Choose it or lose it

What percent of Americans chose Trump and Clinton as their nominee for president?

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NY Times Interactive

1. How accurate was your prediction? (the answer is 9%)

2. How surprised are you by this information?

3. What is the big story this chart tells?

4. Why is it that only 9% of Americas chose the candidates that are our current presidential nominees?

5. What is one consequence of the fact that the two leading presidential candidates were NOT selected by 91% of the people in this country?

6. Is this good news? 88 million eligible voters never vote, not even in presidential elections. Would we be better off if they did vote?

7. How democratic is our system for selecting candidates?

8. Explain one step we could take to make a better system for selecting presidential nominees:

9. In the comments section, explain who you think will win this year's presidential election:

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Learning Extension

Browse the cool interactive of how only 9% of Americans selected Trump and Clinton.

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Action Extension

Test your knowledge of the U.S. electoral process then contact your state board of elections with a suggestion of how to make our electoral system better.