Election+Prediction

Due Friday at the Beginning of Class.

Your job is to study one of the elections. As a class, educated citizens are knowledgeable about the people that they vote for in the election. Ultimately, by election day, you must fill out a ballot and give an explanation for each vote that you make. Due Friday, October 22nd.. Presentations due Wednesday, October 27th.

Reece vs. Stith Chabot vs. Driehaus Kasich vs. Strickland Tarbell vs. Monzel Portman vs. Fisher Yalamanchili vs. Schmidt

You must complete the following:

1. What are the biggest issues? Why? (Issues might be stadium financing, job losses, tax increase, etc) [|smart voter] Cite your sources by including a link to the website, quote the sentence or sentences that explain the important issues. You must use different sources than the candidate's website.

2. What candidate do you like best? (Give 3 reasons and link sources)

3. Find Editorials giving 5 reasons to support one of the candidates and 5 reasons to support another candidate. Link the webisite to your presentation. Type in the name of the candidate and editorial on google for instance Strickland Editorial.

4. Find 5 examples of propaganda techniques used by either one of the candidates. You may find these on the websites, commercials, mailers, etc. [|blogs about politics]

5. Predict who will win and explain which group(s) support the candidate. Give a final number of who will win by what amount. Cite sources with at least 2 election predictions. [|Election Prediction]

6. What area does the candidate represent? What is the population? What type of political parties are prevalent? What are some powerful groups and individuals in the area? [|Ohio District Maps]

7. How much money has been raised in each campaign? Who are the major contributors? Why do you think they are contributing? Link 1 source which explains money trail. [|Campaign Contributions]

You may use I-Movie, Glogster, Wiki-Space, Garage-Band, or other sites to enhance your presentation.