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Politics as Usual -- NOT To educate about history and U.S. Government in terms of current election issues (updated 7/6/03) |
| Did you know that "W" won Florida in the post election vote count? | Latest news
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Latest news from FOX online Latest news from NPR online
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Did you know that "Dubya" received more votes than Clinton did in either one of Clinton's elections? |
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Did you know that we have elections ONLY at the state level? |
Election Humor Courtesy of NPR |
| See U.S. Constitutional
Amendment
XII that was passed when Congress had to vote 30+ times in 1800 to
select a president as a result of tied electoral votes.
Thomas Jefferson won. |
Abolishing the Electoral College would require 1) a constitutional amendment and 2) that small states vote themselves out of their share of power. Did you know that (according to Fox News 11/12/00) there have been about 700 unsuccessful attempts to abolish the Electoral College? |
| Do you know in which 3 previous Presidential elections the electoral college gave the Presidency to someone who did NOT win the popular vote? (Answer) | |
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Only 3 Presidential candidates, who lost their home state, won their elections. Can you name them? (Answer) Typically, like Al Gore, those who lose their home state lose the election. |
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| Did you know that 2001 included the first election of a dead man to the Senate? Who was it & what state? (Answer) |
Did you know that over 20% of the 42 presidents did |
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Sing along with "The
Capital Steps"
(Yes, you can download without litigation.) |
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(some) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES 2004 |
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| George Bush |
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California State Senators |
California 24th District Representative |
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