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Chapter 17: Elections & Voting

Understand the key aspects of US presidential elections, electoral votes, popular vote influence, and historical campaigns. Learn about voting rights expansion and voter discrimination laws. Presentation by Mr. Flint at Cloverleaf High School.

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Chapter 17: Elections & Voting

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  1. Chapter 17: Elections & Voting Presentation made by Mr. Flint: Cloverleaf High School. Graphics from www.wikipedia.org

  2. Electing the President • Presidential campaigns begin over a year before the election. • To be elected president a candidate must win at least 270 out of 538 Electoral Votes. • A state’s Electoral Votes are equal to its’ representation in Congress. • The candidate that wins the majority of the popular vote n a state usually receives all of that states Electoral Votes. • Candidates pay the most attention to the largest states. A candidate can win 10 out of the 11 largest states and become president of the United States. • Sometimes candidates that lose the popular vote still become president because they win the Electoral vote. Section 1: Election Campaigns

  3. Section 1: Election Campaigns contd. Al Gore & Joseph Lieberman (Democrat): 50,992,335 George W. Bush & Dick Cheney (Republican): 50,445,156 Ralph Nader (Green): 2,882,897

  4. Section 1: Election Campaigns contd. 2000 • Bush/Cheney: 271 • Gore/Lieberman: 261

  5. 2004 Section 1: Election Campaigns contd. John Kerry/John Edwards (Democrat): 59,028,111 George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (Republican): 62,028,111

  6. Section 1: Election Campaigns contd. 2004 • Bush/Cheney: 286 • Kerry/Edwards: 251

  7. Section 1: Election Campaigns contd. Who runs a campaign? • Campaign manager • State, county, local party officials • The vast majority of campaign work is done by non-paid volunteers. • Since 1960 television and television advertisements have played a key role in campaigns. Why?

  8. Section 2: Expanding Voting Rights • What is the right to vote called? • What were some historical restrictions on voting? Why did these restrictions exist? • What Constitutional Amendment allowed Black Men to vote • What Constitutional Amendment established Women’s Suffrage? • What types of ‘Jim Crow’ laws were used to restrict African-Americans from voting?

  9. Section 2: Expanding Voting Rights • What Acts, passed from 1960-1982 helped end voter discrimination. • What Constitutional Amendment lowered the voting age to 18?

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