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Win the U.S. Presidential Election

It's election day and you are representing the Lime Green Party of America. Name any state to grab its electoral votes and defeat the hated Periwinkle party.
Maine and Nebraska have become winner-takes-all states
You only have 20 seconds!!!
Not a speed typist? Try your hand at winning by answering questions.
Quiz by HinesBrothers
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Last updated: November 21, 2020
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First submittedFebruary 3, 2020
Times taken71,807
Rating4.63
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State
55
California
38
Texas
29
New York
29
Florida
20
Illinois
20
Pennsylvania
18
Ohio
16
Georgia
16
Michigan
15
North Carolina
14
New Jersey
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State
13
Virginia
12
Washington
11
Arizona
11
Indiana
11
Massachusetts
11
Tennessee
10
Maryland
10
Minnesota
10
Missouri
10
Wisconsin
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State
9
Alabama
9
Colorado
9
South Carolina
8
Kentucky
8
Louisiana
7
Connecticut
7
Oregon
7
Oklahoma
6
Arkansas
6
Iowa
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State
6
Kansas
6
Mississippi
6
Nevada
6
Utah
5
Nebraska
5
New Mexico
5
West Virginia
4
Hawaii
4
Idaho
4
Maine
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State
4
New Hampshire
4
Rhode Island
3
Alaska
3
Delaware
3
District of Columbia
3
Montana
3
North Dakota
3
South Dakota
3
Vermont
3
Wyoming
HinesBrothers
+5
Level 72
Nov 5, 2020
Also try your hand at winning by answering questions or by trying to win the 1828 election
EvanAviator
+7
Level 44
Nov 2, 2020
This is really cool! :D
Barry90
+11
Level 56
Nov 3, 2020
It is very funny, but maybe add 10 seconds...
HinesBrothers
+18
Level 72
Nov 3, 2020
It was at 30 seconds, but I took off ten to make it more of a challenge
vikisaw
+5
Level 43
Nov 5, 2020
So maybe 25 seconds.
sleekcollins
+6
Level 64
Nov 5, 2020
I think you should keep it as it is, at 20. It's harder and, thus, more fun.
texdave
+3
Level 53
Nov 24, 2020
I can't type fast enough. It's not much fun for me. Thirty seconds would be more realistic.
ProximaCentauri
+5
Level 44
Nov 3, 2020
271! I was at 265 with 1 second, and put Utah in the nick of time
HinesBrothers
+7
Level 72
Nov 3, 2020
Just hope that members of the electoral college don't flip
fjakob
+2
Level 53
Nov 5, 2020
i got 270 getting all the ones with the most votes
JackintheBox
+2
Level 68
Nov 12, 2020
...to your opponent's favour.
camus
+21
Level 74
Nov 3, 2020
308. And thus I become the first US president born on foreign soil.
AlexThirkell
+5
Level 62
Nov 5, 2020
Martin Van Buren was the first US President born in the USA :)
HinesBrothers
+2
Level 72
Nov 5, 2020
The ones preceding weren't born on foreign soil per se. Just not in the United States.
wiifly
+7
Level 49
Dec 18, 2020
Which is kind of ironic because he's also the only president whose first language wasn't English.
IAB
+13
Level 54
Nov 3, 2020
Uhhh I got 269 what do I do
Pandora49
+16
Level 51
Nov 3, 2020
269 is better than 270 for obvious reasons >:)
JackintheBox
+4
Level 68
Nov 5, 2020
But 269 electoral votes sends the election to the House...
Pandora49
+4
Level 51
Nov 5, 2020
The number itself, I mean :)
HinesBrothers
+6
Level 72
Nov 3, 2020
You retake the quiz?
eruner
+30
Level 53
Nov 5, 2020
that would be election fraud
JackintheBox
+1
Level 68
Jan 24, 2021
Not if you retake it after four years :)
amnhphillips
+5
Level 40
Nov 5, 2020
prepare your lawyers
AlphaBetaGamma
+2
Level 25
Jan 4, 2021
Same lmao
someone2018
+17
Level 82
Nov 3, 2020
I wish all campaigns were this short.
Yev
+11
Level 71
Nov 4, 2020
Reminds me of GeoPhilia's Save Humanity... good quiz!
Yev
+2
Level 71
Nov 5, 2020
I got 303 on my first try yesterday, what is funny is that the 5 points threshold is actually very close to 270
HinesBrothers
+4
Level 72
Nov 5, 2020
They have a similar(ish) concept, but this made first and no inspiration was drawn
BotswanaEmperor
+18
Level 57
Nov 4, 2020
People of JetPunk, I, BotswanaEmperor, with 274 electoral votes, have become president of the United States of America. My first act of presidency is to rate this quiz 5 stars as I enjoyed it and it brought me to where I am today. Thank you.
Pandora49
+3
Level 51
Nov 5, 2020
>:C I thought I was president, not you!
trombonekid98
+6
Level 67
Nov 4, 2020
Probably the most intense thirty minutes I've ever spent trying to get 5/5. 299 electoral votes and sitting pretty now.
JackintheBox
+3
Level 68
Nov 12, 2020
Thirty seconds*, surely!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jan 10, 2021
Correcting people's spelling is one thing but the content too... I think I have seen this done before.

pretty sure he meant what he wrote, seeing the rest of his comment. He tried hard reaching those 5 stars retaking the quiz until he finally reached it and now he is very happy.

JackintheBox
+1
Level 68
Jan 24, 2021
I must have misunderstood his comment; now I understand he spent 30 minutes (re)taking the quiz until he got five points. Congrats, trombonekid98!
Jetpunker180
+2
Level 34
Nov 5, 2020
nice quiz
JWC1202
+15
Level 69
Nov 5, 2020
Damn! I hate those Periwinkle bastards!
Quizmaster
+15
Level ∞
Nov 5, 2020
This guy gets it.
joeythelemur
+3
Level 84
Nov 5, 2020
Got beat to the punch, made the same comment below. :-) Gotta demonize your opponent.
WanHuangdi
+3
Level 73
Nov 5, 2020
I think that the time should be 27 seconds, that way it is a standardized 10 electoral votes per second
WanHuangdi
+1
Level 73
Nov 5, 2020
It’s not much, but typing DC will get you a bonus 3 electoral votes very quickly
oshkosh
+1
Level 32
Nov 5, 2020
thx for the tip it worked!
gzx5
+1
Level 56
Nov 5, 2020
Not enough time!
Relox84
+2
Level 66
Nov 5, 2020
The answer stats map is awesome though! How did you even do this?
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 72
Nov 5, 2020
It's a recent development made by the site
Stewart
+3
Level 68
Nov 5, 2020
:)
creslinwest
+3
Level 67
Nov 5, 2020
It feels more like a typing test than an actual quiz.
idontlikeit2
+4
Level 70
Nov 5, 2020
Alabama appears to be listed twice in the answer stats.
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 67
Nov 5, 2020
And interestingly one is currently at 6% and the other at 7%.
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 83
Nov 5, 2020
There also appear to be two Ohio's in the answer stats, also separated by a percentage point. What's that about?
idontlikeit2
+1
Level 70
Nov 5, 2020
Would love to see a "Lose the Presidential Election in 30 seconds" quiz!
AlexThirkell
+2
Level 62
Nov 5, 2020
That's pretty much what this quiz is for me.
Ghostbuster
+2
Level 85
Nov 5, 2020
Huh, I should have spent more time campaigning in New York instead of Alaska. That turned the election.
emerald1120
+2
Level 55
Nov 5, 2020
my score was 274. It was really cursed seeing New york, texas and California in the same colour and new England not being the same colour
ProximaCentauri
+1
Level 44
Nov 5, 2020
Congrats on the feature
SteelzBlade
+1
Level 41
Nov 5, 2020
247! I got Illinois last second!
sealsi6
+3
Level 55
Nov 5, 2020
This is a really great quiz Hines!
JWatson24
+1
Level 64
Nov 5, 2020
Maybe we should just have Presidential candidates take this quiz to win. No more popular vote, no more Electoral College, just a JetPunk quiz!
halpie
+1
Level 72
Nov 5, 2020
North Carolina is also listed twice. fun quiz!
Trolololz
+1
Level 69
Nov 5, 2020
20 seconds is too fast
NeilVedwan
+2
Level 50
Nov 5, 2020
I Pres. NeilVedwan won the election with 286 electoral votes and 13 states.
cpgatbyu
+2
Level 80
Nov 5, 2020
I have an order from a Pennsylvania court requiring you to give me more time.
joeythelemur
+5
Level 84
Nov 5, 2020
Those despicable Periwinkles!!
Pandora49
+2
Level 51
Nov 5, 2020
It's not even noon and this already got 15k takes today alone...how??!
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 72
Nov 5, 2020
Imagine how many it would have it were on the front page two days ago
Pandora49
+1
Level 51
Nov 5, 2020
I clicked on the quiz and it said 18,030 takes, then clicked the answer stats and it immediately jumped to 18,034 takes, and when I went back to the quiz it had 18,040 takes, and then I reloaded the page and it had 18,069 takes.....
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 72
Nov 5, 2020
It just became noon moments ago and it was at 15,957 for the day
HinesBrothers
+3
Level 72
Nov 5, 2020
Now this quiz just got the single-day record for most takes for a user created quiz at 17:34:11 UTC or 12:34:11 (UTC-5)
Pandora49
+1
Level 51
Nov 5, 2020
This is actually pretty funny, as I remember just a few days ago you were shocked at how Yev's "Random Point to Land" quiz got 16.8k takes in a single day! :)
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 72
Nov 5, 2020
Now it got to 20,000 at 2:38:11 PM Eastern Standard Time
JWatson24
+1
Level 64
Nov 6, 2020
Imagine how quickly we'd know election results if Nevada counted as quickly as people took this quiz...
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Dec 31, 2020
New Hampshire was the most annoying though. It literally took 2-3 hours for Biden's win there to be certified.
SirPhilippines
+2
Level 45
Nov 5, 2020
First person to do West Virginia, wow
tourwoorden
+1
Level 69
Nov 5, 2020
I needed 8 tries. Interesting dilemma between number of electors vs time it takes to type the state's name.
thedodoking
+1
Level 40
Nov 5, 2020
356!! Is there any way I can see what the record is?
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 72
Nov 5, 2020
Among multiples of ten, 360 is the top first score
Jerry928
+3
Level 74
Nov 5, 2020
Fun quiz! How come Maine appears twice in the answers, once at 21% and once at 20%? Same thing for Utah, which comes in at 13% then again at 12%?
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 72
Nov 5, 2020
I'm honestly not sure. If anyone can figure out I would be curious to know.
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Nov 6, 2020
It's possibly because you haven't given all the same states the same path id. Perhaps changing all California's to be "CA" etc.. instead of a placeholder may fix this problem.
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 72
Nov 6, 2020
Thanks for the idea Stewart. Changes are currently pending to have that implemented. Hopefully it will work. It could be a few hours though because it is currently 7:23 AM for the QM.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jan 10, 2021
The answers are still doubled up.
sleekcollins
+1
Level 64
Nov 5, 2020
287 after 4 tries.
buck1017
+1
Level 72
Nov 5, 2020
i lost. i only got 259. But i carried alaska, idaho, and montana for some reason :-)
thedodoking
+1
Level 40
Nov 5, 2020
373 now after multiple attempts!
IAB
+1
Level 54
Nov 5, 2020
Looking at the answer stats I see that exactly 270 answers get you to the 95th percentile, which is exactly enough to get you 5/5 points in this quiz. Coincidence? I think not.
butner12
+2
Level 66
Nov 5, 2020
Thank you for a fun quiz and, ironically, a great distraction from the actual election!
WildStrawberries
+2
Level 46
Nov 5, 2020
Electoral college has got to go.
jkabq
+1
Level 61
Nov 5, 2020
no thanks.
Froststar101
+1
Level 66
Nov 5, 2020
In the results chart, I see Illinois, North Carolina, Alaska and New Jersey appearing twice.
DonnieDee
+1
Level 28
Nov 6, 2020
Got every state in 10 seconds. Too easy.
HinesBrothers
+6
Level 72
Nov 6, 2020
If you don't add spaces and spell every state name correctly, that would be 553 words per minute. I'm very skeptical you can do that
Pandora49
+2
Level 51
Nov 6, 2020
yeah...the typing word record is 212 words per minute. or did you mean you got 270 votes in 10 seconds?
Jato3
+2
Level 64
Nov 6, 2020
For me, New Jersey turns green when I type Virginia
Pandora49
+2
Level 51
Nov 6, 2020
Same.
plattitude
+5
Level 88
Nov 9, 2020
As election fraud claims go, this one is at least interesting!
geofut
+1
Level 60
Nov 6, 2020
I got 270 exactly by getting the top 11 biggest states
FroyoMNS
+1
Level 62
Nov 7, 2020
280 :)
Jenenser
+1
Level 68
Nov 7, 2020
299, but for egomaniacal reason I also claim the states of Massachusetts and South Carolina!
WanHuangdi
+2
Level 73
Nov 7, 2020
It seems that Joe has *finally* completed the quiz
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 72
Nov 8, 2020
I would argue it's not over yet
FactoFanatic
+1
Level 59
Nov 7, 2020
278! I barely beat that darn Periwinkle Party. Nonetheless, a good sign for my political future!
jbro
+1
Level 45
Nov 11, 2020
How do you change the "Your best score part" at the top to 538, because I want to try that? Also how do you change the ones that you get wrong to purple?
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 72
Nov 11, 2020
Try copying the quiz to find out
jbro
+1
Level 45
Nov 11, 2020
i dont want to copy the quiz, i want to find out how you changed the part were it says 538.
Pandora49
+1
Level 51
Nov 14, 2020
@jbro on the quiz you have to make multiple duplicates of the same answer (ie there were 55 Californias in this quiz)
CelticsForever
+1
Level 33
Nov 11, 2020
I feel like Berny Sanders....
thedodoking
+1
Level 40
Nov 11, 2020
After attempting this quiz for a while, I've managed to get 377. Though, at this point I don't bother putting in Massachusetts because of how difficult it is to type it without a mistake.
aliberti68
+1
Level 54
Nov 12, 2020
I can't type this fast...
ProximaCentauri
+1
Level 44
Nov 16, 2020
I got 206 by typing only democrat states, I got 200 with republican states
MG17
+1
Level 20
Nov 17, 2020
I loved it! Periwinkle: the PT, PSOL, PCdoB and blá-blá-blá of Brazil. I’M GOING TO DESTROY PERIWINKLE!
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Nov 20, 2020
303 elec. votes!
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Nov 20, 2020
326!
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Nov 20, 2020
336!
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Nov 20, 2020
It beats 99.9% of the takers!
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Nov 20, 2020
342!
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Nov 21, 2020
348!!!!
Anderis
+1
Level 64
Nov 30, 2020
373!
turnbacktwo
+1
Level 33
Dec 6, 2020
I got 401 election votes and I'm from the UK which beats 100 percent of the test takers. Untime the quiz to do it
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Dec 6, 2020
No user has gotten that score
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 72
Dec 7, 2020
I think that is because the percentages don't count untimed takes for the stats.
Anderis
+1
Level 64
Dec 23, 2020
Now the time counter lagged quite a bit and I've got 423.
emanuele6
+1
Level 34
Nov 21, 2020
I think there is a bug.

When I type "Virginia", both Virginia and New Jersey get highlighted on the map.

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 21, 2020
Fixed
Anderis
+1
Level 64
Nov 27, 2020
Surprised that so few people try District of Columbia. It's enough to type "dc" so it's probably the quickest one.
TWM03
+2
Level 60
Dec 5, 2020
"NYC" fills in New York State.
TWM03
+1
Level 60
Dec 5, 2020
Best way to win (get at least 270 votes) by fewest characters typed (spelling everything correctly, allowing DC but not NYC): California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa.
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Dec 6, 2020
My way to get 348 electoral votes is getting Washington, California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa.
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Dec 8, 2020
Amazing. Not only does the average person lose the election, but loses in a landslide of 180-358.
HinesBrothers
+2
Level 72
Dec 9, 2020
Probably about what would happen if the everyday person ran in reality
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Dec 10, 2020
I got 355, which beats 100% of the quiz takers. I typed DC and then freaked out and typed Idaho for some reason :(
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Dec 15, 2020
I won the biggest landslide in JetPunk history!
dr02
+1
Level 65
Dec 14, 2020
This quiz so fast I had to commit my personal Watergate and copy and paste to get over 270
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Dec 15, 2020
George McGovern = dr02 jk
ProximaCentauri
+1
Level 44
Dec 19, 2020
I think its more like Mondale
thedodoking
+1
Level 40
Dec 16, 2020
388!
NeilVedwan
+2
Level 50
Dec 18, 2020
You don't know that I have a way to figure out if you really got that score :)
TheBerryLegend
+2
Level 50
Dec 19, 2020
I got West Virginia and apparently not many people get it
ProximaCentauri
+2
Level 44
Dec 19, 2020
I got 538............

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thedodoking
+2
Level 40
Dec 19, 2020
404!!!!!
NeilVedwan
+2
Level 50
Dec 20, 2020
I took the quiz untimed and got 404 electoral votes. It says it beats 100% of the quiz takers. So you didn't get that...
thedodoking
+2
Level 40
Dec 20, 2020
I did get that though..? I've taken the quiz a lot and have a wpm of 120; it says I've beaten 100 percent of all takers as well. Is there a way I can show my high score on the quiz?
ProximaCentauri
+2
Level 44
Dec 24, 2020
@NV, it said "beats or equals" so it might've equaled it.

However, i did it untimed and got 403, and it still says beats or equals 100 percent, so he is lying.

thedodoking
+2
Level 40
Jan 8, 2021
I'm not lying, I don't really know how else to prove it. I understand why you think I am though. For all of my attempts above 360 or so, it says I've beaten or equaled 100 percent of test takers. I'm not quite sure why that happens.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jan 10, 2021
Untimed doesn't count for obvious reasons.
ProximaCentauri
+2
Level 44
Jan 25, 2021
Neil, Dodking did get 404
turnbacktwo
+2
Level 33
Jan 3, 2021
Yours won't count neither.
NeilVedwan
+2
Level 50
Jan 5, 2021
It will count to you, but not to everyone else.
ProximaCentauri
+2
Level 44
Jan 5, 2021
Would be great to do one for Georgia
NeilVedwan
+2
Level 50
Jan 8, 2021
Just noticed! This quiz excepts NJ, NH, etc.
GeorgeWashington
+1
Level 56
Jan 13, 2021
Yep, those were some new type-ins implemented.
NeilVedwan
+2
Level 50
Jan 8, 2021
362!
NeilVedwan
+1
Level 50
Jan 9, 2021
368!
MG17
+1
Level 20
Jan 19, 2021
"...Maine and Nebraska have become winner-takes-all states..." What do you mean with this?
ProximaCentauri
+1
Level 44
Jan 22, 2021
Usually, Maine and Nebraska split up their votes into congressional districts. Basically Partial credit. Here, that rule is not applied
TheBerryLegend
+1
Level 50
Jan 25, 2021
Go Lime Green Party! Yuck, Periwinkle Party!
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