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Warm Up 4-13-16

Warm Up 4-13-16. Election Campaigns & Paying for Campaigns. Election Terms. Candidate : an individual running for political office Nomination : Naming those who will seek office. Ways to Nominate Candidates. self-announcement : personally nominate yourself

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Warm Up 4-13-16

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  1. Warm Up 4-13-16

  2. Election Campaigns&Paying for Campaigns

  3. Election Terms • Candidate: an individual running for political office • Nomination: Naming those who will seek office

  4. Ways to Nominate Candidates • self-announcement: personally nominate yourself • conventions: delegates nominate an individual to office • primary: intra-party election of a candidate • petition: nomination by voters’ signatures • caucus: meeting where people nominate candidates

  5. Caucus

  6. Types of Elections • Primary elections: an election where registered voters elect a candidate • General Elections: elections in which final selections of office holders are made • Vote on the 1st Tuesday after the 1stMonday in November • Referendum: citizens voting on local or state laws • Special Elections • Run-offs: held when there is no majority vote • Recall: vote to remove a public official from office

  7. Presidential Elections • Presidential Elections have three main parts • Nomination of the Candidates • The Campaign • The Vote

  8. Nomination of Presidential Candidate • Presidential Candidates are nominated like other candidates • Primary Elections • Caucus System • Self-Announcement • Petition

  9. Presidential Campaigns • Presidential Campaigns start long before the election • Candidates travel across the country giving speeches, appearing on TV, and holding news conferences • Candidates may also face their opponents in televised debates

  10. The Vote for President • The Electoral College: A group of people (electors) chosen from each state and the District of Columbia to select the President and Vice President

  11. The Vote for President Continued… • Electoral College Vote the Monday after the 2nd Wednesday in December • Total votes = 538 • Senators (100) + Representatives (435) + D.C. (3) = 538 • NC has 15 Electors

  12. The Vote for President Continued… • Winner-take-all System: The candidate with the most votes takes all the electoral votes within the states • To be President you need a majority of the Electoral Votes= 270 (51% of 538)

  13. What are some problems with the Electoral College?

  14. How do candidates finance a campaign? • There are laws that have been established by Congress and Supreme Court decisions about financing an election campaign

  15. Federal Election Campaign Act • Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA)- law that requires candidates to publicly disclose how they spend campaign monies • Limits hard money donations from individuals and groups • The Federal Election Commission (FEC)- monitors election spending Hard money- money given directly to a candidate in a election to assist his or her campaign

  16. Funding • Public funding- tax payers can donate to the Presidential Campaign Fund; major party candidates receive equal shares of this fund • Political Action Committees(PAC)- non-party private groups organized to elect government officials to promote their interests; PAC’s play a major part in giving in hopes for legislation to be passed in their favor

  17. Funding continued… • Candidate can also donate money themselves and have fundraisers to support their campaign • Most money comes from soft money • Soft Money-non regulated money for campaigns • examples: money for “party-building activities”, candidate recruitment, voter registration, etc. • soft money offers a loophole in the system

  18. Spending on Media • Many TV ads a paid for by Interest Groups • Interest Group- any association of individuals or organizations formed on the basis of shared concerns in attempts to influence public policy in its favor • Interest Groups help candidates they like • There are no limits on how much these groups spend

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