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Outline: The Presidency

Outline: The Presidency. Electing a President The Constitutional Backdrop The Electoral College System Effects Reforms Impeachment and Succession Presidential Powers The Modern Presidency. http://www.uiowa.edu/~c030001a/. Electing a President. The Constitutional Backdrop Disagreements

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Outline: The Presidency

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  1. Outline: The Presidency • Electing a President • The Constitutional Backdrop • The Electoral College System • Effects • Reforms • Impeachment and Succession • Presidential Powers • The Modern Presidency

  2. http://www.uiowa.edu/~c030001a/

  3. Electing a President • The Constitutional Backdrop • Disagreements • Decision • Qualifications • Four-year term • Chosen by “Electors” Martin Van Buren

  4. Electing a President • The Electoral College System • How does it work? • What if no one gets a majority?

  5. The Electoral College Effects • Helps Big States?

  6. The Electoral College Effects • Helps Big States? • Helps Small States?

  7. The Electoral College

  8. The Electoral College Effects • Helps Big States? • Helps Small States? • Magnifies the size of the victory

  9. The Electoral College Effects • Helps Big States? • Helps Small States? • Magnifies the size of the victory • Power to the House 1800, 1824 • Can win popular vote but lose election 1876, 1888, 2000

  10. The Electoral College • Reforms • Proportional Plan • Nixon defeats Kennedy! • District Plan • Carter and Ford tie! • Direct Election Plan • President Tilden? President Gore?

  11. Alternative Voting Plans

  12. Alternative Voting Plans

  13. Alternative Voting Plans

  14. Alternative Voting Plans

  15. Impeachment and Succession • Stages • Impeachment • Trial • Conviction

  16. Impeachment and Succession • Stages • Impeachment • Trial • Conviction • Succession • Death • Incapacitated

  17. Outline: The Presidency • Electing a President • Presidential Powers • Presidential Roles • Article I Powers • Article II Power and Duties • Additional Roles • Dealing with Congress • The Modern Presidency

  18. Presidential Roles • Head of State • Chief Executive • Commander-in-Chief • Chief Legislator • Chief of the Party • Voice of the People and…

  19. Article I Powers • Sign a bill into law • Veto • Pocket veto • Overrides FDR

  20. Article II Powers • Commander in chief

  21. Article II Powers • Commander in chief • Request opinions of executive department heads

  22. Article II Powers • Commander in chief • Request opinions of executive department heads • Appointments • Grant Pardons • Except for impeachment • Treaties

  23. Article II Duties • State of the Union address • Convene and adjourn Congress • Receive ambassadors • Faithfully execute the laws

  24. Additional Roles • Head of state

  25. Additional Roles • Head of state • Head of party

  26. Additional Roles • Head of state • Head of party • Voice of the people

  27. Dealing with Congress • Success rates • Midterm Losses

  28. Dealing with Congress • Success rates • Midterm Losses • Divided Government

  29. The Modern Presidency • Cabinet • Executive Office of the President • White House Staff • Vice Presidency

  30. The Cabinet • Fifteen Cabinet departments • President appoints Cabinet secretaries

  31. Agriculture Commerce Defense Education Energy Health and Human Services Housing and Urban Development Interior Justice Labor State Transportation Treasury Veterans Affairs NEW: Homeland Security The Cabinet

  32. The Executive Office of the President (EOP) • Performs management tasks for the president • Office of Management and Budget (OMB) • National Security Council (NSC) • Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)

  33. The White House Staff • Advisors loyal to the president • Not subject to Senate approval

  34. The Vice Presidency • Succeed the president • Presides over the Senate • Balances the ticket

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