Texas?
This larger than life state passed a law in 1997 allowing astronauts to cast their ballots from space
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What are The Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments?
These two amendments gave African-American men and women the right to vote, respectively
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What is Generation Z?
According to The Hill, this generation is expected to account for 1 out of every 10 votes in 2020
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What is The Constitution Party?
This party originated in 1992 as the U.S. Taxpayers Party, and changed its name in 1999 to this, named after a famous document
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Who is FDR?
This president was the first to appear on television, appearing on a 1939 broadcast from the World’s Fair
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What is Indiana?
This Midwest state has a law on the books giving voters a maximum of 2 minutes in the voting booth before poll workers are allowed to remove them, although the law isn’t enforced
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What is The Twenty-Sixth Amendment?
This amendment, ratified in 1971, reduced the voting age to 18, allowing us to do what we’re doing now
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What is Immigrant Status?
One in 10 voters in 2020 have this status, and 61% of them live in just 5 states: California, New York, Florida, Texas, New Jersey
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What is The Reform Party?
This party has a bald eagle as its logo, growing out of the 1992 presidential campaign of Ross Perot
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What is Teddy Roosevelt?
This president is the youngest to ever hold office, at 42 years, 10 months, 18 days when he was sworn in
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What is Wisconsin?
This state bordering Lake Michigan allows voters to change their vote up to 3 times on election day, although only the final one counts
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What is the Twenty-Fourth Amendment?
This amendment rendered the poll tax illegal in 1964
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Who Are Asian Americans?
This demographic is the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the electorate, making up 5% of the nations voters in 2020
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What is The Guns and Dope Party?
This contraband-based party runs under the platform of “Nobody for president”, encouraging everyone to write their own names in on election day
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Who is William Henry Harrison?
This president died just 32 days into his term, from a cold he got while standing in the rain giving his inauguration speech
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What is Tennessee?
This Southern state has a law on the books prohibiting anyone who takes part in a duel from holding office, not that someone would volunteer for that
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