Students will compare and contrast the qualifications and duties of the president with the qualifications emphasized by the candidates. Students will determine whether candidates focus more heavily on their abilities to handle the duties outlined in the Constitution, or on personal qualities and proposed policies. Have the students read aloud through their lists once more. Tell them that as they watch the videotape ads, they should put A next to any qualifications that one candidate's ads mention, and a B next to any stressed by another candidate. They should also put an A or B at the bottom of the paper each time a candidate talks about something that is policy rather than a qualification for the job.
Students mark their sheets.
Discuss the opinions the students got from which ever voter they spoke to the night before. Students will gather information relevant to a current events and social studies topic. Students will learn what an exit poll is. Students will compare information gathered in an exit poll with previous opinions and with an official result. Explain to the students how an exit poll is conducted, and why it is used by the news media.