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	209,945
Average score	37.5%
Rating	4.82

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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

+13

Level 74

Nov 5, 2020

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

+20

Level 57

Nov 2, 2020

This is really cool! :D

+21

Level 64

Nov 3, 2020

It is very funny, but maybe add 10 seconds...

+34

Level 74

Nov 3, 2020

It was at 30 seconds, but I took off ten to make it more of a challenge

Level 41

Nov 5, 2020

So maybe 25 seconds.

Level 70

Nov 5, 2020

I think you should keep it as it is, at 20. It's harder and, thus, more fun.

Level 55

Nov 24, 2020

I can't type fast enough. It's not much fun for me. Thirty seconds would be more realistic.

Level 74

May 5, 2021

Adding ten seconds for the May 2021 update

Level 28

May 25, 2021

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I feel like the time should go back to what it was earlier (20 seconds). That way, it makes it challenging to get to 270, yet not impossible. With the extra 10 seconds, I can get to 270 almost every time.

Level 70

Jul 8, 2021

If 30 seconds feels too much to you, you can make it more challenging by setting additional criteria for you. For example try to paint the map from west to east and then it's not easy anymore. :D

Level 55

Nov 3, 2020

271! I was at 265 with 1 second, and put Utah in the nick of time

+15

Level 74

Nov 3, 2020

Just hope that members of the electoral college don't flip

Level 51

Nov 5, 2020

i got 270 getting all the ones with the most votes

Level 77

Nov 12, 2020

...to your opponent's favour.

Level 66

Jan 29, 2021

Don't many states have laws against that?

Level 44

Aug 3, 2021

Could you please make an Indian Election please, I am unable to make it 😫

Level 27

Sep 6, 2021

dope i got 341 first try, i could do better but i was tired

+28

Level 77

Nov 3, 2020

308. And thus I become the first US president born on foreign soil.

+11

Level 72

Nov 5, 2020

Martin Van Buren was the first US President born in the USA :)

Level 74

Nov 5, 2020

The ones preceding weren't born on foreign soil per se. Just not in the United States.

+17

Level 55

Dec 18, 2020

Which is kind of ironic because he's also the only president whose first language wasn't English.

Level 23

Apr 11, 2021

Washington was born in Virginia ;/

Level 43

May 27, 2021

but it wasn't the united states yet

+22

Level 55

Nov 3, 2020

Uhhh I got 269 what do I do

+21

Level 55

Nov 3, 2020

269 is better than 270 for obvious reasons >:)

Level 77

Nov 5, 2020

But 269 electoral votes sends the election to the House...

Level 55

Nov 5, 2020

The number itself, I mean :)

Level 27

Mar 12, 2021

Ikr

Level 74

Nov 3, 2020

You retake the quiz?

+51

Level 51

Nov 5, 2020

that would be election fraud

+13

Level 77

Jan 24, 2021

Not if you retake it after four years :)

Level 49

Nov 5, 2020

prepare your lawyers

Level 27

Jan 4, 2021

Same lmao

Level 27

Mar 12, 2021

Lmao

+24

Level 87

Nov 3, 2020

I wish all campaigns were this short.

+15

Level 78

Nov 4, 2020

Reminds me of GeoPhilia's Save Humanity... good quiz!

Level 78

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

Level 74

Nov 5, 2020

They have a similar(ish) concept, but this made first and no inspiration was drawn

+24

Level 62

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.

Level 55

Oct 16, 2021

BotswanaEmperor becoming the president of the US? Seems a little odd to me.

+10

Level 70

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.

Level 77

Nov 12, 2020

Thirty seconds*, surely!

Level 66

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.

Level 77

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!

Level 54

Nov 5, 2020

nice quiz

+23

Level 73

Nov 5, 2020

Damn! I hate those Periwinkle bastards!

+19

Level ∞

Nov 5, 2020

This guy gets it.

Level 86

Nov 5, 2020

Got beat to the punch, made the same comment below. :-) Gotta demonize your opponent.

Level 83

Mar 17, 2021

Any chance we can get this phrase turned into a line of Jetpunk merchandise? t-shirts, bumper stickers, hats...

Level 70

Nov 5, 2020

Not enough time!

Level 70

Nov 5, 2020

The answer stats map is awesome though! How did you even do this?

Level 74

Nov 5, 2020

It's a recent development made by the site

Level 68

Nov 5, 2020

Level 69

Nov 5, 2020

It feels more like a typing test than an actual quiz.

Level 72

Nov 5, 2020

Alabama appears to be listed twice in the answer stats.

Level 69

Nov 5, 2020

And interestingly one is currently at 6% and the other at 7%.

Level 86

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?

Level 70

Jun 24, 2021

For me there are two Californias and three Texases, as well as plenty of other duplicates, all with different answer percentages. Who knows what's going on.

Level 42

Jan 15, 2023

This needs to be fixed

Level 42

Jan 15, 2023

Some states are listed twice.

Level 72

Nov 5, 2020

Would love to see a "Lose the Presidential Election in 30 seconds" quiz!

Level 72

Nov 5, 2020

That's pretty much what this quiz is for me.

Level 88

Nov 5, 2020

Huh, I should have spent more time campaigning in New York instead of Alaska. That turned the election.

Level 65

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

Level 55

Nov 5, 2020

Congrats on the feature

Level 48

Nov 5, 2020

247! I got Illinois last second!

Level 56

Nov 5, 2020

This is a really great quiz Hines!

Level 71

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!

Level 76

Nov 5, 2020

North Carolina is also listed twice. fun quiz!

Level 72

Nov 5, 2020

20 seconds is too fast

Level 51

Nov 5, 2020

I Pres. NeilVedwan won the election with 286 electoral votes and 13 states.

Level 83

Nov 5, 2020

I have an order from a Pennsylvania court requiring you to give me more time.

Level 86

Nov 5, 2020

Those despicable Periwinkles!!

Level 55

Nov 5, 2020

It's not even noon and this already got 15k takes today alone...how??!

Level 74

Nov 5, 2020

~~Imagine how many it would have it were on the front page two days ago~~

Level 55

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.....

Level 74

Nov 5, 2020

It just became noon moments ago and it was at 15,957 for the day

Level 74

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)

Level 55

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! :)

Level 74

Nov 5, 2020

Now it got to 20,000 at 2:38:11 PM Eastern Standard Time

Level 71

Nov 6, 2020

Imagine how quickly we'd know election results if Nevada counted as quickly as people took this quiz...

Level 55

Nov 5, 2020

First person to do West Virginia, wow

Level 70

Nov 5, 2020

I needed 8 tries. Interesting dilemma between number of electors vs time it takes to type the state's name.

Level 53

Nov 5, 2020

356!! Is there any way I can see what the record is?

Level 74

Nov 5, 2020

Among multiples of ten, 360 is the top first score

Level 75

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%?

Level 74

Nov 5, 2020

I'm honestly not sure. If anyone can figure out I would be curious to know.

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.

Level 74

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.

Level 66

Jan 10, 2021

The answers are still doubled up.

Level 70

Nov 5, 2020

287 after 4 tries.

Level 76

Nov 5, 2020

i lost. i only got 259. But i carried alaska, idaho, and montana for some reason :-)

Level 53

Nov 5, 2020

373 now after multiple attempts!

Level 55

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.

Level 69

Nov 5, 2020

Thank you for a fun quiz and, ironically, a great distraction from the actual election!

Level 49

Nov 5, 2020

Electoral college has got to go.

Level 60

Nov 5, 2020

no thanks.

Level 73

Nov 5, 2020

In the results chart, I see Illinois, North Carolina, Alaska and New Jersey appearing twice.

Level 27

Nov 6, 2020

Got every state in 10 seconds. Too easy.

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Level 74

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

Level 55

Nov 6, 2020

yeah...the typing word record is 212 words per minute. or did you mean you got 270 votes in 10 seconds?

Level 68

Nov 6, 2020

For me, New Jersey turns green when I type Virginia

Level 55

Nov 6, 2020

Same.

Level 90

Nov 9, 2020

As election fraud claims go, this one is at least interesting!

Level 70

Nov 6, 2020

I got 270 exactly by getting the top 11 biggest states

Level 71

Nov 7, 2020

280 :)

Level 67

Nov 7, 2020

299, but for egomaniacal reason I also claim the states of Massachusetts and South Carolina!

Level 67

Nov 7, 2020

278! I barely beat that darn Periwinkle Party. Nonetheless, a good sign for my political future!

Level 60

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?

Level 74

Nov 11, 2020

Try copying the quiz to find out

Level 60

Nov 11, 2020

i dont want to copy the quiz, i want to find out how you changed the part were it says 538.

Level 55

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)

Level 60

Apr 14, 2022

Thanks! Also, how do I add more than 500 answers.

Level 74

Apr 14, 2022

You have to create the answers in a spreadsheet and import it into Jetpunk.

Level 60

Apr 14, 2022

Ok, Can it be on Google Sheets?

Level 36

Nov 11, 2020

I feel like Berny Sanders....

Level 53

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.

Level 54

Nov 12, 2020

I can't type this fast...

Level 55

Nov 16, 2020

I got 206 by typing only democrat states, I got 200 with republican states

Level 42

Nov 17, 2020

I loved it! Periwinkle: the PT, PSOL, PCdoB and blá-blá-blá of Brazil. I’M GOING TO DESTROY PERIWINKLE!

Level 51

Nov 20, 2020

303 elec. votes!

Level 51

Nov 20, 2020

326!

Level 51

Nov 20, 2020

336!

Level 51

Nov 20, 2020

It beats 99.9% of the takers!

Level 51

Nov 20, 2020

342!

Level 51

Nov 21, 2020

348!!!!

Level 70

Nov 30, 2020

373!

Level 40

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

Level 70

Dec 23, 2020

Now the time counter lagged quite a bit and I've got 423.

Level 42

Nov 21, 2020

I think there is a bug.

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

Level ∞

Nov 21, 2020

Fixed

Level 70

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.

Level 67

Dec 5, 2020

"NYC" fills in New York State.

Level 67

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.

Level 51

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.

Level 51

Dec 8, 2020

Amazing. Not only does the average person lose the election, but loses in a landslide of 180-358.

Level 74

Dec 9, 2020

Probably about what would happen if the everyday person ran in reality

Level 65

Dec 14, 2020

This quiz so fast I had to commit my personal Watergate and copy and paste to get over 270

Level 51

Dec 15, 2020

George McGovern = dr02 jk

Level 55

Dec 19, 2020

I think its more like Mondale

Level 53

Dec 16, 2020

388!

Level 55

Dec 19, 2020

I got 538............

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Level 53

Dec 19, 2020

404!!!!!

Level 40

Jan 3, 2021

Yours won't count neither.

Level 51

Jan 5, 2021

It will count to you, but not to everyone else.

Level 55

Jan 5, 2021

Would be great to do one for Georgia

Level 51

Jan 8, 2021

Just noticed! This quiz excepts NJ, NH, etc.

Level 57

Jan 13, 2021

Yep, those were some new type-ins implemented.

Level 51

Jan 8, 2021

362!

Level 51

Jan 9, 2021

368!

Level 51

Feb 11, 2021

369!

Level 42

Jan 19, 2021

"...Maine and Nebraska have become winner-takes-all states..." What do you mean with this?

Level 55

Jan 22, 2021

Usually, Maine and Nebraska split up their votes into congressional districts. Basically Partial credit. Here, that rule is not applied

Level 42

Jan 28, 2021

Oh, understood

Level 57

Feb 15, 2021

it says i beat 100% of test takers :O

Level 51

Feb 20, 2021

How many did you get :)

Level 55

Feb 28, 2021

313, and now I have officially beat the current president

Level 55

Feb 28, 2021

Now 322.

Level 55

Feb 28, 2021

Now 332, which ties Obama vs. Romney

Level 51

Feb 28, 2021

Still :) You're not in the Obama vs. McCain range yet

Level 55

Mar 1, 2021

I think there's a glitch. The scoring box says my high score is 538/538, but the box beneath the caveats says it's 238/538 (my correct high score is 238/538). Anyone else having this problem?

Level 51

Mar 1, 2021

Did you ever take it untimed and get 538? I have, and it shows the same for me, even though my high score is 369.

Level 55

Mar 4, 2021

That moment when you type Montana instead of Michigan......

Level 42

Mar 14, 2021

Hi Joshua and Caleb! Can I do a quiz with the Brazilian States Version?

Level 74

Mar 14, 2021

Yes, you may. Thanks for asking.

Level 42

Mar 15, 2021

I thank you!

Level 42

Mar 16, 2021

Released! Once again, thank you for allow me to do this! :)

Level 42

Mar 16, 2021

How did you do for all the states receive their points. Like California receive 55 points.

Level 74

Mar 16, 2021

I had to put 55 answers for California in step 2 and then get rid of 54 of them in manual mode in step 4.

Level 42

Mar 18, 2021

Oh, understood. Thanks!

Level 74

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?

Level 74

Mar 26, 2021

Like this comment to keep it as is

Level 74

Mar 26, 2021

Like this comment to add ten seconds

Level 55

Mar 26, 2021

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

Level 74

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 74

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 22

Mar 31, 2021

How do only one percent get District of Columbia?

Level 27

Sep 6, 2021

because they type states with the most votes first

Level 61

Nov 10, 2022

Long to type and only worth 3 votes.

Level 51

Apr 2, 2021

371!

Level 51

Apr 6, 2021

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

Level 51

Apr 6, 2021

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

Level 51

Apr 6, 2021

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

Level 74

Apr 6, 2021

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

Level 51

Apr 6, 2021

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

Level 74

Apr 9, 2021

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

Level 51

Apr 9, 2021

161 😬 Only 0.002% of the takes though :)

Level 53

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 51

May 4, 2021

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

Level 53

May 5, 2021

I have reclaimed my title with 446 :D.

Level 51

May 16, 2021

*464

Level 51

Jun 21, 2021

I have reclaimed my title with 471 ;)

Level 43

Apr 7, 2021

286, ill take it

Level 40

Apr 12, 2021

538/538

Here

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

Level 55

Apr 26, 2021

wow!!

Level 74

Apr 26, 2021

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

Level 66

May 9, 2021

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

Level 66

May 9, 2021

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

Level 52

Apr 16, 2021

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

Level 51

Apr 18, 2021

You tied!

Level 51

May 3, 2021

422!

Level 54

May 4, 2021

When will this quiz be adjusted to the new census?

Level 53

May 6, 2021

464!

Level 66

May 9, 2021

yey I supposedly beat 100% of quiz takers

Level 51

May 17, 2021

433!

Level 51

May 18, 2021

441

Level 51

May 18, 2021

454

Level 15

May 28, 2021

345

Level 15

May 28, 2021

353

Level 27

Sep 6, 2021

372

Level 32

Jun 19, 2021

320/538.

Level 64

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 27

Sep 6, 2021

I beat 99.9 percent of people pog

Level 57

Sep 14, 2021

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

Level 55

Oct 16, 2021

i got 325

Level 55

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 60

Oct 20, 2021

309

Level 70

Oct 26, 2021

Why is Texas listed thrice?

Level 34

Nov 18, 2021

wow, very cool

Level 58

Nov 23, 2021

359! :)

Level 45

May 13, 2022

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

Level 46

Jul 21, 2022

427 lol

Level 40

Aug 3, 2022

Victory!

Level 74

Aug 3, 2022

Good job!

Level 40

Aug 4, 2022

Thanks. T'was very narrow!

Level 48

Oct 22, 2022

383

Level 88

Nov 8, 2022

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

Level 42

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 29

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 81

Nov 11, 2022

30 seconds is not enough time. Another typing test.

Level 84

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 50

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