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Tues day 11/2

Tues day 11/2. Agenda. Homework. Study for Quiz #4 on Thursday/Friday. Warm-Up #10 (on the top of your notes) Notes: Voting California Elections Cast Your Vote!. On your warm-up, label the following on your political ideology spectrum. President Barack Obama. Jenny “Smiley” Rojas.

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Tues day 11/2

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  1. Tuesday 11/2 Agenda Homework Study for Quiz #4 on Thursday/Friday • Warm-Up #10 (on the top of your notes) • Notes: Voting • California Elections • Cast Your Vote!

  2. On your warm-up, label the following on your political ideology spectrum President Barack Obama Jenny “Smiley” Rojas Fidel Castro Senator John McCain John Lee Billy Bob

  3. Voters and voter behavior

  4. The right to vote has been a long fight In the past, local governments set up poll taxesand literacy teststo deter certain people from voting

  5. Gerrymandering The practice of re-drawing district boundaries to disenfranchiseAfrican American voters influence the outcome of an election

  6. Voting rights were only extended to white males, age 21+, who owned property What if you didn’t own land? What about 18 year olds who were fighting our wars? How about those who were not white? What about women?

  7. Using the “Voting” worksheet, fill in your chart describing landmark years for voting rights

  8. By 1971, everyone over the age of 18 had the right to vote With only a few exceptions… Mental patients Non-registered voters Dishonorably discharged soldiers Illegal aliens

  9. Absentee Ballot If you are away from your registered location, you may mail in your ballot

  10. Vote Behavior College graduates, high-income individuals, religious Christians and Southern states tend to vote Republican Low and middle income, educated, liberal, and urban individuals tend to vote Democrat

  11. Voting as a Privilege The only vote that counts is mine and I vote for myself! In other countries, people are literally dying for the privilege to vote Too bad this election is rigged and my vote won’t count…

  12. Non-Voters But in the land of the free, some people have become too comfortable and voting is a burden Who needs to vote when you look like me? I wonder what’s on TV tonight…

  13. So please, vote!

  14. California Elections • Governor • Meg Whitman (R) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VekQ1F9J-C8 • Jerry Brown (D) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEPlZYp5-Pk • U.S. Senate • Barbara Boxer (D) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx6J2RfzuDw\ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfosSjWLMEE • CarlyFiorina (R) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j4RF6cx0SY • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRY7wBuCcBY • California Initiatives • Prop 19 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUKbj5_HM1U • Prop 21 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gx7M9pwUbs • Prop 23 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnE6j7fwWgM

  15. Get into groups of 3 or less • Read about each candidate or proposition • Discuss with your group reasons why you would or would not vote for each item • In your notes, describe arguments for and against each item • At the end of the period, you will have the chance to cast your vote

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