Each year, Urban Go-Team chooses a topic that is timely and new to students and spends a week looking at it in-depth. Being an election year, it makes sense to do something about politics. This year’s theme is Inside Politics. The difference between Urban Go-Team and say, a government class is that Go-Team will be going places, talking with candidates and politicians, and having students do projects that make them interact with the political system, instead of just reading about it. To help our students prepare for this experience, we have compiled some useful resources.
Presidential Race Info
- 270 to Win (Map making site with Electoral vote info & Presidential data)
- Editorial: Political parties wisely consider overhauling primary system (STL Post Dispatch)
- Hispanics punch below their weight in midterm elections (Pew Research Center)
- 2016 is an election year (PowerPoint by Arthur Lieber) (Click here for YouTube version)
Click the map to create your own at Missouri Political Info
- Does your legislator except lobbyist gifts? (STL Post Dispatch)
- Missouri Initiative Petitions & Ballot Questions (MO Secretary of State)
- Missouri Ethics Commission
- Messenger: Democrat challenging Ann Wagner is more than a token (STL Post Dispatch)
Money In Politics Info
Other:
- Daily Wrap Up of Day 1 by Chris Harden
- Daily Wrap Up of Day 2 by Chris Harden
- Daily Wrap Up of Day 3 by Chris Harden
- Survey Results from Loop Surveying
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