The ground shook in the year 2000, as the cries of outrage rang across the United States. “What do you MEAN the popular vote didn’t win!?!?!” One could hardly blame the citizens for being shocked; the last time this happened was in 1888! The Electoral College vote had over-ridden the popular vote. George Bush was [...]
Bone up on your political jargon with this handy list of political phrases and expressions. While there are many of these, this list may be especially relevant to Presidential Election 2008, so keep an eye out for spotting these concepts as the race unfolds in all its drama!
Lame duck - This is an elected official [...]
Are you looking for a fun and engaging elections game to help teach your students or your own kids about how elections work? If so, you’ll be surprised to know you have a variety to choose from. While there are a few elections board games out there, these days the average elections game offers a [...]
When the United States was first founded, it took a while for them to concede to even have a President at all. It was believed that having one central executive figure would be too much like having a king - something they still shuddered at the thought of. Well, in terms of how kingdoms tend [...]
Bone up on your political jargon with this handy list of political phrases and expressions. While there are many of these, this list may be especially relevant to Presidential Election 2008, so keep an eye out for spotting these concepts as the race unfolds in all its drama!
Absurdistan - A satiric term for any country [...]
Finding elections news coverage isn’t too difficult. In fact, even several months before elections, it seems like all you hear about are the candidates and their thoughts on the issue of the moment.
Of course, just because there is an abundance if news on the upcoming elections, that doesn’t mean the first thing you come across [...]
Interestingly, the phrase “democratic elections” seems to come up most often in news stories from countries where fair elections are conspicuously absent. They’re stories that tell of opposing candidates threatening each other with violence, whole boxes of ballots being thrown out, or scores of people being turned away from voting centers due to their ethnicity [...]