Predicting Presidential

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Predicting Presidential Election Results
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AP Human Geography Concepts

• Unit I Geography Its Nature and Perspective
• F. Sources of geographical ideas and data the
  field, census data
• Unit II Population
• Geographical analysis of population
• 3. Patterns of composition age, sex, race, and
  ethnicity
• Unit VII Political Organization of Space
• C. Changes in political-territorial arrangements
• 4. Electoral geography, including gerrymandering

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Main Assignment
1.) Pick one color to represent presidential
candidates liberal Barack Obama, and
conservative Mitt Romney. 2.) For five of your
counties please explain what specific information
from the census (demographics) helped you to
determine which candidate would win that
county. 3.) Finally, based upon all the shaded in
counties, which candidate do you predict to win
that state. Please use the following slides to
help you navigate the census webpage.
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Step 1 Go to the www.census.gov
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Step 2 Click on State and County Quick Facts
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Step 3 Select a state
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Step 4 Select a County
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Step 5 Copy the demographic data listed for each
county