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270towin: 2000 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a map and detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 2000 won by George W. Bush despite the controversy over the awarding of Florida's 25 electoral votes and the unusual event of the winning candidate having...
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270 To Win

270towin: 1872 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1872 won by Ulysses S. Grant. Another candidate, Horace Greeley, died before the Electoral College cast its votes; it is so far the only election in which a Presidential...
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270 To Win

270towin: 1924 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1924 won by Calvin Coolidge, the first presidential election in which all American Indians were citizens and thus allowed to vote.
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270 To Win

270towin: 2016 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a map and detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 2016 won by Donald Trump who became the fifth person in U.S. history to become president despite losing the nationwide popular vote.
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270 To Win

270towin: 1996 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a map and detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1996 won by William J. Clinton with a substantial margin in the popular vote and electoral college.
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270towin: 2012 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a map and detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 2012 won by Barack H. Obama who won a majority of both the popular vote and the Electoral College.
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270towin: 1880 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1880 won by James A. Garfield in one of the smallest popular vote victories in American history.
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BBC

Bbc News: Vote 2004: Candidates and Issues

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC News provides complete profiles of candidates for the presidential election of 2004. Also presented is a comparison chart of the candidates' stances and policies on campaign issues. Both current candidates and those who have dropped...
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BBC

Bbc News: Egypt Votes in Landmark Election

For Students 9th - 10th
This article reports as Egyptians vote in their country's first contested presidential election. The current leader has ruled for 24 years and now, for the first time, faces nine other candidates. (September 7, 2005)
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US Government Publishing Office

Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Election of the President & Vice President: Electoral College

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information on the Electoral College and how we use this system to elect the President of the U.S. Features links to much more information on the election.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: November 4: Election Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history of November 4, which is an election day in the United States. Includes a discussion of presidential elections in the nineteenth century, and women's struggle to obtain the right to vote.
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Vote 2004

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete coverage of the 2004 Election including information on the candidates, news reports, video, interactive resources, and important issues.
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Vote 2004: Candidates

For Students 9th - 10th
Outstanding web page that has biographical information on the candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States in the 2004 election.
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Other

Fec: 2000 Official Presidential General Election Results

For Students 9th - 10th
The official results for each candidate are provided by this site. Results are broken down by state, type of ballot, vote, etc. A great place to start for research on the 2000 election.
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Museum of the Moving Image

Museum of the Moving Image: 1968 Nixon vs. Humphrey vs. Wallace

For Students 9th - 10th
View presidential campaign advertisement from the 1968 election that included the slogans "Vote Like Your Whole World Depended on It" and "Humphrey-Muskie, Two You Can Trust". Features video clips, information about the candidates, and...
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Other

Federal Election Commision: Voter Registration and Turnout, 1996

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a chart showing (state by state) the number of people who registered and voted, compared to the voting population (those over 18) of the state.
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A&E Television

History.com: How the 2000 Election Came Down to a Supreme Court Decision

For Students 9th - 10th
As Florida's electoral votes became too close to call, controversy ensued over hanging chads, dimpled chads and butterfly bullets. Five hundred thirty-seven votes. That's all that separated Democrat Al Gore and his Republican challenger...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Close Calls in u.s. Election History (2016)

For Students 7th - 8th
Democracy and power to the people are celebrated as key American values, but sometimes democracy is more complicated than one might think. This informational text investigates some close calls in U.S. elections and what caused their...
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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Calvin Coolidge: Campaigns and Elections

For Students 9th - 10th
"Silent Cal", Calvin Coolidge, was the 30th President of the United States. This article briefly examines the campaign and election that saw Coolidge, win in 1924, by 54 percent of the vote.
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Other

Electoral Vote Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this interactive tool for determining the total electoral votes for each party in the next presidential election.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Library: Get Out the Vote: Campaigning for the u.s. Presidency

For Students 9th - 10th
An examination of the process of campaigning and electioneering through partisan artifacts, symbols and ballots in ten featured elections.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The 1824 Election and the "Corrupt Bargain"

For Students 5th - 8th
The two-party system in presidential elections fell apart in the election of 1824. See what happened when five men, all from the Democratic-Republican Party, ran against each other. Find out why the choice of John Quincy Adams was called...
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Curated OER

Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Ambitious coverage of the 2004 elections, including George W. Bush winning re-election over John Kerry. Find links to a number of news articles, election results, profiles of candidates, electoral maps, and much more. Very thorough...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Vote 2008

For Students 9th - 10th
Vote 2008 is the official election web page for PBS Online News Hour. Find analysis of candidates and their latest moves as they journey down the presidential campaign trail. There is also a link to the Election 2008 Vote by Issue Quiz.