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Media's Role in Elections (CR - Executive Branch)

Question 1

Short answer

Study the information and use it to answer the constructed-response question.

News organizations predict the winners of elections before all the votes are counted. On election day 2000, supporters of George W. Bush complained that news organizations predicted Al Gore to be the winner in California hours before the polls closed on the West Coast.

  • Identify reasons why Bush supporters may have been displeased with the early predictions.
  • Explain why news organizations should or should not predict the winners of elections.
  • Use details and examples from the information to support your answer.

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