PART #1

QUESTION:

The Constitution creates the Electoral College system for electing our president. Do you think this system should be changed? Why or why not?

PART #2

QUESTION:

Watch one campaign commercial from the Obama campaign and one from the Romney campaign at this website:

http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/2012

After viewing the presidential campaign commercials, post the name of the commercials you viewed (located at the topic of viewing screen on the commercial) and discuss the commercials and whether the candidates were appealing to any of the factors on How Do Voters Decide? For example, did the ads address issues or candidate perceptions or both?

PART #3

QUESTION:

Please briefly summarize one newspaper article related to topics discussed in the chapter and discuss your opinion on the issue. You should copy and paste the article below your response so that other group members can read your article if they want. You should not have the same article as another group member.

Newspaper Article Responses (from the Syllabus)

For 3 of the modules, you will be asked to summarize an online newspaper article from the websites listed above under Required Text and Reading.

For the initial response:

(1) briefly summarize the article;

(2) state your viewpoint on the issue with an explanation;

(3) paste the complete article below your response for others to read.

For the follow-up response:

(1) you should respond to another group member's initial response

Each group member should post a different newspaper article and these initial responses may be a little longer (200 words or so) than the normal ones.