https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8 Add at least 2 post its - using either one of the articles as an anchor text en-us 2016-11-09 16:46:51 UTC 2016-11-09 17:53:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136485088 Question: Is there a maximum age that limits a person when he or she runs for president?

Comment: The superdelegates include a wide variety of people who have a lot of power/say for their candidates. Basically, compared to the common people, superdelegates are much more powerful than the colonists would ever be.

Comment: How much did Donald Trump spend campaigning wise?  

]]> 2016-11-09 17:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136485088 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136485486 Question: Why do they elect a president on a Tuesday?

Comment:I never knew that people who are running for president have superdelegates or lawmakers, governors, past presidents and national party officials who can back them up.

Question(for election): How was it?]]> 2016-11-09 17:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136485486 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136485658 Comment-I can't believe he's making the government entirely republican with republican senators and republic representatives
Question-How did Hillary lead in the beginning with florida and North Carolina,and end up losing them both to Donald trump?


]]> 2016-11-09 17:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136485658 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136486025 What if both candidates have half the votes in a winner-take-all system

In winner take all systems, the candidate gets all the representatives from the state.

HOW in the world did trump win]]> 2016-11-09 17:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136486025 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136486173 I don't like the process of the electoral college 

The votes were delayed by 2 hours from many of the states causing many to sleep really late

]]> 2016-11-09 17:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136486173 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136486436 Why are the people organized into the two parties : Democratic & Republicans?

Depending on the population of the state, they have a certain number of delegates. 

How do they calculate the results so fast?]]> 2016-11-09 17:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136486436 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136486518 How does the "winner-take-all-system" really work?

I learned that if you want to run for president you must; be 35 years or older, lived in the US for 14 years, and be born a US citizen. 

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are both not the best candidates to be president, however Donald Trump is going to make America GREAT AGAIN! He is not going to do the harsh things which he stated. ]]> 2016-11-09 17:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136486518 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136486525 Question- What would happen if different candidates won for the popular vote than the electoral vote?  

Question- Why would you have to live in the U.S for 14 years to become president? What is wrong with 13 years?]]> 2016-11-09 17:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136486525 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136486788 1. Why do the people who received the most votes end up losing? Isn't the main purpose of voting is to see who got the majority vote?
2. The whole organization of becoming a president is very complex.]]> 2016-11-09 17:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136486788 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136487111 Question: How is it that just a handful of states decide the results of an election? Like how is that fair?

Comment-  How are people who we know should not run for president and that they do not deserve to be president still run and win?]]> 2016-11-09 17:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136487111 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136487206 Question: Why are Maine and Nebraska unique cases ?

Learned: The process for electing a president is very long and complicated.

Question: Why did Donald Trump win Pennsylvania, a democratic state ?

Comment: The Senate, The House and the president are all Republicans... ]]> 2016-11-09 17:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136487206 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136487290 Why is 35 the minimum age requirement? (Wouldn't it be helpful to get the input of younger people?)

If you were born in and grew up in the U.S, but moved when you were 14, could you hypothetically run for president if you moved back as a 35+ year old?]]> 2016-11-09 17:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136487290 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136487330 Question- How is he allowed to make the whole government republican?
Comment- He was able to get  Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to vote for him although they have not voted for republican candidates since the 1980's.]]> 2016-11-09 17:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136487330 3020854 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136487594 Question: Why have the elections on a day that is pretty inconvenient such as a Tuesday?  

Comment: The winner-take-all system has caused the Electoral College to choose presidents who did not win the overall vote, which seems to be unfair

]]> 2016-11-09 17:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136487594 2025099 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136487632 Question: What is a more common way to vote, primary or caucus?

Question: After last nights election, why were some people devastated to know that Hillary had lost?

Comment: Is $1 million the least a candidate has  spent on advertising ]]> 2016-11-09 17:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136487632 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136487638 I learned that electoral college is the deciding factor in if the candidates will become president. Popular vote isn't.

How do people know if a state is most likely going to be  republican or democratic?]]> 2016-11-09 17:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136487638 2025433 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136488006 Are the people in the electoral college congressmen?
I learned that you have to have lived in the US for at least 14 years to run for president. ]]> 2016-11-09 17:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136488006 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136488336 Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were not best candidates

How are votes counted in each state in electoral college

]]> 2016-11-09 17:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136488336 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136489078 Question: Why was Electoral College made?

The method of choosing a president in the United States is very complicated.

Trump pulled off a surprising comeback victory.]]> 2016-11-09 17:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136489078 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136489138 I learned that Donald Trump pulled off something that seemed impossible
Question: Why did he want to run fro president in the first place]]> 2016-11-09 17:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136489138 https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136489378 Question: Why dont 3rd party candidates have much of a chance in the presidential election? ]]> 2016-11-09 17:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer_hedges2/v2zokcqkolg8/wish/136489378