Math Lesson: Mathematics, Elections, and the NYT

My latest contribution to the New York Times Learning Network is a collection of teaching and learning ideas that use  New York Times resources to explore the mathematics of elections.

https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/the-united-states-of-numeracy-the-math-of-a-presidential-campaign/

The ideas cover both primary and presidential elections, and involve polling, demographics, campaign finance, and even a little graph theory!