Untitled. Edutopia-Get Out The Vote. Win the White House. @Scholastic. The Presidential Race & Social Media. In the last presidential election President Obama utilized social media better than any president before him, of course social media hasn’t been for that many elections.
This year it seems like Obama is not going to be the only one using social media. Although according to today’s infographic Obama is still dominating most social media perhaps this is because of his demographic? I’m sure having a younger more liberal demographic helps in the social media race. In the GOP Mitt Romney and Ron Paul seem to have dominated the other opponents, again Ron Paul has that younger demographic helping him out. By no means will social media determine who our next president is but it is nice to see that our candidates are moving with the times. Everyone no matter your party should go out and vote. Click to enlarge Share This Infographic Get Free Infographics Delivered to your Inbox.
2012 Presidential Candidate Positions on 61 Issues - 2012 Presidential Election - ProCon.org. The 2012 United States Presidential Election. 2012 Presidential Election - ProCon.org. My Voice My Election « National Student Mock Election. eLECTIONS Your Adventure in Politics brought to you by Cable in the Classroom. 2012 Presidential Election Interactive Map and History of the Electoral College. Election 2012: Teaching Ideas and Resources. Update: Nov. 7, 2012 New | Nov. 2012 New | Oct, 2012 New | Sept. 2012 Here are some suggestions for teaching and learning about the 2012 election season, followed by selected New York Times features and Learning Network lesson plans.
Bookmark this page: we’ll be adding activity ideas and resources as the march to the White House proceeds, and will link from here to all the election resources we publish. Meanwhile, we’d love to hear from you! Our Election 2012 Unit We’ve designed our Election 2012 Unit to put teenagers front and center of this election. Mini-Unit 1: Who are the candidates? Students research one candidate and retool his campaign to appeal to younger voters by creating brochures, slide shows, biographies or Facebook pages or other social media strategies to introduce him.
Mini-Unit 2: What are the issues? Mini-Unit 3: How are the candidates trying to win the election? Mini-Unit 4: What Do You Think? Ten More Ideas for Teaching the Election 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. OLE 2012 Election Series. President Barack Obama begins his second term on Inauguration Day, Monday, January 21, 2013—the day the nation also celebrates the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
The 2009 inauguration set many records and drew some 1.8 million people to Washington, D.C., to witness the historic event. The second inauguration is expected to [...] Read More» Here at the OLE Election series, we’re pleased to announce the winners of our Citizen Journalists contest. This contest invited students to submit blogs on election-related topics such as the importance of voting, evaluating the candidates, and the value of civic participation. It would have been tough for anyone in America to not hear about the 2012 elections, especially the contest between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts.
After much debate about an “enthusiasm gap” among young voters prior to the 2012 election, turnout among this group seems to have been comparable to that in 2008.