elections

Middleton Middle School is holding class elections and the sixth-grade's candidates are Henry, who is running on a dare, and super bossy Annelise, so Victoria decides to add her name to the election, hoping she can actually do some good for the school.

An introduction to the election of Donald Trump for president, including information about his childhood, career as a businessman, and the election campaign.

When Americans went to the polls on November 7, 2000 to elect the next Commander-in-Chief, no one could have predicted the events of the succeeding days and weeks - events that would test the very limits of the Constitution and mesmerize a nation. For 36 days, George W, Bush and Al Gore fought tooth-and-nail for the Presidency - and Florida became the final battleground.

Samantha Martone gets a reminder to stay objective in making her choice for class president at Cherry Valley Middle School.

Includes a wide variety of material designed to encourage students in grades 4 through 12 to think and learn more about the U. S. election process. One video is "Electing a President" (25 min.) and the other is "The Presidency" (17 min.).

Highlights the political careers of a variety of candidates who lost their elections to the nation's highest office, including three-time presidential loser Henry Clay and Al Gore, who was defeated in the 2000 election after winning the popular vote.

Seventh grader Celia Martinez has big plans for an election campaign - only she's not planning to run. Celia has smarts but as a certified science nerd, thinks she's sorely lacking the popularity points to score a big win. Mariela Cruz, Celia's best friend and actress, will be the face of the campaign. Celia the brains behind the scenes. With a team like this, nothing can go wrong! Right?.

Callie Singer finds herself in the running for student council president, but doesn't take the race too seriously, sure she will lose to the popular Brianna Blake, but when Brianna takes her dirty campaigning too far, Callie decides she is not going to give up without a fight.

In the mid-1970s, Julie decides to run for student body president after being sent to detention unfairly and comes to find that many of her classmates do not like her prospective vice president, Joy, because she is deaf.