Americans elect a president through the state-by-state mechanism of the Electoral College rather than direct nationwide popular vote. Today, all but two states award all of their electoral votes to the statewide winner.

This is a "remix" of a previous resource: https://goopenva.org/courses/a-defense-of-the-electoral-college

It has been remixed to add a visual map and additional student questions.

The most democratic body in the federal government, hundreds of representatives for the House are elected every other year. This site maps elections from before the Civil War until today showing changing patterns across regions and between urban and rural areas.

This Learning Resource is based on the American Panorama Map "Electing the House"

This is a learning module that uses data to investigate the relationships between voter turnout and demographic characteristics such as race, age, income and education.