Presidential Elections & the Electoral College

Presidential Elections & the Electoral College

Elections in the U.S. are peaceful transfers of power.

Listen to a poll worker on his recollection about people's observations about elections and voting.

 Listen to one person’s account.

Popular Vote vs. Electoral College

View the slides for Presidential elections.

Polls are opinion surveys conducted by companies and candidates leading toward an election.  These results focus a candidate on which states they need to focus on to reach 270 electoral votes.  

Create a path to victory for each candidate.  Follow the directions to complete the plan, answer the questions, and write a news analysis. Click to complete the assignment.

Bonus Assignments:

(1) Create a map to the 2012 Presidency for each candidate.

Use this link to create the maps.

(2) Develop a video or audio news report based on the news analysis you wrote.  Name the file with your last and first name_period_assign title.

- Upload to your google docs account and share with me, email.
-On ipod, iphone upload to icloud, create a stream, and share with me.

Or upload below