Electoral college reform (fifty states with equal population) – fake is the new real. The electoral college is a time-honored, logical system for picking the chief executive of the United States.
However, the American body politic has also grown accustomed to paying close attention to the popular vote. This is only rarely a problem, since the electoral college and the popular vote have only disagreed three times in 200 years. However, it's obvious that reforms are needed. The fundamental problem of the electoral college is that the states of the United States are too disparate in size and influence. My generation showed up. Penn State University students wait in line to vote on campus in State College, Pennsylvania.
Jack Schlossberg: Young voters were said to lack enthusiasm and to be unlikely to voteHe says they turned out to support President Obama, causes they believe inVoting is a responsibility, he says, and his generation is prepared to do much more Editor's note: Jack Schlossberg is a New York resident, a sophomore at Yale University and a contributor to the Yale Daily News and The Yale Herald. He is the grandson of President John F. Kennedy. (CNN) -- It wasn't supposed to happen. The word was that we had fallen out of love with President Obama, the man who inspired us four years ago. Using Technology to Teach About the Election. I will freely admit that I can be a bit of a political junkie from time to time.
I listen to the news every morning, and I love talk radio in the evenings. I try to stay abreast of the goings on in the world and in our country. That is why I can see nothing more important than taking advantage of the election to engage our students in the political process and to help them begin forming their own viewpoints on real issues. Teaching about the election is nothing new. The.News - for.Educators. Using journalism and technology, the.News provides educators with content specific tools while also helping them meet the civic mission of schools.
An instructional design informs video and curricular content, targeted to middle and high school students, to support social studies, language arts and science learning objectives, as well as critical thinking and media literacy. Each video story is supported by lesson plans with content-based standards, discussion questions, student activities, vocabulary and primary references. This material is presented as options to fit teachers’ instructional needs and is accompanied by professional development resources. Meet Jill Stein. Election 2012: Teaching Ideas and Resources. Update: Nov. 7, 2012 New | Nov. 2012 New | Oct, 2012 New | Sept. 2012 Here are some suggestions for teaching and learning about the 2012 election season, followed by selected New York Times features and Learning Network lesson plans.
Bookmark this page: we’ll be adding activity ideas and resources as the march to the White House proceeds, and will link from here to all the election resources we publish. Meanwhile, we’d love to hear from you! Our Election 2012 Unit We’ve designed our Election 2012 Unit to put teenagers front and center of this election. Money in Politics - Classroom Deliberations. How the Obama Campaign's New iPhone App Really Works. Share The Obama campaign launched a new app on Tuesday, an ambitious effort to bring the tools of a local field office to iPhones across the country.
The app marks one of those potentially bland campaign developments that—unlike the weekly gaffes that draw so much media attention—could actually move a lot of votes in November. Obama’s app is unusual because it melds technology and field organizing more than any other political campaign, including Obama’s earlier efforts. This is the first time that voter canvassing lists have been provided to volunteers through an app, another step in the campaign’s attempt to deputize volunteers with responsibilities traditionally reserved to political staff.
(These include the “super volunteers” that Obama field guru Jon Carson credits for unprecedented turnout operations in Ohio last cycle.) How 17 people funded Republican super PACs — in one chart. Culture Connoisseur Badge Culture Connoisseurs consistently offer thought-provoking, timely comments on the arts, lifestyle and entertainment. More about badges | Request a badge. Post-Watergate campaign finance limits undercut by changes. “The decision was made that it was time to put the hay in,” John Dean, Nixon’s counsel at the time, recalled in an interview last week.
“A lot of us believe Watergate might never have happened without all that money sloshing around.” Four decades later, there’s little need for furtive fundraising or secret handoffs of cash. Many of the corporate executives convicted of campaign-finance crimes during Watergate could now simply write a check to their favorite super PAC or, if they want to keep it secret, to a compliant nonprofit group. Corporations can spend as much as they want to help their favored candidates, no longer prohibited by law from spending company cash on elections.
The political world has, in many respects, come full circle since a botched burglary funded by illicit campaign cash brought down an administration. ‘Money corrupts’ NewsHour Extra: Supreme Court Decision Opens Elections to More Corporate Spending. PenPal News.