David Black posted on October 29, 2008 13:46
With Election Day coming into view, here are three resources for helping students better understand the Electoral College and how it works:
- Electing a US President in Plain English: A Common Craft video created to provide a basic explanation of how a presidential election is different from a popular election.
- Google Elections '08 Electoral Votes Map: This interactive map allows students to view current Electoral College projects based upon several major independent polls. In addition, students may view the final electoral map of previous elections. Students may also click on individual states to "change" the presidential selection of the state, thereby identifying state combinations which may lead a candidate to the magic 270 vote mark.
- Electoral-vote.com: A regularly updated electoral vote map based on a combination of several different polls. This site, which is updated daily, also provides projections on Senate and House of Representative races as well.