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College Board AP® US Government & Politics:
Past Exams

Past Papers

Browse our range of College Board AP® Politics Past Exams and Scoring Guidelines below. Testing yourself with AP® Politics past exams is a great way to identify which topics need more revision, so you can ensure that you are revising as effectively as possible to help you get ready for your AP® Politics exam.

Exam Papers	Scoring Guidelines	More Resources
2024
May 2024 Free Response Questions Set 1 (QP)
May 2024 Free Response Questions Set 2 (QP)
2023
May 2023 Free Response Questions Set 1 (QP)	May 2023 Free Response Questions Set 1 (MS)	Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
May 2023 Free Response Questions Set 2 (QP)	May 2023 Free Response Questions Set 2 (MS)	Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Chief Reader Report
2022
May 2022 Free Response Questions Set 1 (QP)	May 2022 Free Response Questions Set 1 (MS)	Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
May 2022 Free Response Questions Set 2 (QP)	May 2022 Free Response Questions Set 2 (MS)	Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2021
May 2021 Free Response Questions Set 1 (QP)	May 2021 Free Response Questions Set 1 (MS)	Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
May 2021 Free Response Questions Set 2 (QP)	May 2021 Free Response Questions Set 2 (MS)	Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2019
May 2019 Free Response Questions (QP)	May 2019 Free Response Questions (MS)	Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2018
May 2018 Free Response Questions (QP)	May 2018 Free Response Questions (MS)	Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2017
May 2017 Free Response Questions (QP)	May 2017 Free Response Questions (MS)	Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2016
May 2016 Free Response Questions (QP)	May 2016 Free Response Questions (MS)	Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Student Performance Q&A
2015
May 2015 Free Response Questions (QP)	May 2015 Free Response Questions (MS)	Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Student Performance Q&A
2014
May 2014 Free Response Questions (QP)	May 2014 Free Response Questions (MS)	Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Student Performance Q&A
2013
May 2013 Free Response Questions (QP)	May 2013 Free Response Questions (MS)	Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Student Performance Q&A
2012
May 2012 Free Response Questions (QP)	May 2012 Free Response Questions (MS)	Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Student Performance Q&A

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College Board AP® US Government & Politics:Past Exams

Exam Papers

Scoring Guidelines

More Resources

2024

2023

2022

2021

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

College Board AP® US Government & Politics:
Past Exams