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Georgia Finishes Up Counting Ballots As Biden Has Been Projected To Win National Election
Daily Video November 11 2020

Trump claims widespread voter fraud despite no evidence
Hear what one veteran Republican lawyer has to say about the lack of evidence of fraud in the 2020 election.
Big Ten postpones 2020-21 fall sports season, citing COVID-19 concerns
Daily Video October 19 2020

What makes a swing state swing?
Explore why swing states become the center of attention for presidential candidates and how the Electoral College system works
Joe Biden campaigns in Pennsylvania
Daily Video September 14 2020

Presidential candidates focus in on Pennsylvania
Explore how the two leading presidential candidates are targeting one group of voters, and why.
An election worker places mail-in ballots into an election box at a drive-through drop off location at the Registrar of Voters in San Diego, California
Daily News Lesson August 04 2020

How the Electoral College and claims of voter fraud may complicate election 2020
Listen to this podcast produced by EXTRA interns and discuss the electoral college and mail in voting
United States Census 2020 merchandise is seen on an information desk at an event where U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke at a Census Town Hall at the Louis Armstrong Middle School in Queens, New York City
Daily Video March 09 2020

What your students need to know about the 2020 Census
In this NewsHour Extra lesson, learn about Census 2020 and why the U.S. conducts the census.
Ohio Voting
Daily Video November 07 2016

Will the U.S. eventually rely on popular vote to elect presidents?
The presidential candidates have crisscrossed the country dozens of times over the course of the 2016 campaign, yet 90 percent of their visits have concentrated on just a handful of states.
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Daily Video April 18 2016

How do party delegates and the Electoral College work?
As the primary season starts to draw to a close, the likelihood that the Republican’s presidential candidate will be contested at July’s National Convention in Cleveland increases.
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