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Vice Presidential debate between Walz and Vance in New York
Daily News Lesson October 02 2024

Key moments from the Walz-Vance debate

Vice presidential hopefuls focused their criticism on the top of the ticket
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Lesson Plan October 29 2020

Five memorable presidential campaigns
Does President McKinley's Front Porch campaign ring a bell? How about Harry Truman's Whistlestop campaign? Have students find patterns by studying these five presidential campaigns.
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Daily Video October 20 2020

How fear-based campaigning is affecting American voters
Learn how voters respond to politicians playing up threats and fears
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Daily Video October 23 2017

Are there congressional and gubernatorial elections still left in 2017? Hint: YES!
On Nov. 7, 2017, two governors' races will take place in New Jersey and Virginia and a special election for U.S. House of Representatives will be held in Utah. A U.S. Senate race will take place in Alabama on Dec. 12, 2017. Seven special elections for Congress will have taken place in 2017.
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Daily Video October 31 2016

FBI investigates new set of Clinton-related emails
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Essential question How important do you think the last week of…
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Daily Video October 27 2016

How does the rest of the world view the U.S. election?
As Election Day draws near, the eyes of much of the world are on the United States and the contentious race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
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Daily Video October 12 2016

Trump responds to 'locker room banter' at second debate
DOWNLOAD VIDEO ( Editor's note: Note that this video includes references to inappropriate…
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Daily Video September 23 2016

Where do the presidential candidates stand on education?
As Election Day approached, the candidates running for president have made and effort to appeal to parents, teachers and students by showing them where they stand on education.
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Daily Video September 20 2016

Candidates cite security qualifications after weekend attacks
Following pipe bomb attacks over the weekend, the presidential candidates each took a moment to assure voters of their national security qualifications.
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Daily Video July 13 2016

Election 2016 challenges civics teachers
The 2016 presidential race has made teaching high school civics more difficult, particularly regarding some of the comments students have heard candidates make along the campaign trail.
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