Bell Ringer!!!

1. Bell Ringer!!! • Take the question sheet from the shelf and write your name on it. • This will go along with the Student News Daily article I will hand out to begin class. • Once finished: • Cornell Page 295 and pages 298-299.

2. A. Electorate B. Precinct C. Apathy D. Polling Place • Location where voting is carried out • A voting district • All people who are eligible to vote are called… • Reason for not voting

3. Bell Ringer!!!! • If you did not turn in the Student News Daily question sheet yesterday, do that now! • EQ – How is the President selected under the American election system?

4. The Presidential Nomination and Election Process Selecting a President:

5. Bell Ringer!!! • Take the sheets from the pick up shelf. • Take out your notebook and find the section over the Qualifications to become President.

6. Presidential Selection • Stage 1: Caucuses & PrimariesThe Battle for the Party Faithful (Delegates) • Stage 2: Nominating ConventionsDelegates travel to nominate their parties choice • Stage 3: General Election The people vote for who they want the Electors to select. • Stage 4: Electoral College Power to the People?

7. Announcing candidacy & organizing • Candidates officially enter the “race” to the Presidency • Campaign is organized for upcoming events: • Network of workers/volunteers (phone calls, publicity, planners, etc.) • Accounts created for future fundraising abcnews.go.com

8. Pre-primary fundraising, campaigning, and debating • Candidates begin fundraising for the upcoming spring primary/caucus season • Campaigning for the party primary/caucus is in full swing during this time • Debates will be held between the main contenders washingtonpost.com

9. Stage 1: Caucuses • Closed meeting of party members in each state • Delegates select the party’s choice for presidential candidate • Currently used in only six states Barrack Obama campaigns in Iowa

10. Stage 1: Caucuses The Iowa Caucus is the first primary/caucus. Considering Iowa is a relatively small state, why are the Iowa caucuses so important?? Hilary Clinton (D) and Rudy Guilliani (R) campaigning in Iowa

12. Presidential Primary Elections - special elections in which voters select candidates to be the party’s nominee for president in the general election. Stage 1: Primaries • Primary Season - January - June • Who Decides? - State party organizations for the most part decide the rules for the primaries in a particular state. • Types of Primaries: • Closed Primaries • Open Primaries Mitt Romney campaigning in New Hampshire

13. Closed Primary • Voters may vote in a party's primary only if they are registered members of that party

14. Open Primary • A registered voter may vote in any party primary regardless of his or her own party affiliation.

15. Methods of Selecting Presidential Delegates by State Which is most popular? Why??

16. 2008 Open & Closed Primaries Virginia has a “modified open primary”

17. Nationaljournal.com Iowa Caucus • First major electoral event in the election process. • Candidates campaign in Iowa months before the caucus • Ads, paid staffers, and publicity is centered around the many precincts in Iowa • The winner of the Iowa caucus has served as an indication of the person who will win their parties nomination

18. New Hampshire Primary • First primary of election year • Focused upon by candidates • Media attention • Early success in contests / must perform well to continue in race nhhistory.org

19. Importance of Early Caucuses and Primaries • These states are small but play a big role • They do not decide who IS the nominee for each party • They decide who ISN’T the nominee. • They significantly narrow the field of candidates • Iowa • New Hampshire • Nevada • South Carolina

20. Bell Ringer!!!! • Turn in last night’s homework to the tray (that’s the sheet I handed out to you at the end of class yesterday). • Have your Notebook ready to continue with our notes over the Electoral Process.

21. Barack and Michelle Obama at the 2004 Democratic National Convention Stage 2: Presidential Nominating Conventions

22. George W. and Laura Bush at the 2000 Republican Convention Nominating Conventions • An assembly held by political parties every four years • Usually held in late summer before the general election in November

23. Purposes of Nominating Conventions • At the convention the party adopts a platform to unify support behind common goals. • Delegates to the convention elect that party’s nominees for President and Vice-president. 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan

24. Who are Delegates? Delegate - A voting representative to the party nominating convention

25. Pledged delegates are required to vote at the convention based on the popular vote in their state (they have to listen to the people) Pledged Delegates Pledged delegates count during the 2008 Democratic primaries

26. Members of the Democratic Party establishment who serve as unpledged (??) delegates at the party convention They are free to vote for any candidate at the convention (don’t have to listen to the popular vote in their state) Superdelegates

27. Superdelegates By John Trever, The Albuquerque Journal 03/30/2008 http://www.politicalcartoons.com/

28. The speech given at the convention that embodies that party’s core message Extremely important event– can propel a politicians career Do you know who gave the 2004 Keynote Address at the Democratic Convention??? Convention Speeches: The Keynote Address

29. Current President, (Then a Senator) Barrack Obama gives the 2004 DNC Keynote Address

30. Given at the final day of the convention - winning candidate formally accepts the party’s nomination for president Huge media event - Acceptance Address is always televised by the major networks The Acceptance Address 1960 presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon deliver their Acceptance Addresses at their party’s national convention

31. Critics say that party nominating conventions have become nothing more than infomercials. 1992 Democratic National Convention in New York City What do you think?

32. Stage 3: General Election • Candidates ACTIVELY campaign by… • (Basically do ANYTHING that they think will get them more voters)

33. Raise money In the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama raised over $600 million dollars – more than any other candidate ever—most of it through small, single online donations

34. Run ads (TV, radio, mail, internet etc)

35. Participate in Debates

36. Hold rallies and give speeches

37. Stage 4: Electoral College • We’ll talk about it in more detail

38. Check for Understanding • Complete the half sheet exercise explaining all you know about how the President is elected. • Then you have your choice: • Read the article over a conspiracy theory regarding Justice Scalia’s death. • Complete the questions/summary over the first 3 stages of the Electoral Process. • Complete something for another class.

39. Electoral CollegeDecember – After General Election • Distributes votes to states based upon # of senators & representatives • State’s popular vote winner earns all Electoral votes of state • Must earn majority (270) of Electoral votes to win election • Map: 2012 distribution • Used originally to “check” voters (uneducated & uniformed) census.gov

41. C.P. Bell Ringer!!! • Take out the Epstein reading and turn to page 56. • Continue reading to page 76 today (No it is not 20 pages so don’t freak out) • We will have a quiz tomorrow over this section of the reading prior to our discussion.