1. Youth Leadership Initiative Benefit Evening
Thursday, October 7, 2010 :: Westin Richmond

2. The Youth Leadership Initiative: Empowering Students to Lifelong Citizenship One Teacher at a Time.

3. What the Youth Leadership Initiative does:
Largest online, secure, student only Mock Election
Online legislative program: E-Congress
The most complete collection of lesson plans on civics, government and civic engagement
Year long service learning program: Democracy Corp
Interactive campaign simulation CD-Rom: A More Perfect Union
Civics. All Year. Every Year.

4. FREE civics education resources from the NEW YLI website, www
FREE civics education resources from the NEW YLI website,
Approximately 50,000 educators from across the nation and abroad
Features of the new YLI website include:
Mock Election Anytime feature
E-Congress Anytime feature
Online Political Ideology Survey- interactive survey matches students with legislators of similar ideology
Improved user interface, allowing teachers increased resource control
New lesson plans for the 2010 mid-term elections

5. We Need YOU! Your financial support will:
Continue to provide YLI programs
Expand the quantity and quality of our materials
Create the next version of the More Perfect Union CD-Rom
Provide innovative strategies for the teaching of government and civics
Keep YLI resources FREE to participating schools and educators.

6. Why we do what we do!
I am a high school studies teacher, teaching AP US Government and Politics for the first time and I thought I would let you know how helpful your lesson plans are. I have many websites for my Government class, but I find your lessons are the clearest, most comprehensive around. I was an attorney for 10 years prior to teaching and I familiar with the topic, but it is another thing to teach it. I mapped out my entire course for the year and your lessons allow me to plug in the class activities to make sense out of the topics for my students.
Thank you again.
Lauren Harnick
RFK Community High School
Flushing, NY 11366

7. Sabato’s Crystal Ball: Looking to the Horizon
9/19/ :20 AM
2010
2012
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8. Issues of 2010 Economy-Unemployment, GDP, Income Growth
National Debt, Taxes, Spending
Immigration, Gay Marriage, Mosque
Afghanistan and Iraq
Healthcare
BP Disaster
Populism-Wall Street, The Banks, The Big Boys
Wildcards- Terrorism and Scandal
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9. Current Projection- +47 R
2010 House Outlook
Current Projection- +47 R
Congress
As of
Today:
255 D
178 R
* 2 Vacancies
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10. 2011 House?
209 D
226 R
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11. 2010 Senate Map Current Projection: +7 to +8 R *Indicates Expected
Party
Switch
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12. 2010 Governor Map
GOP Nets +8
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13. Competitive State Legislative Houses Expected Pickup for GOP:
9/19/ :20 AM
Expected Pickup for GOP:
Seats
+8-14 Chambers
Current
Composition:
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14. Projected Gains/Losses After 2011 Reapportionment
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15. Will Obama be the Next… Carter? Or Clinton?
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16. The Current D Image vs. the Current R Image
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17. 2012 Presidential Election: Only 761 Days Away
Democrats
Obama
(Clinton v. Biden 2016)
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18. 2012 Presidential Election: Only 761 Days Away
Republicans
Sarah Palin
Mitt Romney
Tim Pawlenty
Haley Barbour
Mitch Daniels
John Thune
Newt Gingrich
Mike Huckabee
Rick Santorum
Mike Pence
Candidate X
(2010 Winner)
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19. To read more… www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball
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