THE YEAR: 2100. THE PLACE: HISTORY CLASS. THE SUBJECT: EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY POLITICS. PART 1.
THE YEAR IS 2100. HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN.
WELCOME TO AMERICAN HISTORY. TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN OUR STUDY
OF EARLY 21ST CENTURY POLITICS. TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU ALREADY KNOW, BELOW
ARE THE RESULTS OF THE 2008,2012,2016,2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. YOUR JOB IS
TO MATCH THE NUMBERS IN THE FIRST THREE COLUMNS.
- % OF THE NATIONAL VOTE FOR ALL 8 DEM./REP. CANDIDATES.
- WINNERS VICTORY MARGIN IN % OF VOTE.
- WINNERS VICTORY MARGIN IN # OF VOTES.
WITH THE CORRESPONDING OUTCOMES.
- # OF ELECTORAL VOTES FOR THE WINNER.
- # OF STATES CARRIED BY THE WINNER.
AFTER THEY ARE GRADED, WE WILL DISCUSS THE SIGNIFICANCE IF EACH. THERE
WILL BE A SPECIAL LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF ELECTION FRAUD, AND SEE IF
ANY OF THESE RESULTS LEND CREDENCE TO SUCH ACCUSATIONS.
GOOD LUCK.
BOTH CANDIDATES. WINNER. WINNER.
% NATIONAL VOTE VICTORY MARGIN % VICTORY MARGIN #
1- OBAMA, 2008, 52.9% 1-OBAMA, 2008, +7.2% 1- OBAMA, 2008, +9,550,193
2- BIDEN, 2020, 51.3% 2- BIDEN, 2020, +4.4% 2- BIDEN, 2020, +7,058,637
3- OBAMA, 2012, 51.06% 3- OBAMA, 2012, +3.86 3- OBAMA, 2012, +4,982,291
4- CLINTON, 2016, 48.18% 4- TRUMP, 2016, -2.09% 4- TRUMP, 2016, -2,868,686
5- ROMNEY, 2012, 47.20%
6- TRUMP, 2020, 46.90%
7- TRUMP, 2016, 46.09%
8- MCCAIN, 2008, 45.70%
WINNER. WINNER.
MOST ELECTORAL VOTES. CARRIED MOST STATES
365 30 + ME-02
306 26 + DC
THE YEAR: 2100. THE PLACE: HISTORY CLASS. THE SUBJECT: EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY POLITICS. PART 2.
NOW CLASS, YOU HAVE BEEN TESTED REGARDING THE PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS FROM
2008-2020. BEFORE WE GO THROUGH THE RESULTS, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ANALYZE
THE ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE U.S. SENATE DURING THAT SAME PERIOD. FOR EXTRA
CREDIT, WRITE AN ESSAY IDENTIFYING ANY RESULTS THAT MIGHT INDICATE ELECTION
FRAUD, AND IF SO, HOW THEY MIGHT COINCIDE WITH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FRAUD
FROM THE SAME ERA.
THE INFORMATION BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THE DATA FROM THE QUIZ ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD, YOU WILL USE TO ARGUE AND JUSTIFY ANY CONCLUSIONS THAT YOU MAKE.
COLUMN 1- WHICH PARTY RECEIVED THE HIGHEST % OF THE POPULAR VOTE FOR ALL SENATE ELECTIONS HELD THAT YEAR.
COLUMN 2- # OF SENATE SEATS CONTESTED.
COLUMN 3- THE # OF SEATS WON BY THE PARTY WITH THE HIGHEST % OF THE NATIONAL VOTE, AND WHAT % THAT NUMBER REPRESENTS OF THE TOTAL # OF SEATS CONTESTED.
1. 2018 DEM- 58.2% 33 22, 66.7%
2. 2012 DEM- 53.4% 31 23, 74.2%
3. 2016 DEM- 53.0% 34 12, 35.3%
4. 2008 DEM- 51.9% 35 20, 57.1%
5. 2014 REP- 51.5% 36 24, 66.7%
6. 2020 REP- 49.3% 35 20, 57.1%
7. 2010 REP- 48.2% 37 24, 64.9%
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