1 / 12

AMERICAN ELECTIONS

AMERICAN ELECTIONS. Election Day: N ovember , 2012. PLAN. I - A basic understanding of US Elections A- American election, the rules matter… B- Presidential campaign, money matter… II- The Agenda: III- The main candidates. I- A American elections, the rules matter … .

kirby
Download Presentation

AMERICAN ELECTIONS

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. AMERICAN ELECTIONS Election Day: November, 2012

  2. PLAN I- A basic understanding of US Elections A- American election, the rules matter… B- Presidential campaign, money matter… II- The Agenda: III- The main candidates

  3. I-A American elections, the rules matter… The American paradox : a world audience but a non electoral political participation and a no deep interest Indirect Elections: a comprehensive and complex process Importance of federalism: the winner take all Indirect elections: an unfair system? Two-party system : Democrats and Republicans

  4. I-B PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, MONEY MATTER… • Key role of money in American election

  5. I-B PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, MONEY MATTER… • Obama, the expert of donation campaign • The importance of private financing • 2 types of resources for private financing : - 527 organization - Political action committee (PAC)

  6. 2- AGENDA

  7. II- Agenda, the Key stages Stage1 selection stage: January-September 2012  5 month process : primaries and national conventions for each party June 2012 – End of Presidential Primaries (Montana et south Dakota). Stage 2 real political battle : Sept- Nov. 2012 6 November, 6 2012 – Presidential Election day January, 20 2013: Inauguration day – Effective starting date for the new president

  8. The candidates ✔Only 2 major contemporary party have political power in the states ✔They have distinctive core values and representations:

  9. III-B Picture of 4 top Republican presidential candidates 2012

  10. Picture of 4 top Republican presidential candidates 2012

  11. Vocabulary : Key words ✔Grassroots ✔Endorsement ✔Super Tuesday ✔Caucus ✔Ballot ✔Voters turnout ✔Indirect elections ✔Electoral colleges ✔GOP (Grand Old Party) ✔The winner takes all

  12. To go further…. ★English websites: ✔The washington Post Politics ✔The HUFFINGTON POST, elections 2012 ✔Real Clear Politics Elections ★French Websites: ✔L’EXPRESS.FR, éléctions américaines de 2012 ✔FRANCE USA MEDIA, the Ben Franklin Post ★Blogs: ✔I LOVE POLITICS ✔AMERICA POLIPHONY

More Related