Elections

Explore this website discussing Voting in the United States with multiple resources and an election tool kit compiled by People for the People, October 2, 2020.

How to Spot Misleading Election Maps, Laura Bliss and Marie Patino, Bloomberg City Lab, November 3, 2020

Election Books for Elementary and Middle Students - What's the Big Deal About Elections and For Which We Stand

Organizations

Cook Political Report
Democracy Works
Esri Elections Resources
Open Elections
Right Question Institute: "Why Vote?" Tool
Smithsonian Institution - Young People Shake Up Elections
Voters Ed
Who Counts?

Background

Esri Elections Resources
Voter Turnout in 2020, The Fulcrum, Bill Theobald, November 19, 2020
Democracy by Mail, The New York Times, Fall 2020
My government students usually register and educate voters - in person. Here's how we're adapting. Joel Snyder, Chalkbeat, August 25, 2020
Electorate Representation Index: Which States Most Closely Resemble the U.S.?
- Adam McCann, WalletHub, February 27, 2020
- 10 states where party planners can host (and avoid) representative primaries
Should the Electoral College be reformed?, C-SPAN Classroom Deliberations, 2019
A Preview of 2020 House Elections
- David Wasserman, Cook Political Report, C-SPAN Classroom Resources, August 20, 2019
Mapping Early American Elections
Tweak the Vote
- Radiolab, WNYC Studies, November 4, 2018
An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2016 Election
- Matthew Bloch et al., The New York Times, July 25, 2018
Drive Against Gerrymandering Finds New Life in Ballot Initiatives
- Michael Wines, The New York Times, July 23, 2018
Vote for Me! For Second Place, at least?
- Editorial Board, The New York Times, June 9, 2018
How political opponents became enemies in the U.S.
- PBS NewsHour Weekend, April 1, 2018
Sharper State Divide in Congress Seen as ‘New Civil War’
- Carl Hulse, The New York Times, January 15, 2018
Renewed Calls for Patriotism over Politics when Drawing District Lines
- Ailsa Chang and Selena Simmons-Duffin, National Public Radio, September 29, 2017
Democracy at risk: Solving critical problems threatening U.S. elections
- Brookings Institution, September 27, 2017
Weighing the Effect of an Exit of Centrists
- Jennifer Steinhauer, The New York Times, October 8, 2012
The Disappearing Political Center: Congress and the Incredible Shrinking Middle
- Sarah A. Binder, Brookings Institution, September 1, 1996