Monday, November 3, 2008

Election 2008 Project

Complete a brief candidate/party profile for two of the candidates for President in tomorrow's general election. One of the two must be either the Repbublican (McCain) nominee or the Democratic (Obama) nominee, and the other must be from one of the third parties, preferably either the Libertarian or the Green parties.

Answer these questions in your profile:

What is this candidate's view on the following issues?

1. the Iraq War
2. healthcare
3. education
4. taxes
5. global warming/the environment
6. nuclear wepaons
7. the economy

Do the candidate's views on these issues closely match the views of the party he or she represents? If not, how do they differ?

Go to the follwing site to get started, and bring your profiles to class tomorrow.

http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm

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