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Presidential Election Preview

Presidential Election Preview 1. What are the 2 major political parties in the United States?___________________________________ 2. Who ran against President Obama in the general election in 2008 on the Republican side?__________________________.

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Presidential Election Preview

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  1. Presidential Election Preview 1. What are the 2 major political parties in the United States?___________________________________ 2. Who ran against President Obama in the general election in 2008 on the Republican side?__________________________

  2. 3. What is the difference between partisan, bipartisan, and nonpartisan? This is review! Think about the pictures we drew to show! Partisan Bipartisan Nonpartisan

  3. Elections • Announce Candidacy • Primaries and Caucuses • Campaign Trail • National Convention • General Election

  4. President Obama announced his candidacy in his home state of Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln made a famous speech about ending slavery. 1. Announce Candidacy=make it public that you are running for President

  5. Joe Biden John Edwards Chris Dodd

  6. Mitt Romney Mike Huckabee John McCain Rudy Guiliani Ron Paul

  7. What you are deciding… Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama Mitt Romney or John McCain 2. Primaries or Caucuses=the elections where people choose the BEST Democrat candidate and the BEST Republican candidate separately

  8. Caucuses=MEETING where you TALK with others face-to-face to decide your choicePrimaries=ELECTION where you VOTE for your choice _________ _ ___________

  9. Caucus =MEETING where you DECIDE who should represent the party in the general election

  10. Primaries ELECTION where you VOTE for your choice to represent the party in the general election (can be open or closed)

  11. Democratic Primary Debate

  12. Republican Primary Debate

  13. Primaries can either be OPEN or CLOSED OPEN=ALL registered voters -Ex: Republicans and Democrats can vote for a Republican in an Open Republican Primary in their state CLOSED=ONLY party members can vote Ex: Only Republicans can vote for a Republican in a Closed RepublicanPrimary in their state

  14. 4. Put C for Caucus or P for Primary for the descriptions below. Session where you vote- Session that meets- Private- Public- Face-to-face- Just you- Representative democracy- Direct democracy- Oregon - Closed Primary (5/20). Pennsylvania - Primary (4/22). Rhode Island - Primary (3/4). . South Carolina - Open Primary (1/19-R) (1/26-D). South Dakota - Closed Primary (6/3). Tennessee - Open Primary (2/5). Texas - Semi-Open Primary (3/4) & Closed Caucus (begins 3/4, schedule based on party rules). Utah - Closed Primary (2/5). Vermont - Open Primary (3/4). Virginia - Open Primary (2/12). Washington - Open Caucus (2/9) & Primary (2/19). This is a two step process. West Virginia -Closed Primary (18 Delegates at the State Convention on 2/5 (ask the state party for details), 12 Delegates for the 5/13 Primary). Wisconsin - Open Primary (2/19). Wyoming - Caucus (3/8) Alabama - Open Primary (2/5). Alaska - Caucuses (2/5). Arizona - Closed PPE (2/5). Arkansas - Open Primary (2/5). California - Primary (2/5). Colorado - Caucuses (2/5). Connecticut - Closed Primary (2/5). Delaware - Primary (2/5). District of Columbia - Primary (2/12). Florida - Primary (1/29). Georgia - Open Primary (2/5). Hawaii - Open Caucuses (3/2). Idaho - Open Primary (5/27). Illinois - Primary (2/5). Indiana - Open Primary (5/6). Indiana - Open Primary (5/6). Iowa - Caucus (1/3). Kansas - Caucuses (2/9) Kentucky - Closed Primary (5/20) Louisiana - Caucus (2/9). Deadline (1/11). Maine - Caucuses (February 1 through February 3). Maryland - Closed Primary (2/12). Massachusetts - Semi-Closed Primary (2/5). Michigan - Open Primary (1/15). Minnesota - Open Caucuses (2/5 *). Mississippi - Open Primary (3/11). Missouri - Open Primary (2/5). Montana - Open Primary (6/3). Nebraska - Primary (5/13 *). Nevada - Caucuses (1/19). New Hampshire - Semi-Open Primary (1/8) New Jersey - Primary (2/5). . New Mexico - Republican Primary (6/3). Democrat closed caucus 2/5/08 New York - Closed Primary (2/5). North Carolina - Primary (5/6 *). North Dakota - Open Caucuses (2/5). Ohio - Semi-Open Primary (3/4). Oklahoma - Closed Primary (2/5).

  15. 5. Examples of OPEN and CLOSED primaries. Circle all of the people who can vote. OPEN: New Hampshire’s Republican Primary a. Republicans b. Democrats c. Independents d. Anybody can vote CLOSED: North Carolina’s Democratic Primary a. Republicans b. Democrats c. Independents d. Anybody can vote OPEN: Georgia’s Democratic Primary a. Republicans b. Democrats c. Independents d. Anybody can vote CLOSED: Colorado’s Republican Primary a. Republicans b. Democrats c. Independents d. Anybody can vote

  16. 6. What do candidates need to do on the campaign trail to try and get votes? 3. Campaign Trail=where the Presidential candidates for each political party travel around America and try to convince voters to vote for them

  17. Use your plain folks appeal!

  18. 4. National Convention=an event where each political party officially announces their BEST presidential candidate and has a celebration

  19. RNC 2008

  20. Debates: held during primaries and during the general election What political party are both of these candidates from? So was this debate during the primaries or the general election?

  21. What political parties are represented here?

  22. 5. General Election=the FINAL election where Americans vote for the BEST PRESIDENT (choose between the Democrat and Republican)

  23.  How are primaries/caucuses different from the general election?

  24. Voting in the General Election… Straight Ticket=on your ballot, you can check a box that votes for all candidates in ONE political party Split Ticket=on your ballot, you can vote for both Democrats and Republicans

  25. 12. Illustrate the difference between a straight and split ticket.

  26. The Electoral College

  27. Electoral College Map

  28. I. Electoral College Background a. Electoral College=group of representatives who elect the President and the VP   -We vote for an ELECTOR to vote for the candidate we want

  29. -Fill in the blanks: This means that the American public (DOES/DOESN’T) actually vote for the President and the VP in the (PRIMARY/GENERAL) election

  30. b. Number of Electors Per State= # of Representatives + # of Senators (from HoR) -Note: Electors are NOT the same people as Senators and Representatives!

  31. 3.Electoral College Math

  32. 4. Why does CA have so many Electors? Why does WY have so few?

  33. c. There are 538 total Electors…HOW? ­ 435 + 100 + 3 = 538 US Reps Senators ? Electors d. President must get 270 electoral votes to WIN

  34. 5. Where do the 3 “extra votes” come from? Think about the 23rd amendment… 6. True or False: Electoral College members are the same people as Senators and Representatives ______________________

  35. II. How Do Electors Choose? a. First: Regular people vote for who they want to be President in the general election   -This is called the popular vote because the whole USAvotes for who they want to be president.

  36. 7. When do American voters make the popular vote? 8. REVIEW: Fill in the chart below for each political party.

  37. b. Second: The popular vote is calculated in each state separately and the “winner takes all” of the electoral votes for the state -Winner takes all: The candidate who wins the majority of the votes in a state wins all of that state’s electoral college votes.

  38. -Winner Take All: In each state, the candidate with the MOST popular votes will win (SOME/ALL) of the electoral vote*

  39. 9. Examples of Winner Take All: 10. Quick Question: Why do the percentages NOT add up to 100% for each state above?

  40. 11. *What two states are an exception to the “winner takes all” approach? What does this mean? Nebraska Maine

  41. -The winner does not need a majority; he just needs a plurality of votes. -Plurality=Receive the most number of votes -Majority=Receive at least 50% of vote

  42. 12. Plurality v. Majority

  43. c. Third: The Electoral votes are added up across the country -The candidate who gets the majority (over 50%) of the Electoral Votes becomes the President!

  44. 13. REVIEW: Fill in the chart below:

  45. IV. Polls -how we measure public opinion and see what people think people fill out a survey -Exit polls=surveys we give to people after they vote see who they voted for

  46. 14. Why do we give exit polls? 15. Does everyone take an exit poll after voting?

  47. Special Interests and Lobbying

  48. I. Special Interest Groups a. Public policy=government actions to meet society’s goals and needs BUT…Americans don’t all have similar goals, needs, or wantsso how does the government decide what actions to take?? The gov’t listens to citizens, political parties, and special interest groups

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