Module 11
In addition to the presidential contest and state-level ballot propositions, we also had some Congressional elections last week. And aren’t you glad, by the way, that the election is finally over? Not fully over, of course, because while we do have a declared winner, the losing candidate has not yet conceded. The apparently-losing candidate does in fact have a right to do things like asking for a re-count or filing lawsuits if he or she believes there was wrongdoing. In this case, the apparently-losing candidate is Donald Trump and while he is within his rights to pursue legal challenges, most observers agree that the number of votes in question, even if his challenges were to be successful, are too few to impact the outcome. So the election is essentially over, but we won’t fully move forward until all challenges have been resolved or abandoned.
But back to Congress. This week, please read Chapter 11, Congress. What is unique about the way US congressional representation is organized? In what ways does it attempt to provide for both popular representation and state representation? Write a short blog post addressing these questions.
Also this week, please start Step 1 of your Term Project, preparing 1-2 page Summaries of your topic areas. Remember, send me one of the Summaries first, and give me a day to reply with feedback before you start working on the other four Summaries. Please do your best to send me your first Summary early in the week, and save yourself some time to do at least 2 more Summaries by Sunday.
Please send me your Summaries by email. You do not need to post them to your blog.
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