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http://www.270towin.com/americas-electoral-map-contest/

//Vote: The Machinery of Democracy //

Vote posters: http://www.aiga.org/get-out-the-vote/

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/election_day/history.shtml

http://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/pictures/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-news-blog/2012/oct/01/best-presidential-debate-moments

Electoral College: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/index.html

Times Electoral map: [|http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/electoral-map] = http://elections.mytimetovote.com/massachusetts.html =

This Library of Congress website has five sections explaining how American elections work. It is a student-friendly site exploring the topics of candidates, voters, party systems, the election process, and campaign issues.

@http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/elections/home.html

Presidential Elections and the Electoral Commission of 1877
A Library of Congress Special Presentation that breaks down a presidential election, from the Electoral College to contested elections. Case studies of past elections are also presented to give students real life examples of these scenarios.

@http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwec.html

Voting and Elections
A government website explaining the voting process and how elections work. It offers links to contact elected officials, learn about election processes, register to vote, and volunteer to help with elections.

@http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Voting.shtml

Ben’s Guide to U.S Government for Kids
A student-friendly website that explains the jobs of president, vice president, senator, and representative, and discusses how voter registration works.

@http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/election/

The American Presidency
An extensive list of additional online resources that answer important questions about elections, our elected officials, the White House, and more.

@http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/5d4.html

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">HarpWeek
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Political cartoons from Harper's Weekly, Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, Vanity Faire, Puck, Judge, and the Library Congress Collection of American Political Prints (1766–1876).

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">__ http://loc.harpweek.com __

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em;">Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">A trove of statistical information and maps. While a bit challenging to navigate, this site is an excellent resource on American presidential elections.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #285997; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">@http://uselectionatlas.org/

[|The Living Room Candidate] - Presidential Campaign Commercials - 1952 - 2008 This website is from the Museum of the Living Image. It has tv campaign ads from every election campaign that had them. There is also a feature to edit your own ad. Pretty cool.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.499999046325684px;">@http://www.nationalmockelection.org/

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.499999046325684px;">@http://magazines.scholastic.com/Election-2012/breaking-news/2011/12/Guide-to-Election-2012

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif; font-size: 15.833333015441895px;">Americans Elect: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif; font-size: 15.833333015441895px;">@http://www.americanselect.org/about <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif; font-size: 15.833333015441895px;">.

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2012/01/02/eitm-john-king-early-voting-states.cnn

http://magazines.scholastic.com/election-2012

http://campaign2012.c-span.org/road-to-white-house

New York Times __ [|home page] __, the __ [|Politics section index] __, the politics blogs __ [|The Caucus] __ and __ [|FiveThirtyEight] __, and the __ [|Iowa Republican Caucuses] __ and __ [|Election 2012 Primary Calendar] __ pages.