Election 2020 Trivia

1. What was the political label that Kanye West used for his 2020 presidential campaign?

From Quiz Kanye West Ran For President

Answer: Birthday Party

In his filings with the Federal Election Commission, West identified his party as BDY, the Birthday Party. In his filing to get on the ballot in Louisiana, he also listed his party as "Birthday Party." West explained the name for the party by stating "When we win, it's everybody's birthday."

From Quiz Fun Facts About the 2020 US Election

Answer: Delaware

Biden won his home state of Delaware handily, but lost the southernmost county, Sussex, by a margin of 55 to 43. He won Delaware by racking up a large lead in Wilmington. Biden won all four of Hawaii's counties, with an average of 64.8 percent. He won all 14 Massachusetts counties, seven of them with over 70 percent of the vote. And he won all five of Rhode Island's counties, with an average of 60 percent.

From Quiz Kanye West Ran For President

Answer: Wyoming

West and his wife Kim Kardashian have a 10 bedroom mansion in Wyoming, and that is where he is registered to vote. They also have a mansion in Los Angeles, which is where he also had his corporate offices before moving to Wyoming. West owns a 4500 acre ranch near Cody, Wyoming named Monster Lake Ranch. West was born in Atlanta, Georgia in June 1977, so he was 43 when he announced he was running for President in July 2020.

From Quiz Fun Facts About the 2020 US Election

Answer: Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince George's County topped the list. It is directly northeast of Washington DC. It is a majority minority district, with 62 percent African American population in the 2010 census. It is also home to numerous government workers and agencies, including the Census Bureau and Andrews Air Force Base. Oglala Lakota County is second, at 88.4 percent. It is home to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, site of the Wounded Knee massacre of 1890. According to the Census Bureau, Oglala Lakota had the sad distinction of being the poorest county in all fifty states. San Francisco came in with 85.3 percent. The city has widely been known as one of the most "liberal" places in the United States, and supports Democrats by large margins. Clayton County is directly southwest of Atlanta and is home to Hartsfield Airport. Biden won it with 85 percent of the vote. Heavy turnout in Atlanta and surrounding counties was a key reason that Biden flipped the state of Georgia, the first time a Democrat won the state since Bill Clinton in 1992. The late Representative John Lewis represented Clayton County for many years.

From Quiz Kanye West Ran For President

Answer: Michelle Tidball

Michelle Tidball is a native of Wyoming who describes herself as a "biblical life coach." She was cheerleader in high school, has a degree in psychology from the University of Wyoming, and has served as a mentor to troubled youth. She was 57 years old in 2020. Angela Walker was the running mate of Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins. Tiara Lusk was the running mate of Life and Liberty candidate Jon Myers. Jo Jorgensen was the presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party.

From Quiz Fun Facts About the 2020 US Election

Answer: Brooklyn

Kings County is the most populous county in New York State, so no surprise it tops the vote list. Biden received over half a million votes and 74 percent of the vote. He did best percentage-wise in New York County, with 84.5 percent (377k votes), with Bronx County close behind with 82.5 percent (271k votes). Biden received 412 thousand votes and 69 percent in Queens. The only borough he lost to Trump was Staten Island.

From Quiz Kanye West Ran For President

Answer: Elon Musk

Elon Musk, who had been supporting businessman Andrew Yang during the Democratic primaries, announced that he was supporting West on July 5. A native of South Africa, Musk made his fortune in the computer boom of the 1990s. In 2002, he formed SpaceX, a private space exploration firm. Musk has also been a leading figure at Tesla, the electric car company. Forbes magazine estimated Musk's net worth at $90 billion at the time of the 2020 election. Entertainment industry figures supporting West included Nick Cannon, Chance the Rapper, actress Rose McGowan and rapper DaBaby. Athletes to endorse West included Dennis Rodman, football players Dez Bryant and Darrelle Revis and Olympic runner Rochelle Stevens. Whitman, former CEO of Ebay, and Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett Packard, both made failed bids for the presidency. Both endorsed Joe Biden in 2020. Gates, the founder of Microsoft, was highly critical of Donald Trump, but did not endorse Biden (or Kanye) in the election.

From Quiz Fun Facts About the 2020 US Election

Answer: California

Biden won 36 of California's 58 counties, most by a decent margin. Biden won three with over 80 percent: San Francisco, Marin and Alameda. Eight were in the 70s and 11 were in the 60s. His closest California counties were Butte, Inyo and Stanislaus. Georgia has 159 counties and Biden won 30 of them. North Carolina has 100 counties and Biden won 25 of them. And Biden won 24 of Colorado's 64 counties.

From Quiz Election 2020: One for the History Books

Answer: 1

Ticket splitting used to be very common but 2016 saw zero states split their vote for president and senator. In 2020, only one state split. Maine re-elected long-time moderate Republican Senator Susan Collins (although she only narrowly avoided the instant runoff and this was her closest re-election contest) while sending Joe Biden to the White House. In the House elections, only a dozen or so districts split their votes with many of them having very close results, which was a historic low.

From Quiz Kanye West Ran For President

Answer: $10 million

According to the FEC, West spent $10,395,234 during his run for President. Conveniently, Kanye loaned his campaign $10,360,000. The vast majority of the money, almost 80 percent it, went to three consulting firms. The biggest recipient was Fortified Consulting, based in Tempe, Arizona, which got roughly $4.7 million. The consulting firm is run by the former Executive Director of the Arizona Republican Party. Millennial Strategies, based in Huntington, New York, received $2.2 million. The group has worked for progressive organizations such as Planned Parenthood and Common Cause as well as Democratic candidates. Atlas Strategy Group, based in Saint Louis, was given $1.27 million. Consultant Gregg Keller has worked for many conservative organizations and candidates including the American Conservative Union. The West campaign spent another $260,000 on legal fees.

From Quiz Kanye West Ran For President

Answer: $1.2 million

According to his FEC filings, the campaign raised $1,181,315. Of that total, $477 thousand was itemized (1779 entries) and $704 thousand was unitemized. The West campaign's largest single individual contributor was Keon Moghaddan, a pre-med student at UC-Urvine, who gave $4220. Second was Rajan Birla, a real estate investor from Union City, California, who gave $3000.

From Quiz Election 2020: One for the History Books

Answer: Georgia

Joe Biden won Georgia by 0.24%, making it the closest state in 2020. Biden became the first Democratic candidate to win Georgia since 1992. The closest state by vote margin was Arizona which Biden won by slightly over 10,000 votes just slightly less than Georgia's vote margin.

From Quiz Kanye West Ran For President

Answer: 12

The twelve states were Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah and Vermont. Those states have a collective electoral vote of 84. Trump won 62 of those votes, Biden won 22. So even if there had been a magical surge for the Kanye Express, it would have hurt Trump far more than Biden.

From Quiz Kanye West Ran For President

Answer: 66 thousand

West received 66,036 votes in the 12 states where he was listed on the ballot. His best state in terms of pure votes was Tennessee with 10,256 votes. His best state percentage-wise was Utah, where he received 0.48 percent.

From Quiz Fun Facts About the 2020 US Election

Answer: Texas

Texas had fourteen 90 percent counties, with three over 95 percent: Borden, King and Roberts, all very small. The others are Armstrong, Glasscock, Hansford, Jack, Loving, Motley, Oldham, Shackelford, Sterling, Throckmorton and Wheeler. Nebraska had six 90 percent counties: Arthur, Grant, Hayes, Keya Paha, Logan and McPherson. Oklahoma had four: Beaver, Cimarron, Dewey and Ellis. While every county in West Virginia went for Trump, none went over 90 percent. The closest was Grant county with 88.4 percent. Eight counties did support Trump with over 80 percent.

From Quiz Election 2020: One for the History Books

Answer: Arizona and Pennsylvania

During the lame duck period, President Trump and his closest allies refused to concede the election and insisted that Trump had actually won. They claimed allegations of voter fraud cost him several swings states. These allegations were rejected by state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, dozens of times and found almost no support even amongst Trump-appointed judges. The main, specific complaint was that mail in voting that many states had adopted during the pandemic was unconstitutional. The effort to overturn the election was criticized by Democrats and many officials in the Republican Party who saw the efforts as Trump loyalists defying democracy, not accepting a loss and harming the Constitution and the U.S.'s peaceful transfer of power. Others saw it as an attempt by ambitious Republicans to earn goodwill with Trump during their speculated future runs for president. During the counting of the votes, Arizona's votes were objected to by Rep. Paul Gosar and Sen. Ted Cruz and both houses of Congress were required to debate those votes. During the debate, a mob of Trump supporters invaded the Capitol Building in what would be called an insurrection to stop the electoral vote counting and have Trump declared the winner. Members of Congress and Vice President Mike Pence were evacuated to the Capitol shelters and other safe spots. Some of the rioters vandalized the building, waved Confederate and Trump flags, broke into offices, stole items and physically assaulted law enforcement. One Capitol police officer was murdered in the riot. When the Senate and House reconvened later that night, the tone had changed. Some of the Republicans who had stated they would challenge the results changed their minds while others were still insistent. The objections to Arizona and Pennsylvania's votes were rejected. President Trump's role in the riot was controversial and he was subsequently impeached for inciting the insurrection.

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