The Florida Joint Center for Citizenship and its parent organizations, the Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government at UCF and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at UF, do not endorse or a take a position on any candidate or issue.
Questions about these links may be directed to Dr. Stephen Masyada, Director, Florida Joint Center for Citizenship. Thank you to Mrs. Valerie McVey, Curriculum Director, Florida Joint Center for Citizenship, for her work in collecting these links.
Main Party Gubernatorial Candidate Websites (listed alphabetically)
National Political Party Websites
- Communist Party USA http://www.cpusa.org
- Constitution Party http://www.constitutionparty.com/
- Democratic Party https://www.democrats.org
- Green Party http://www.gp.org
- Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org
- Republican Party https://www.gop.com
- Socialist Party USA http://socialistparty-usa.net
State of Florida Election Information
- Florida Division of Elections https://dos.myflorida.com/elections/
- Contact Your County Supervisor of Elections http://dos.elections.myflorida.com/supervisors/
- Register to Vote https://registertovoteflorida.gov/home
Lesson Plans
- The Electoral Process, iCivics https://www.icivics.org/teachers/lesson-plans/electoral-process (5-8)
- Campaign 2020, C-SPAN Classroom https://sites.google.com/view/c-span-classroom-campaign-2020/home (9-12)
- Today is Election Day, ReadWriteThink.org http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/today-election-20614.html
- What are the primaries and caucuses? PBS News Hour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/lessons_plans/primaries-and-caucuses-how-do-the-parties-choose-a-candidate-lesson-plan/ (7-12)
- The History of the Iowa Caucuses https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/iptv_caucusiowa_gallery/iptv_caucusiowa_gallery/
Videos
- Campaign Strategy, PBS Learning Media http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/0d11fd81-20ba-4dc5-b328-870fe289c148/0d11fd81-20ba-4dc5-b328-870fe289c148/
- Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained, Ted Ed http://ed.ted.com/lessons/does-your-vote-count-the-electoral-college-explained-christina-greer
- Election Foundation, PBS Learning Media http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/2130f778-a06a-44f0-840a-1864d79a6a1b/2130f778-a06a-44f0-840a-1864d79a6a1b/
- General Election, PBS Learning Media http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/7fdb872a-b4ec-4fe8-85de-b105c6974bf2/7fdb872a-b4ec-4fe8-85de-b105c6974bf2/
- Getting the Nomination, PBS Learning Media http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/35af6937-a679-4064-a6b6-5296340092ea/getting-the-nomination/
- Political Parties Rap, Smart Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lt-f3QQ7-A
- Primaries, Caucuses and Conventions, History.com http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections/videos/primaries-caucuses-and-conventions
- The Living Room Candidate http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/
Online Interactives
Games
- Cast Your Vote, iCivics https://icivics.org/games/cast-your-vote
- Win the White House, iCivics https://www.icivics.org/static/win-the-white-house.html
General Election Websites
- 270 to Win http://www.270towin.com
- 538 http://fivethirtyeight.com/
- AARP Your Guide to 2020 Primary Voting https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/government-elections/info-2020/primary-voting-guide.html
- A Guide to Presidential Elections http://www.grabellaw.com/a-guide-to-presidential-elections.html
- Ballotpedia https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page
- Be Ready to Vote, League of Women Voters of Florida http://bereadytovote.org
- Rock the Vote http://www.rockthevote.com/get-informed/elections/state/florida.html
Elementary Trade Books
- Duck for President by, Doreen Cronin
- E is for Election Day by, Gloria Gavris
- Grace for President by, Kelly S. DiPucchio
- How Do We Elect Our Leaders? (My American Government Series) by, William Thomas
- My Teacher for President by, Kay Winters
- Vote by, Philip Steele
- Vote! by, Eileen Christelow
- Voting (True Books: Civics) by, Sarah DeCapua