Title: Project Journal
Course: US Election 2016-Leuphana Copy > Section: 5. Tips and tools

Collection of all our ideas and results as a basis for our prediction.

How to...

The Project Journal is your class's space to document your progress and findings in this project. Think of it as an informal notebook where you and your classmates can note everything that might help you to make your prediction in the end.

You can either edit the Project Journal directly in Moodle or, if you rather like to work with Google Docs, set up your journal in Google Docs. Here are simple instructions for both options:

- SWAY: Using the Project Journal
- SWAY: Setting up your Project Journal with Google Docs

Google docs template

Initial ideas and hypotheses

(Collect initial impressions about your adopted state. Develop a hypothesis for whom your state's citizens will vote.)

Most important facts

(Here you can collect facts like

- How many presidential electors
- ...)

The electoral system step-by-step

 | Primaries | Convention | Election Day | Inauguration
What happens? |  |  |  |
Who is affected? |  |  |  |
What are the consequences? |  |  |  |
What does it mean for our state? |  |  |  |

Primary elections

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Political party conventions

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Election Day

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After the Elections: Presidential Inauguration

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The Candidates - overall impression

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Donald Trump

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Hillary Clinton

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Campaign Issues

(...)

Economy

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Immigration

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Climate Change

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Our prediction

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