Warm-up :

1. Warm-up: • Get the “Propaganda Matching” sheet. Glue it below the Warm-up essays from last class and complete the matching. • Have out your homework on “Campaign Financing” to be graded. • Glue this worksheet on the next right hand page across from your Warm-up essays and Propaganda Matching. • Returned papers- Where do they go? • Debate guide- left hand page after Campaign Finance • Propaganda Analysis – next right hand page

3. Daily Objectives • How has increased campaign costs affected running for political office? • What is “Campaign Finance Reform”?

4. Campaigns Costs

5. Discussion What do you think candidates spend money on in a campaign? How much money do you think they spend per campaign today? Do you think anyone who wants to run for office can afford to? Why or why not?

6. Running for Office • Campaign funds pay for TV ads, airfares, worker salaries, and professional campaign consultants.  • They also pay for computers, phones, postage, and printing costs.  • Local races may cost only a few thousand dollars.  • Congressional races average about $1.5 million.  • A presidential race can cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Section 3-7

7. Let’s look at some campaign funding and expenses! 2008 Presidential Campaign 2012 Presidential Campaign Contributions http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.php?cycle=2008 Expenses http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/expenditures.php?cycle=2008 Expenses • http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/index.php

8. Running for political office is EXPENSIVE The high cost of getting elected has changed the way candidates campaign for elected office.

9. RISING CAMPAIGN COSTS HAVE: Requires candidates to conduct extensive fundraising • To help pay for campaigning

11. Limits opportunities to run for public office • You can’t come up with the money, you can’t run for office.

13. Gives an advantage to wealthy individuals They can afford to put in some of their own money and they have rich friends!

14. Gives interest groups increased influence in public policy They will lobby a candidate with promises of additional money if they help to get the candidate elected and if the candidate supports their issue while in office. It works! Short Safari Montage Video

15. INTEREST GROUPS Defined: groups of people that influence government officials by giving them $ POSITIVES: NEGATIVES:

16. Encourages the development of political action committees (PAC) • They are allowed to donate unlimited amounts of soft money to a campaign. Whereas, individuals and business donations are limited. • http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/index.php?party=A&cycle=2012 • http://www.opensecrets.org/parties/index.php

17. Cash for campaigns Section 3-3

18. By 1972, the government saw the unfairness in the way money was distributed and used for campaigns. The government started Campaign Finance Reform Laws.

19. Political Cartoon

20. These laws- • Are in response to rising campaign costs • Want to reform campaign financing • Establish limits on the amount that individuals may contribute to political candidates and campaigns

21. Campaign Finance Reforms • DID YOU KNOW? • That the government has not placed as many limits on PAC contributions. That is why that group is growing and gives more money. This is called soft money because it does not go to the candidate directly but to the political party who can spend it on the candidate.

22. Why do you think the amount candidates give to their own campaign is the least?

23. Complete today’s lesson Next class • Write a conclusion for today’s lesson and get it stamped. • Refer to the objectives on the board. You can write it on your lined page. • Get a game board and play the “Campaign Finance” Game for the rest of class. VOCAB QUIZ NEXT CLASS • Platform • Mass media • Social media • Public policy • Propaganda • Bias • Editorial • Interest Group • PAC • Soft money Notebooks due next week