The Logic of American Politics
Video and Multimedia
Data
Learning Objective: 11.4 Summarize the role of campaigns in elections.
Multimedia
270 to Win Interactive Electoral College Map
Learning Objective: 11.1 Explain the logic of elections in a democracy.
Learning Objective: 11.1 Explain the logic of elections in a democracy.
Learning Objective: 11.4 Summarize the role of campaigns in elections.
Washington Post 2012 Presidential Campaign Finance Explorer
Learning Objective: 11.4 Summarize the role of campaigns in elections.
How Stephen Colbert Taught America About Super PACs
Learning Objective: 11.4 Summarize the role of campaigns in elections.
Video
Learning Objective: 11.1 Explain the logic of elections in a democracy; 11.4 Summarize the role of campaigns in elections.
The U.S. Electoral College, Explained
Learning Objective: 11.1 Explain the logic of elections in a democracy.
Gary Jacobson previews the 2014 Congressional Elections
Questions to Consider:
- What are some attributes that make individuals more likely to be voters?
- Identify some of the institutional factors affecting turnout discussed in the video
Learning Objective: 11.3 Discuss the factors that affect how people vote.
Learning Objective: 11.3 Discuss the factors that affect how people vote.
Questions to Consider:
- What do you think? Should more states and cities adopt drive through voting? What other methods could be used to encourage more people to vote?
Learning Objective: 11.3 Discuss the factors that affect how people vote.
Oregon passes automatic voter registration
Questions to Consider:
- What do you think? Should all residents of Oregon be automatically registered to vote when they receive their licenses? Do you think that this institutional change will have a positive effect on turnout in elections in Oregon?
Learning Objective: 11.3 Discuss the factors that affect how people vote.
Web Resources
Learning Objective: 11.1 Explain the logic of elections in a democracy.
Learning Objective: 11.2 Describe how different segments of American society obtained the right to vote.
Statutes Enforced by the Voting Section
Learning Objective: 11.2 Describe how different segments of American society obtained the right to vote.
Learning Objective: 11.2 Describe how different segments of American society obtained the right to vote.
Justice Department Voting Rights Proposal for Native Americans
Learning Objective: 11.2 Describe how different segments of American society obtained the right to vote.
Learning Objective: 11.4 Summarize the role of campaigns in elections.
Election conspiracy theories, an American staple
Learning Objective: 11.5 Relate the principal-agent theory as it applies to elections.
Accountability and Principal-Agent Models
Learning Objective: 11.5 Relate the principal-agent theory as it applies to elections.