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Brainstorm a list of what you value .

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Brainstorm a list of what you value .

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  1. Brainstorm a list of what you value. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  2. Political Culture The widely-shared beliefs, values, and norms that citizens share about their government. Characteristics (Shared values) Individualism Liberty Equality Rule of law Democracy Consensual political culture

  3. Warm Up Equality Justice Tolerance Self Reliance Community Freedom Democracy Stability Security Cooperation

  4. Value Changes during 1930's Great Depression Role of govt changed Health Care 2nd BOR Employment Freedom from unfair competition Housing, Medical care, Education, Social security BillClinton FDR & New Deal

  5. Divided Government One party does not control executive and Legislative branches Effect Distrust in Gov. Why? Partisanship, Gridlock, Frustration

  6. Distrust of Government Has grown through time. Especially since early 1960's Why? Vietnam $745 million “I am not a crook” Cost of Elections Watergate Divided Gov. Clinton/Lewinsky

  7. What impact can a declining external political efficacy have on political behavior and why? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  8. Alexis De Tocqueville Democracy in America • Abundant and fertile land • Property Rights • Countless opportunities to acquire land/make living • Lack of feudal society • Independent spirit • To adapt Gov. to time and place

  9. Today, would De Tocqueville believe that our democracy is still on the right course? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  10. Abuses of Polls "Horse Race Journalism" Early projections (Florida) Pandering

  11. Political Socialization Process in which people acquire their political beliefs 1. Family (ideology: conservative/liberal) • Strongest • Fairly equal influence of mother and father • When differ, associate with closest parent • Impact of growing number of Independents • Higher income More conservative and supportive of Republicans • Lower incomes- More liberal and supportive of Democrats 2. Income

  12. Conflicting results • More education, more conservative • College students more liberal than general population • Most prestigious- most liberal 3. Schools 4. Race Whites: More conservative (more Republican) Blacks: More liberal (strongest support of Democratic Party) >90% Hispanics: Cubans v. Mexican Americans Asians:

  13. Protestant: More conservative generally • Evangelicals more on social issues and econ • Catholic: Traditionally more liberal (Economic) than on social issues (Abortion issue) • Jewish: Most liberal (Strong support for the Democratic Party) 5. Religion

  14. Gender • 1900’sconservative • 1992 Year of the Woman • Clinton and Soccer Moms • Gender Gap: Sex sensitive issues, compare to past • Security Moms • NASCAR Dads Geographic Region • Coastal Cities: environment • Urban areas: immigrants, minorities • Solid South • Rust Belt • Rural areas (religion?)

  15. Warm Up # 1 • Who are those most likely to vote in the next election? • Who are those least likely to vote?

  16. Characteristics Of those likely to Vote Education wealth Age Race

  17. Reasons for low voter turnout Institutional barriers (Voting is a linkage institution, interest groups,political parties & media) • Registration (motor voter Bill) • Long Ballot: Excessive number of issues to vote on • Type of election: General, Primary, midterm, state, delegates • Difficulty in obtaining absentee ballots • Too many elections: Ballot fatigue • Weekday, non-holiday voting

  18. Political Barriers • Lack of political efficacy • Dissatisfaction with candidates, parties, etc. • Weakness of parties’ ability to mobilize voters Don’t like either, so why vote?

  19. Demographic Barriers • Level of Education: Level of edu. Highest predictor • Income: High vs. Low • Age: 18-24 lowest 45 and up highest • Race: White vs. minorities • Cross-cutting cleavages • Religious Involvement

  20. Political Party affiliation Strongest predictor Increase in split-ticket voting Decrease in straight ticket voting

  21. More Gov. Totalitarian Conservative More Gov. LessGov. Liberal Libertarian Less Gov.

  22. Political Participation and Voter Behavior Types of Participation Run for office Vote Work for a campaign Influence others Give money to campaign Stickers and buttons Attend Political meeting

  23. Voter Turnout 52% General election of all eligible voters 70% General election of Registered voters 30% in Midterm elections

  24. Comparison with other countries Europe U.S. Why?

  25. Suffrage Qualifications Religion & Property Race State Legislatures eliminated these 15th Amend Gender 19th Amend. Income 24th Amend. Literacy Voting Rights Act 1965 Age 21 26th Amend.

  26. Expanding Suffrage Jim Crow Laws • Property restrictions (Andrew Jackson) • Race: 15th Amendment • Women: 19th Amendment • Income: 24th Amendment • Literacy: Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Minimum age of 18: 26th Amendment Impact of expansion Less voting power per person States set current qualifications For voting requirements

  27. In your opinion, what is the single most influential reason for not voting? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  28. Elect Party Chair Pick a name and symbol that represents what you stand for in your party. Explain how this represents you Create a seniority list Pick plank topics Assign planks to party members Write planks due in 30 minutes Prepare your speech Have symbol drawn and ready for the speech

  29. Platform Presentations • Prepare Presentation • Attention Getter • Anecdote • Thesis or Catch Phrase • RENEWING • AMERICA’S • PROMISE • Support Materials • Treats, signs, music…

  30. Lobbyists They must be persuasive to sway votes on legislation Pled guilty on January 3, 2006, to three criminal felony counts

  31. 15th Amendment Cannot be denied the right to vote due to your race, color or previous condition of servitude.

  32. 17th Amendment If you have the right to vote in state elections, you have the right to vote in federal elections. Direct Election of Representatives Direct Election of Senators 1913

  33. 19th Amendment Women cannot be denied the right to vote.

  34. 24th Amendment Outlawed the poll tax

  35. 26th Amendment Can vote if you are age 18 or older (1971)

  36. Civil Rights Act • Passed in 1964 • Outlawed discrimination in job hiring, voting, and unfair registration requirements. • Was not enforced, had no “teeth” • Selma, Alabama: MLK Jr. led a registration drive that was met with resistance.

  37. Voting Rights Act • Gave “teeth” to 15th Amendment and Civil Rights Act • Applies to all elections • Outlawed poll tax and suspended literacy test requirements, and gave federal officers oversight power.

  38. Suffrage/Franchise The right to vote

  39. Straight vs. Split Ticket Voting • Straight: Voting for one party on the entire ballot to stay within party lines. • Split: Voting for each candidate individually, regardless of affiliation.

  40. Identify one of the numbered regions with strong support for the Democratic presidential candidate and identify and explain one factor that contributes to that support. • Identify one of the numbered regions with strong support for the Republican presidential candidate and identify and explain one factor that contributes to that support.

  41. Elections in the United States are characterized by low voter turnout. • Discuss two demographic characteristics associated with nonvoting • Discuss two institutional obstacles associated with nonvoting.

  42. Political Parties

  43. Democratic Republican

  44. Third Party • Created for a specific cause or issue • Usually an offshoot of a major party

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