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Warm-ups (10/19)

Warm-ups (10/19). Unit IV Warm-ups List & Describe the 4 types of Third Parties. Chapter 7. The Electoral Process. 7.1 – The Nominating Process. 1st Step: Nomination – the naming of those who will seek office 5 Ways to Nominate

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Warm-ups (10/19)

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  1. Warm-ups (10/19) • Unit IV Warm-ups • List & Describe the 4 types of Third Parties

  2. Chapter 7 The Electoral Process

  3. 7.1 – The Nominating Process • 1st Step: Nomination – the naming of those who will seek office • 5 Ways to Nominate • Self-Announcement – oldest form of the nominating process in American politics. • Example: Ross Perot (1992)

  4. The Nomination Process • Caucus – a group of like-minded people who meet to select the candidates they will support in an upcoming election. • Past: private meeting consisting of a few influential figures in the community • Present: open to all members of a party • Convention – party members meet on the local level  then, county level  then, state level  then, national level

  5. The Nominating Process • Direct Primary – an intra-party election; within a party to pick that party’s candidates for the general election • Closed Primary: party nominating election in which only declared party members can vote • Open Primary: party nominating election in which any qualified voter can take part • Petition

  6. 7.2 - Elections • Early Voting • Absentee Voting: voting by those unable to get to their regular polling places on election day • 3 Groups of Absentee Voting: too ill, traveling on election day, and those serving in the armed forces • Process: apply for the ballot, mark the ballot, seal it, and send it

  7. Elections • Early Voting: casting ballots over a period of several days before the election (not absentee) • Texas is the most liberal on this issue. You can cast your vote up to 17 days before a primary or presidential election

  8. Elections • Coattail Effect: occurs when a strong candidate running for an office at the top of the ballot helps attract voters to other candidates on the party’s ticket. Referred to as “riding the coattails.” • Voting Machines and Innovations • Electronic Vote Counting • Vote-by-Mail Elections • Online Voting

  9. 7.3 – Money & Elections • Campaign Spending • In 2000, the total presidential campaign spending came to $1.5 billion • Imagine…bumper stickers, buttons, mass mailings, websites, travel, etc. • Television advertisements are the costliest of all items - $150,000-$500,000 for one T.V. Spot • The biggest drawback of the need for large amounts of money to campaign is that people who cannot raise the money are denied a chance to be elected.

  10. Money & Elections • Sources of Funding • Private & Public Contributions • Small Contributors: $5-10 • Wealthy Families & Individuals • Candidates: Ross Perot holds the record for the largest amount spent…$65 mil. • Various nonparty groups: from Political Action Committees (PAC’s) • Temporary Organizations

  11. Money & Elections • Regulating Campaign Finance • PAC’s CAN… • Give money to those candidates who are sympathetic to their goals • Give no more than $5,000 to any one federal candidate in an election • Give no more than $15,000 a year to a political party • Campaign Finance Laws • A person/group can contribute unlimited funds to a “voter education” campaign, “issue ads,” and to oppose a candidate

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