Unit 4 – US Elections and Intro to Politics

Vocab quizlet: US Politics and Elections vocabulary

Elections coverage:

November 2019 General Election – King County Official Site

Voters’ Pamphlet – Washington State (look for King, edition 5 in English)

Seattle Times 2019 voter guide

Affirmative Action cons-pros sites:

20 Principal Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action

Should affirmative action policies, which give preferential treatment based on minority status, be eliminated? – BalancedPolitics.org (note: This is an ad-spammed website, so I turned it into a paper reading.)

Readings:

newsela:  Harvard absolved in closely watched federal affirmative action case

Rough summary of beliefs of Democrats and Republicans

Republicans and Democrats have grown further apart on what the nation’s top priorities should be – Pew Research Center

Videos:

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