1. A game apparatus comprising: a game board displaying a United States map for a particular year, said map showing each state as defined by its respective border, said game board excluding any visible indication of any number of electoral college votes corresponding to any state; and a set of electoral college playing cards, said set of electoral college playing cards comprising one card for each state shown on said game board, each card of said set of electoral college playing cards displaying at least one of an image of a respective state and text indicating said respective state's name, and numerical indicia indicating a number of electoral college votes held by said respective state during the particular year.