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[|http://www.vote-smart.org] Information about candidates, their endorsements, recent speeches and position on issues. Begin by clicking on Current Candidates on the center top menu. http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/states.html Most of the facts can be found from the World Almanac for Kids online. However much of the data at this site are taken from the 1990 Census. When you have finished finding all of the facts, see if you can find more recent facts from another source and compare them. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPeople?_sse=on First find your state in the center drop down menu, then click GO. When the state page comes up, click on the Age and Sex icon. Then scroll down to the bottom of the table to find the total median age. The educational level can be found in the __Almanac__ table on page 292

http://www.fec.gov/pages/elecvote.htm Electoral votes for your state. For the current total number of Democrat and Republican members in Congress look at the tables in the __Almanac__ starting on page 57. First the Senators, then the Representatives. The winners are in bold face. Most states have more than one representative. Add up all the D's for Democrats and R's for Republicans http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/votes/votes_by_state.html__ This site will give you the past electoral votes for your state by year. To find the actual popular vote, look in the Almanac on the table, page 576.