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THE PRESIDENCY. STRONG PREZ VS. STRONG CONG. PRESIDENT VS. PRIME MINISTER. OFTEN OUTSIDERS (Governors). CABINET NOT FROM LEGISLATURE. NO GUARANTEED MAJORITY 218/51. UNIFIED VS. DIVIDED. JAN. 2012…. GRIDLOCK?. HISTORY OF THE PRESIDENCY. CONCERNS…. CONTROL OF MILITIA….
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GENERAL ELECTION“THE FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER OF EVERY EVEN NUMBERED YEAR”
* FOUNDERS EXPECTATIONS* WHAT IF NOBODY GETS 270 ELECTORAL VOTES?* DISTRICT PLAN* PROPORTIONAL PLAN* DIRECT ELECTION
FDR1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945
22ND AMENDMENT1951 +<2 +
FORMAL* COMMANDER IN CHIEF* MAKE TREATIES (WITH SENATE APPROVAL)* APPT. JUDGES &AMBASSADORS(WITH SENATE APPROVAL)
INFORMAL* “CHEERLEADER”*POLITICAL AGENDA* PERSUASION(CONGRESS)*COMMUNICATOR(BULLY PULPIT)