Post 2020 Election Q’s
Worth 2 HW Grades
(Pick any 3 Q’s below and answer them in your notebook by Friday ALL CLASSES!
- What are you most surprised about after Election Day/Night? Why is this?
- The parties and campaigns will have spent $14 billion in these campaigns across the nation. This includes the Senate, H.O.R., President, and other local offices in the states. Should there be a cap on how much a candidate can receive and spend? Explain your answer.
- The President claimed victory last night on social media and even addressed the nation claiming victory. Why is this considered so controversial and in more ways than not, inappropriate?
- Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin are not entirely done counting their ballots, mostly the mail-in ballots. These states will determine the entire election. What are some of the difficulties you think these states are having in counting the ballots and declaring a winner? Do you think that ballot counting should stop after Election Day or should the ballots be counted even after Election Day? Explain your answer.
- Both of Georgia’s Senate seats are uncertain as of now. One of the seats will go to a runoff election on January 5 with the other almost entirely decided that Perdue (R) will defeat Osoff (D). A runoff election happens when a candidate does not win a majority (50% +1) in an election. Do you think this is a good rule? Why/why not
- The nation is waiting more on the Electoral College results than the popular vote results. As of right now, Vice President Biden has more than a two million vote lead over President Trump. Should the nation keep or modify the Electoral College and if modified, how should it be changed?
- Third party candidates received over two million votes in the presidential race. This election will likely be determined by less than 500,000 votes. Should third party candidates exist on the ballots? Explain your reasoning.
- Many states have voted for referendum (laws that will be passed with a majority of votes by the voters) that have changed state politics. In Oregon, the population voted to decriminalize all drugs including cocaine and heroin. In Mississippi, the population voted to change the flag. In Arizona, the population voted to legalize marijuana. Do you think the population should have more chances for referendum-style laws? Explain your answer.
- FoxNews made a claim on Election Day that the polls were mostly incorrect and poorly predicted. Most people have a sense of "false hope" in these polls believing the polls are an actual pulse of the nation. As of right now, no polls have been entirely accurate. What should be done to ensure that the polls are more accurate? Should there be consequences for these incorrect polls?