THE 2012 AMERICAN ELECTIONS: A TREASURE HUNT

1.What was the name of the President of the USA until the elections?

Barack Obama

2.Is he a Democratic or a Republican?

He's a democrat.

3.What are the two main parties in the USA?

Democrats and Republicans.

4.What are the symbols of this two parties?

The democrat's symbol is the donkey and the republic's symbol is the elephant.

5.What is the date of the presidential elections this year?

4th November.

6.How often do presidential elections take place?

Every four years.

7.Who can become a candidate?

Barack Obama and Romney Binder.

8.Give the name of this year´s candidates and their respectives party.

Obama is a democrat and Romney is a republican.

9.What is <<a ticket>>?

A ticket refers to a single election choise which fills more than one political office or seat.

10.In France, voters go to the polls to elect the President.But in the USA, voters go to the polls to elect the Electoral College: what is it?and wat do these people do?

The Electoral College is an example of an indirect elections consisting of 538 electors who officially select the President and Vice President of the United States.

11.After answering question10, say if ordinary Americans directly vote for the President.

They vote their president directly.

12.When is Inaguration Day?

It occurs every four years on January the 20th.

13.Where does the President live?

He lives in the white house.