Choosing a candidate to vote for takes research and careful consideration. This activity challenges students to learn about candidates and how each rates on issues they care about (iCivics 2021).

In this NY Times lesson, students learn about the power of caricature to reinforce and/or create media images of politicians and public figures by analyzing political cartoons and spoofs from the past and present (2008-15).

Oral Argument and Opinion Announcement of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010, that government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections (The Oyez Project 2014).

Students will be introduced to the sources of campaign war chests, learning about the recent court decisions that have allowed for the creation of ʺSuper PACSʺ and other organizations. The exploration will turn to how a candidate raises resources and how spending has accelerated in recent election cycles (USA: EconEd 2018).

Students study the primary system in which candidates for U.S. president are nominated by the Democratic and Republican parties. They will identify and understand differences between primaries and caucuses and key terms related to the primary season (USA: PBS 2020).

The ʺNational Popular Vote Inc.ʺ, a non-profit corporation, wants to make the Electoral College vote reflect the nationwide popular vote for President. A National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes across all 50 states and the District of Columbia (USA 2020).

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among a group of U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all their electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the overall popular vote in the 50 states and the District of Columbia (2020). 

Electoral systems vary. Two U.S. states and several cities have adopted ranked-choice voting which lets voters select their favorite candidate. This infographic walks through the process step-by-step and is a good starting place to introduce students to this and other electoral systems (iCivics 2021).

Every four years the United States of America hold the presidential election. It is a long process until it is finally clear who will be the new president. In the US, Democrats and Republicans are the two big competing parties. As a first step, the Democrats and Republicans select in the primaries a presidential candidate from within their parties who then compete against each ...