Pageant Questions: Elections, Voting, Public Office

Pageant Sample Questions - Voting, Elections, Running for Public Office

• Did you vote in this election?
• Do you mind sharing who you voted for?
• Were you surprised by the election results?
• Why do you think Governor Romney lost the election?
• How do you think the second term of the Obama Presidency will be different from the first?
• Why do you think the election was so close?
• Are you registered to vote?


• Are you a Democrat, Republican, or Independent?
• Which is more important to you in voting: social issues, such as abortion rights, or economic issues, such as the so-called "financial cliff"?
  
• What concerned you most about this Presidential election? Were you concerned for the nation?


• What is the Electoral College? Do you agree with its importance in our election system? Why or why not?


• What in your opinion is the difference is between Republicans and Democrats?


• Why do you think the nation voted so overwhelmingly Democrat in the last election?


• Do you believe that there will be a Conservative landslide in the next election?


• What does the emergence of the new “Tea Party” tell you about what Americans feel about our government?


• Should men who have been caught cheating on their wives be barred from running for the presidency?


• What do you make of the pattern of politicians caught in affairs - Mark Sanford, John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, Bill Clinton? Should politicians caught in affairs be required to step down from office? Why or why not?


• Why do politicians cheat?


• Why would a politician jeopardize his marriage and sabotage his political career by cheating on his wife?


• Should limitations be placed on the number of years people can hold elected offices to limit so-called career politicians?

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