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What happens if no presidential candidate gets 270 electoral votes?

What impact does a candidate's concession speech have on the Electoral College process?

What would happen if two candidates tied in a state's popular vote, or if there was a dispute as to the winner?

Must electors vote for the candidate who won their State's popular vote?

Is it possible for a candidate to win the nationwide popular vote and yet lose the electoral vote?


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Primary Election Political Parties Election Day Voting Election of the President Candidates National Conventions National Conventions - An Inside View Candidates at the Convention The Campaign Polling Places The Electoral College The Electoral Map The Inauguration

Candidates

2000 Election: Third Party Candidates in the U.S.
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=77208&origin=
http://www.funtrivia.com/dir/5822.html
Third party candidates often go unnoticed during election year in the US. This quiz will give the 2000 runners-up credit for their hard work.

American Third Party Presidential Candidates
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=17289&origin=
Third parties have played an important, though often overlooked, role in U.S. politics. Here are some of the highlights down through the years, starting with the formation of the first third party in 1831 and continuing through the 2000 election.

Candidate KWL
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/kwl2.htm
Printout - What do you know about the candidate? What do you want to know about the candidate? What have you learned about the candidate?

Compare the Candidates
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/compare.htm
Use the chart to compare the two candidates. Write down how they are alike and how the are different. This could be their views about issues as well as their backgrounds.

Losing U.S. VP Candidates 1964-2000
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=27091&origin=
How quickly we forget. You will get the winner in each of the U.S. Presidential elections 1964 to 2000. Can you identify the VP candidate on the losing major party ticket? Choose from the multiple-choice possible answers.

Meet the Press
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2101.shtml
Lesson Plan - Play the roles of candidate, campaign manager, and journalist in this activity.

Take a Poll
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/poll.htm
Who will you vote for in the coming election? Use the printable chart to take a poll of your classmates.

Take a Poll #2
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/poll1.htm
Take a poll of your classmates and friends and ask them this question -- If you could vote who would you vote for?

The 30-Second Candidate
http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/front.html
Learn more about the PBS documentary and read the program transcript.

What Are The Issues?
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/issues.htm
An issue is an idea or belief that a candidate or party supports. Think about the things that are important to you in this election. What would you want the important issues to be. Why?

Write a Presidential Speech
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/speech.htm
Plan your speech using the printable worksheet.

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The largest number of women to file as candidates for U.S. Senate elections was 29 (22D, 7R), which occurred in 1992. The largest number of women to win major-party nominations for the U.S. Senate was 11, which occurred in 1992 (10D, 1R) and again in 2002 (8D, 3R).

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Make a list of things that are important to you: values, things you think candidate should achieve, etc.

Why are these things on your list? How important are they to you? Mark the most important ones but keep the others as well.

Look for a candidate you relate to: Listen to speeches, visit their web sites, find out about their opinions and, even more important: What motivates them. Opinions can easily be adapted to what the voter wants to hear, motivations are a little more reliable

Find out if the candidate(s) you've chosen is really the right one. Check their history, find out if they are telling the truth and if they can (and will) actually do what they are promising you.

Make a final pick: Take your first list of important things, the election program of your chosen candidate, and any other important information you stumbled upon. Compare them and decide if this candidate (or which one of the candidates meets your demands the most if you hadn't chosen one yet) is really the one you want to be represented by.

Vote: If you've done this right, then hopefully you won't make the wrong choice. By following the steps and being true to yourself you can be sure you've done your best to choose the candidate that's most suitable to represent you. So vote!

 

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