This is a five week course. You can find a new video each Wednesday, with the first appearing on Wednesday, October 15th and the last appearing on Wednesday, November 12th. Videos will be made available on iTunes and YouTube.
The course will unfold as follows:
Week 1 - October 15.
The basic principles of political geography; the “red and blue” map of the United States; different ways of mapping U.S. presidential elections; differences in voting behavior between national elections and state and local elections; electoral geography in selected foreign countries.
Week 2 - October 22.
U.S. Presidential elections from 1789 to 1916.
Week 3 - October 29.
U.S. Presidential elections from 1920 to 1996.
Week 4 - November 5.
U.S. Presidential elections in 2000 and 2004.
Week 5 - November 12.
The 2008 election.
