2020 Presidential Candidates Quiz

1. A campaign advertisement prominently uses the phrase “Build Back Better.” Which presidential nominee’s 2020 campaign is it most directly associated with?

2. Which candidate entered the 2020 general election as the incumbent president?

3. Which Democratic primary candidate had previously served three terms as mayor of New York City and largely self-funded his campaign?

4. On which date was the 2020 U.S. presidential general election held?

5. A historian notes that many more Americans voted before Election Day or by mail in 2020. Which circumstance most directly contributed to that pattern?

6. Joe Biden and Donald Trump were the major-party nominees. Which candidate was the Libertarian Party’s 2020 presidential nominee?

7. Suppose no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes. Under the U.S. Constitution, which institution chooses the president?

8. A news report describes a Democratic candidate who was a U.S. senator from Massachusetts and a former Harvard Law School professor. Who is being described?

9. A debate viewer hears a candidate advocate a national Medicare for All program and describe himself as a democratic socialist. Which candidate is speaking?

10. A student is arranging the first two traditional Democratic nominating contests of 2020 in chronological order. Which sequence is correct?

11. On election night, a candidate’s projected Electoral College total reaches 270. Why is that number significant?

12. The clues are “South Bend,” “former mayor,” and “first openly gay major presidential candidate to win delegates.” Which 2020 Democratic contender fits them?

13. Joe Biden selected which U.S. senator as his running mate?

14. Which pair became the Democratic nominees for president and vice president in 2020?

15. Which candidate’s reelection campaign used “Keep America Great” as a prominent slogan?

16. A voter is comparing Democratic primary candidates by the states they represented in the Senate. Which candidate represented Vermont?