Timing is Everything

When do most people make their presidential voting choice?

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PRRI

1. How accurate was your prediction?

2. How surprising was the data?

3. What is the big story this data tells?

4. Why do you think that is?

5. What is one consequence of that?

6. Is this good or bad news?

7. Whether you can vote or not, when did you make your decision about whom to support for president?

8. Explain whether you think this would be better news for the Trump or the Clinton campaign team?

9. Based on this chart, what is the main difference you see in Democratic and Republican voters?

10. Why do you think that is?

11. In 2008 I was in a long line to vote for president. During the wait, the person behind me changed their mind about who to support. What would you say to that person?

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Learning Extension

Scroll through some of the great charts and graphs that the PRRI put together about voting in the 2012 election.

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Action Extension

Contact the Trump or Clinton campaign and tell them what this data means for this year's campaign.