For ten more ideas on how to explore mathematics using the election, read our lesson plan "The United States of Numeracy: The Math of a Presidential Campaign".
"The Clinton Gas Plan isn't designed to get you through the summer, it's designed to get her through the election," read an Obama leaflet that volunteers handed out in Indiana.
Just a year ago, then-candidate Donald Trump told supporters, "If I become president, we're all going to be saying 'Merry Christmas' again, that I can tell you". The election, read by these lights, looks like a salvo in the now decades-long, Bill O'Reilly-inspired contretemps known as the War on Christmas.
One SMS that was widely circulated on the morning of the elections read: "With the elections, lets all light a flame of hope, that we will not let Pakistan be destroyed by people who are not part of us". Moreover, SMS text messages were used to counter widespread fear that there would be violence and bomb blasts at polling stations.
If you want to know more about the European Parliament, the UK electoral process and the cost of staging the elections, read our Reality Check guide.
The media response to the French election reads like some people had too much cannabis.
"Al Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election," read a commentary on a password-protected Islamist Web site that is closely linked to Al Qaeda and often disseminates the group's propaganda.
It came a few days ago: "Al Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election," read a commentary on a password-protected Islamist Web site that is closely linked to Al Qaeda and often disseminates the group's propaganda.
"Other alleged schemes relate to the payment and receipt of bribes and kickbacks in connection with the sponsorship of CBF by a major U.S. sportswear company, the selection of the host country for the 2010 World Cup and the 2011 FIFA presidential election," read a statement from the department.
If you think Sanders can't win a general election, read the numbers above.
