You can use this Annual Update for tasks throughout your course and for help with examination questions.


- Review all the relevant developments in US politics from the last year, with examples linked closely to A-level specification points


- Develop your confidence with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams


- Enhance your knowledge to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping you to develop persuasive arguments for your essays


- Research up-to-date political topics like the 2020 US Presidential elections and the government response to the COVID-19 pandemic


- Make connections between the latest developments and the political context of the US, with our focused links between the topic, the context and the exam content


US Update 2021 - Table of Contents
1. US election - primaries
2. US election - campaigns
3. US election - the result
4. Supreme Court
5. Covid-19 and presidential power
6. Civil Rights: Race and Voting Rights in the US
7. Congress: Hyper-partisanship: is it effective?
8. Constitution - is it out-dated?