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.

Not a speed typist? Try your hand at winning by answering questions.

Thanks to Pandora49 for improving the map!

You only have 30 seconds!!!

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Last updated: May 5, 2021

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First submitted	February 3, 2020
Times taken	518,388
Average score	38.7%
Rating	4.79

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#	State
54	California
40	Texas
30	Florida
28	New York
19	Illinois
19	Pennsylvania
17	Ohio
16	Georgia
16	North Carolina
15	Michigan
14	New Jersey

#	State
13	Virginia
12	Washington
11	Arizona
11	Indiana
11	Massachusetts
11	Tennessee
10	Colorado
10	Maryland
10	Minnesota
10	Missouri

#	State
10	Wisconsin
9	Alabama
9	South Carolina
8	Kentucky
8	Louisiana
8	Oregon
7	Connecticut
7	Oklahoma
6	Arkansas
6	Iowa

#	State
6	Kansas
6	Mississippi
6	Nevada
6	Utah
5	Nebraska
5	New Mexico
4	Hawaii
4	Idaho
4	Maine
4	Montana

#	State
4	New Hampshire
4	Rhode Island
4	West Virginia
3	Alaska
3	Delaware
3	District of Columbia
3	North Dakota
3	South Dakota
3	Vermont
3	Wyoming

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102 Recent Comments

+16

Level 76

Nov 5, 2020

Also try your hand at winning by answering questions or by trying to win the 1828 election

+10

Level 76

Mar 25, 2021

Right now, only 4.5% of people can win the election on their first attempt. Would it be worthwhile to add ten seconds to the time and reset the stats? What do you guys think?

+13

Level 76

Mar 26, 2021

Like this comment to keep it as is

+46

Level 76

Mar 26, 2021

Like this comment to add ten seconds

Level 63

Mar 26, 2021

stats don't reset when you add more time (i think)

Level 76

Mar 26, 2021

When the Quizmaster updates a featured quiz, then he has the option to make the stats reset, usually he avoids it if possible, though.

Level 76

Mar 27, 2021

The thing is that if the stats weren't reset, then it'd be unfair to the people who took it before the reset (you could always just screenshot your stats though; I'm sure you could easily regain the five points if you're concerned about that)

Level 21

Mar 31, 2021

How do only one percent get District of Columbia?

Level 26

Sep 6, 2021

because they type states with the most votes first

Level 65

Nov 10, 2022

Long to type and only worth 3 votes.

Level 53

Apr 2, 2021

371!

Level 53

Apr 6, 2021

388! I literally beat Joe Biden (got 315 EVs) in the first 10 seconds.

Level 53

Apr 6, 2021

413! Now I beat thedodoking and have the highest score in JetPunk history!

Level 53

Apr 6, 2021

With 10 more seconds (according to my calculations) I would get 619 (obviously more than 538)!

Level 76

Apr 6, 2021

That means that you should be able to do Fifty States in One Minute in under 30 seconds.

Level 53

Apr 6, 2021

That was because it glitched, and I got like 306 electoral votes in 5 seconds :P

Level 76

Apr 9, 2021

Out of curiosity, exactly how many times have you taken this quiz?

Level 53

Apr 9, 2021

161 😬 Only 0.002% of the takes though :)

Level 55

Apr 29, 2021

Ah, I couldn't reply directly to your reply, but congrats! 413 is absolutely astounding. However, I have reclaimed my title! 417! :D

Level 53

May 4, 2021

I have reclaimed my title with 422 ele. votes! 😃

Level 55

May 5, 2021

I have reclaimed my title with 446 :D.

Level 53

May 16, 2021

*464

Level 53

Jun 21, 2021

I have reclaimed my title with 471 ;)

Level 83

Nov 10, 2024

I have claimed the title with 479.

Level 46

Apr 7, 2021

286, ill take it

Level 43

Apr 12, 2021

538/538

Here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Level 63

Apr 26, 2021

wow!!

Level 76

Apr 26, 2021

here is the link if anyone doesn't want to copy and paste

Level 71

May 9, 2021

ok that is definitely a rick roll. no way I am clicking it

Level 71

May 9, 2021

I have seen that link and memorized it....

Level 51

Apr 16, 2021

269 :(((((((( so close

Level 53

Apr 18, 2021

You tied!

Level 64

Jun 4, 2024

Into the House of Representatives!

Level 53

May 3, 2021

422!

Level 51

May 4, 2021

When will this quiz be adjusted to the new census?

Level 55

May 6, 2021

464!

Level 71

May 9, 2021

yey I supposedly beat 100% of quiz takers

Level 53

May 17, 2021

433!

Level 53

May 18, 2021

441

Level 53

May 18, 2021

454

Level 20

May 28, 2021

345

Level 20

May 28, 2021

353

Level 26

Sep 6, 2021

372

Level 44

Jun 19, 2021

320/538.

Level 63

Aug 12, 2021

I haven't taken the quiz yet, but if I don't get 270, then you can guarantee that it's been rigged against me. Fake quiz!

Level 70

Aug 16, 2021

480 after many tries

Level 26

Sep 6, 2021

hax

Level 26

Sep 6, 2021

I beat 99.9 percent of people pog

Level 60

Sep 14, 2021

I beat 100% of people so does that mean I got the high score :O

Level 59

Oct 16, 2021

i got 325

Level 63

Oct 16, 2021

Ohio and NH are short enough to be worth it, maybe Idaho and Kansas too? A chart for points per letter would be nice, but I would recommend Texas, California, New York, Pennsylvania, NH, Ohio, Kansas, Texas, Georgia, Indiana.

Level 74

Oct 20, 2021

309

Level 75

Oct 26, 2021

Why is Texas listed thrice?

Level 48

Nov 18, 2021

wow, very cool

Level 58

Nov 23, 2021

359! :)

Level 44

May 13, 2022

418/538... says i beat 100% of test takers!

Level 47

Jul 21, 2022

427 lol

Level 40

Aug 3, 2022

Victory!

Level 76

Aug 3, 2022

Good job!

Level 40

Aug 4, 2022

Thanks. T'was very narrow!

Level 47

Oct 22, 2022

383

Level 91

Nov 8, 2022

Managed to get a new score of 358. I think I'm fine with that honestly.

Level 43

Nov 9, 2022

I got 274, and got only 4/5 points. I would like you to get 5/5 once you get at least 270 electoral votes. Other than that, great quiz.

Level 30

Nov 10, 2022

I agree, I got 287 and got 4/5, so what they expect us to get all 50 states in 30 seconds with my pretty slow typing.

Level 88

Nov 11, 2022

30 seconds is not enough time. Another typing test.

Level 81

Nov 11, 2022

It's plenty of time and you're probably missing the point of the quiz if you're trying to get everything.

Level 69

Dec 3, 2022

Assuming: 1) correct state names, 2) abbreviations for NYC, NH, NJ, and DC, 3) spaces are not typed, here is a list of the number of electoral votes per character typed.

New York 9.333

Texas 8

N. Jersey 7

California 5.4

Florida 4.285

Ohio 4.25

Illinois 2.375

Georgia 2.285

N. Hampshire 2

Michigan 1.875

Virginia 1.625

Pennsylvania 1.583

Arizona 1.571

Indiana 1.571

Iowa 1.5

Utah 1.5

DC 1.5

Oregon 1.333

Alabama 1.285

Colorado 1.25

Maryland 1.25

Missouri 1.25

N. Carolina 1.230

Tennessee 1.222

Washington 1.2

Minnesota 1.111

Wisconsin 1.111

Kentucky 1

Kansas 1

Nevada 1

Louisiana 0.888

Oklahoma 0.875

Mass. 0.846

Idaho 0.8

Maine 0.8

Arkansas 0.75

S. Carolina 0.692

Hawaii 0.666

Connecticut 0.636

Nebraska 0.625

Montana 0.571

New Mexico 0.555

Mississippi 0.545

Alaska 0.5

Vermont 0.428

Wyoming 0.428

Delaware 0.375

Rhode Island 0.363

W. Virginia 0.333

N. Dakota 0.272

S. Dakota 0.272

Level 76

Dec 5, 2022

Great comment, thanks!

Level 97

Jan 11, 2023

Thank you for your comment. Because of the initials, I was able to secure 5 points. Much appreciated!

Level 83

Nov 5, 2024

There are other shortenings you can use as well: ilinos, pensylvania, misuri, tenesee, minesota, loisiana, masachusets, misisipi, conneticut, and roadisland all give better votes/character.

Level 69

Nov 7, 2024

Although this is absolutely true, it feels like cheating to me and it would involve having to unlearn how to spell all my state names ^^

Level 66

Nov 5, 2024

Good grief.

Level 63

Mar 22, 2025

Also, you can do Ilinos for Illinois (which gives in a value of 3.167). I made a quiz for these here.

Level 42

Jan 24, 2023

I wish that you could use the states' abbreviations (i.e. CA, IL, NY) vs. the whole name of the state.

Level 59

Mar 4, 2023

I got 272 with only coastal states (and DC, Vermont). I hope a presidential candidate doesn't ever realize this.

Level 40

Apr 15, 2023

Yes! 305 electoral votes! Finally, 5/5 points!

Level 74

May 17, 2023

Why does North Carolina appear twice in the Answer Stats?

Level 86

Dec 29, 2023

Also Colorado! What's going on?

Level 69

May 30, 2023

This quiz isn't fair, it's not proportional at all. It favors rural states over more urban states.

Level 65

Sep 11, 2023

How do you make the answers worth different amounts of points?

Level ∞

Sep 11, 2023

You can do it by having duplicate answers. Our stats filter that out to hide the duplicates.

Level 34

Sep 17, 2023

this was so fun! if my keyboard wasn't broken i would have won :'(

Level 57

Jul 9, 2024

If I'm trying to win the election, and I got 272, why do I not get 5/5 points for the quiz???????????????????

Level 64

Jul 22, 2024

What do you have to do to get 5/5 points? I won the election with 274 votes... the title of the quiz is "Win the US Presidential Election"...?

Level 66

Oct 18, 2024

Points are based on the scores other people got, not set by the Quizmaker

Level 74

Nov 5, 2024

Best result update - 385 after 5 tries.

Level 55

Nov 5, 2024

Nebraska and Maine are split into more districts

Level 57

Nov 5, 2024

Seeing this quiz makes me nervous

Level 80

Nov 5, 2024

I hate those periwinkle jerks so much! They’re ruining the country!!!

Level 44

Nov 5, 2024

Im afraid for the people in dc

Level 74

Nov 5, 2024

I'm right outside, gonna be interesting

Level 74

Nov 5, 2024

350 this time

Level 69

Nov 6, 2024

223, I concede. RIP democracy.

Level 38

Nov 6, 2024

I swear why do the states that give you the most points have the longest names?

Level 61

Nov 8, 2024

New electoral system? I got curious... Every state now gets one electoral vote for each letter in it's name.

Ignoring DC (would you count it as DC for two votes, or District of Columbia for 18?), and changing Nebraska and Maine to winner-takes-all system like the rest of the country, there are 422 electoral votes available.

For 2024:

Donald Trump wins 252 (60% of electoral votes, up from 58% in reality)

Kamala Harris wins 170 (40% of electoral votes, down from 42% in reality)

Honestly kind of shocked it matches up with reality so closely. Maybe this is how we should award electoral votes!

Level 63

Nov 6, 2024

I just recreated the blue states in this year's election. What a pitiful outcome. Hopefully we can get through these four years and elect a better candidate in 2028

Level 55

Nov 7, 2024

So fun! The most I got is 402, but I think I could get more.

Edit: got 407!

Edit v2: got 411

Edit v3: got 425!

Level 69

Nov 9, 2024

What a win!

Level 35

Mar 4, 2025

Very close to losing! 51%! Jeez, it’s Bush v Gore all over again!

Level 36

Apr 14, 2025

Wow, a really cool game! One thing I would change is something about spelling mistakes because its annoying if, for example i would want to write down "Pennsylvania" i have to type it quite fast so that i can move on to the next state but because i am typing so fast i might write "Pennslyvania" and i will have to delete all of that and then write it again which means i wasted crucial seconds having to do that (Pennsylvania isn't the only state i have had issues with)

Level 49

May 5, 2025

I won the election! (61%) Great quiz.

Level 49

May 15, 2025

I won the election again for another term! (64%) 342/538.