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Do you know where your polling place is located and when it is open?

Suppose you ran into some problems at your polling place. What can you do?

Can you wear a button or tee shirt or anything else with the name of a candidate into the polling place?



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Primary Election Political Parties Election Day Voting Election of the President Candidates National Conventions National Conventions - An Inside View Candidates at the Convention The Campaign Polling Places The Electoral College The Electoral Map The Inauguration

 
Polling Places

Almost everyone is happy that the campaigns are ending by the time November arrives. It has been an exhausting year for the candidates and all their workers. The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November is Election Day for national elections. People all over the country go to polling places in their neighborhoods to vote. Some people mark paper ballots to choose the candidate they want for President of the United States, but most use electronic voting machines. The nation will know who the next President will be when all the votes are counted.

Voters are questioned by reporters as they leave polling places. Along with early electronic results from voting machines, the information they gather enables the television networks to predict winners even before all the polls close. A winner is announced based on the popular vote. Once the winner is known, he makes a victory speech. The loosing candidate makes a concession speech.

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The county where you register to vote assigns you to a polling place for each election.

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Projects You Can Do

Create polling questions and conduct practice polls on a group of your friends about various current political issues (the economy, the war on terror, the status of health care, the price of gasoline, etc.). Write up your findings.

Research media coverage of past presidential elections to see how much reliance was placed on polling data and what kinds of polling questions were asked. Cover different election years. Use archives from news sources as well as archived polling questions from sources like Gallup.

 

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