Quiz
Election Trivia
Recently we presented your with ten things you probably didn't know — and should — in our
Campaign Knowledge Quiz.
Now we offer up some less serious election-year fare — cocktail party facts from American political history.
When did public nominating conventions become standard practice?
1789
1836
1860
1876
What was the greatest number of ballots needed to settle on a nominee?
5
22
46
103
Who was the first presidential candidate to use a private polling service?
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Roosevelt
Bill Clinton
What year did debates between candidates become the norm?
1858
1948
1956
1960
Where did the phrase "Solid South" come from?
It dates from the days of the Confederacy
It dates from the end of Reconstruction
It dates from the era of the Dixiecrats
It dates from the era of the Reagan Revolution
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