Elections

=__Interactive Map of the Electoral College__= This site allows you to set the map of the United States to reflect any Presidential election in history. The map can also be set to the next election, which will make each of the states neutral. You can then mark each state as you think it will vote in the election, and you can see how the fact that each state has a different number of electors plays an important role. [|270 to Win]

[|The Living Room Candidate]
The Living Room Candidate is a site that has compiled televised campaign ads for presidential elections dating back to 1952. It is an excellent site, and is particularly useful for discussing the types of appeals that politicians use on their various audiences.

[|The ReDistricting Game]
This game allows students to try their hand at gerrymandering. This is the term for redrawing the lines of congressional districts in ways that favor one group or party over another.