Ballot+Research

[|Are you registered and where do you vote?]
 * Research your vote at the following websites:**

Answer the 9 questions below (the question is below the link where you will find the answer.
Presidential Candidates: [|Pros and Cons on Issues] 1. click on the candidate summary chart and use the venn diagram to mark the position you agree with for 10 issues [|Political Advertising] 2. compare 3 ads from Obama to 3 ads from McCain what do you like, what don't you like about them? [|Electoral College Map - 270 to win] [|Electoral College Map - 538] 3. what must each candidate do to win the election at this point?

Presidential Candidates: [|Vote Match Quiz] 4. take the quiz for president and record your results Select a Candidate 5. take the quiz and record your results

Presidential, Senate, State and Regional Candidates: [|Project Vote Smart] 6. type your zip code in the find your representative box and research the candidates your sample election ballot, try to find something about most of them [|Politics 1 - Montana] 7. find more here

The Major Political Parties: [|National Democratic Party] [|National Republican Party] [|Montana Democratic Party] [|Montana Republican Party] 8. compare these sites, what do you see is different, what is the same?

Media [|Billings Gazette] [|Miles City Star] [|CNN - Politics] 9. pick a candidate to research at each news site and compare their data?

Ballot Research
 * Take the [|Vote Easy Quiz]and record your results (percentage numbers) on the ballot for the US Representative, US Senate and President.
 * Using [|Project Vote Smart] find out one fact that you think is **important**to know about every candidate on your ballot. Don't do something lame, like their birthday or the number of kids they have. It needs to be something that would influence your vote.
 * Using [|Politics 1 Montana]look at the candidate's websites and write down one important issue that would influence your vote about each one listed.
 * Take the [|Candidate Selector Quiz]and record your score on the ballot for President.
 * If there is anyone left on your ballot you have not researched, Google search for information about them by putting in their name and the office for which they are running. Find something.