Election Scrapbook
For this project you need to design a scrapbook with the following sections:
A. Glossary
B. Go to www.rockthevote.com and register to vote (print out for your
scrapbook)
C. Election terminology (define the attached terms in your scrapbook)
D. Candidates Biography
1. Barrack Obama and Mitt Romney
a. How they stand on the major issues
1. Education:
2. Economy:
3. Abortion:
4. Immigration:
5. Iraq:
6. Afghanistan
7. Same-Sex marriage:
8. Social Security:
9. Taxes
10. Energy policy:
b. Campaign memorabilia:
c. Vice-President
1. Biography
2. Why was this person picked as VP
E. Take the Presidential Pop-Quiz @
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/candidate-match-game
1. How did you answer each question?
2. Which candidate agreed with you?
F. Political Party Quiz:
http://www.gotoquiz.com/political_party_quiz_2
G. Missouri Candidates:
1. Governor
2. Lieutenant Governor
3. Secretary of State
4. U.S. Senator
5. U.S. Congress for District 6 (Boonville, MO)
H. 2012 Election Results
Presidential Election Terms
Define each in relation to the election.
1. Absentee Voting:
2. Balanced Budget:
3. Ballot Box:
4. Bias: .
5. Campaign:
6. Campaign Chest:
7. Candidate:
8. Caucus:
9. Citizen:
10. Closed Primary:
11. Congressional Districts (CD):
12. Constituency:
13. Constituent:
14. Debate:
15. Delegate:
16. Democracy:
17. Early Money:
18. Election Day:
19. Electoral College:
20. Exit Poll:
21. Federal:
22. Federal Election Commission (F.E.C.):
23. Franchise:
24. General Elections:
25. Gerrymander:
26. G.O.P.:
27. Grassroots:
28. Incumbent:
29. Independent:
30. Initiative:
31. Issue:
32. Landslide:
33. Matching Funds:
34. Media:
35. Mudslinging:
36. National Conventions:
37. Nominee:
38. Non-partisan:
39. Office-Block Ballot:
40. Open Primary:
41. Partisan:
42. Party:
43. Party-Column Ballot:
44. Platform:
45. Political Action Committee (PAC):
46. Poll:
47. Pollster:
48. Precinct:
49. Presidential Primary:
50. Primary:
51. Runoff Primary:
52. Rhetoric:
53. Running Mate:
54. Soft Money:
55. Spin:
56. Split-Ticket Voting:
57. Straight-Ticket Voting:
58. Straw Poll:
59. Stump Speech:
60. Super Delegates:
61. War Chest:
62. Whistle Stop
Useful Websites:
http://www.vote411.org/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2012/map/calc.html#states=lrGSpRq
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http://www.sos.mo.gov/
http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/Default.aspx
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/
http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidentialcandidates/?nid=roll_08campaign
http://www.rockthevote.com/
http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/
http://www.npr.org/
(click on politics)
http://www.politics1.com/mo.htm
 GLOSSARY
 REGISTRATION
 TERMS
 POLITICAL PARTY QUIZ
 BIOGRAPHIES OF PRESIDENT CANDIDATES
 PRESIDENTIAL QUIZ
 MISSOURI CANDIDATES BIOGRAPHIES
 RESULTS