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      Elections Central 2008

Based on ads you've seen on TV or on the radio which candidates for President are more negative against the other candidates See the results of the poll   Do you feel that race will play a factor in the Presidential election? See the results of the poll   Which candidate will have a better plan for the environment? See the results of the poll   Which candidate do you feel will raise taxes? See the results of the poll.   Who will make a better Vice-President? See the results of the poll.   If you were old enough to vote who would you vote for today as President of the United States? See the results of the poll.

 

Every four years the people of the United States choose a President. An election takes place on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. In 2008, Americans will go to the polls on November 4.

NOVEMBER 2008

We know who the nominees will be in 2008.  There were several people running for President but the two major candidates will be Arizona Senator John McCain and Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

Each state has a certain number of electoral votes. The more people that live in your state-the more electoral votes your state gets. (Can you see why candidates would spend a lot of time in California, New York, and Texas?) In 48 of the states, the candidate that gets the most votes gets all the electoral votes for that state. Nebraska and Maine, do not follow the winner-take-all rule. In those two states there could be a split of electoral votes among the candidates. The first candidate to win 270 electoral votes becomes the President!

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