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1. CH 13, pp. 354 to 384

   The Executive Branch
2. Chief executive 354 the power to carry out the operation of the United States government The White House…… Museum/reception center Executive Offices (West Wing) location
3. Chief of state 354 the president is the ceremonial leader of the US Dignity and majesty Greet foreign leaders Open nationalevents Greetings at the White House
4. Commander in chief 355 the president’s role as ultimate leader of the US military. Over the years, Congress has given more power to the president over the military and in taking military action. Buried as a military leader
5. Chief legislator 355 though the president cannot vote on a law, He can…. Initiate, suggest, request, insist, and demand legislation be made by Congress. Clip shows Barack Obama’s request for legislation to cut four trillion dollars from the national debt….. 09/19/2011 Would raise tax burden of rich By removing tax breaks and loopholes President Obama’s To-do list for 2014 (considering Republicans will not allow any legislation he wants).
6. Chief administrator 355 president is the ultimate director of the entire bureaucracy.
7. Chief diplomat 355 the president’s role as head spokesman for Americawith the international community.
8. Chief citizen 355 the president’s role of servant to and representative of the public interest. The moral leader of America. Richard Nixon (play through actual folder)
9. Presidential succession Act of 1947 360 Congressional law fixing the order of succession to the presidency, should it be vacated….. Vice President Speaker of the House of Representatives President pro-tem of the Senate Secretary of State So on down the Cabinet.
10. Balance the ticket 362 the presidential nominee selects a person to run as vice president to strengthen his/her chance of being elected. Usually has little or nothing to do with whether the vice president would make a good president.
11. Presidential electors 365 selected during the presidential election. They decide who will be the president Today, many are selected by state legislatures, without public input. Depending on which party wins in that state, all the electors will vote for that presidential candidate. Actually takes a few months AFTER the November popular election.
12. Electoral college 366 the group of people chosen from each state and DC to formally select the President.
13. Presidential primary 2/20 369 an election in which a state’s voters decide….. Some or all of their party’s delegates to the national convention Who will receive their party’s presidential nomination.
14. Winner-take-all 371 The victorious candidate automatically wins support of all the delegates chosen at the primary or in an election. For the presidential nomination in the presidential election regarding the electoral college
15. Proportional representation 371 nomination system used at the Democratic convention. Each candidate wins a number of state delegates according to the percentage of the vote they won. Democratic Primary, 2008 Clinton 51.9% Obama 43.2% How did PR actually help Obama?
16. Platform 373 A political party’s formal statement of basic principles. Major policy stands Objectives for the campaign and beyond Which party? (platforms of Republican and Democrat parties, 2012) answers
17. Keynote address 373 the most powerful and meaningful speech made at political party’s convention. Glorifies the party Its history Its leaders Its programs Criticize the opposition parties
18. Electorate 383 The large group of people who can cast votes in an election.
19. Hwk Concepts, Class Work, to Know
20. EC Concepts Explain the President’s role as…. chief of state (3) the president is the ceremonial leader of the US Dignity and majesty Greet foreign leaders Open national events
21. EC Explain the President’s role as…. chief of party (3) Acknowledged leader of the party Role depends on the personality of the president. Most presidents allow party to run itself through the committee RNC DNC
22. EC Explain the President’s role as…. chief citizen (2) the president’s role of servant to and representative of the public interest. The moral leader of America.
23. EC What are three formal qualifications to become President? (2) Natural born citizen At least 35 years old Lived in the US at least 14 years
24. EC Explain the 22nd Amendment (2) To limit the tenure of any president to two terms In the case of succession, 10 years total
25. EC Explain the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 and the order of succession (5) To fix the order of succession, after the vice president. Speaker of the House President pro tem of the Senate Secretary of State Down the Cabinet departments
26. EC How is presidential disability determined? (2) By a written declaration by the Vice President Or by a written declaration by the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet
27. EC How do vice-presidential candidates “balance the ticket”? To strengthen the presidential candidate’s chances of being elected by virtue of certain desirable characteristics of the vice presidential candidate. ie: people who would support the VP candidate for different reasons, will more likely vote for the Presidential candidate as well…..
28. EC What are three official duties of the vice-president? (3) Preside over the Senate Help decide presidential disability Assume the presidency should the president become disabled or assassinated.
29. EC How has the vice-presidency changed in recent decades? (3) Depends on the president, but VPs have been given more duties over the decades Diplomatic Political Since the 1960s, VP has been head of NASA
30. EC Why were most Framers opposed to selecting the President by popular vote? They felt it would be too disorderly
31. EC Why were most Framers opposed to Congress selecting the President? They felt it would give Congress too much power over the President
32. EC Outline the original provisions for the electoral college (4) The president and vice president would be chosen by a body of presidential electors Electors would cast two votes for a different candidate Candidate with most votes would become president. Second most votes would be vice president
33. EC Explain how the Framers expected presidential electors to vote? They expected electors to vote as “free agents”, who would think intelligently on each candidate.
34. EC How did the election of 1800 change the presidential election process? (3) It introduced party nominations It stipulated that presidential electors pledge to vote for their party’s presidential ticket (not think freely). Introduced automatic casting of votes in line with those pledges.
35. EC How are delegates to each party’s national conventions selected? (2) State primaries Caucus-conventions
36. EC How is proportional representation different from the winner-take-all system? (2) Proportional representation rule says that any candidate who wins at least 15% of the votes cast in a primary gets an equal number of delegates to the vote. Winner-take-all awards all delegates to the candidate with the most primary votes.
37. EC Are hard-fought primaries common to the party in power or out of power? Explain. (2) Because in the President’s party, the president will usually get his/her way Either by running for reelection or backing a successor.
38. EC Is the electoral college functioning the way the Framers intended? Explain (2) No. It is functioning as a “rubber stamp”, by automatically voting for the winning candidate.
39. EC List twoweaknesses of the electoral college Winner of the popular vote is not guaranteed the presidency Any election has the potential to be decided in the House of Representatives
40. EC Compare the following solutions for the electoral college: District plan Electors are chosen in the same way as members of the House of Representatives
41. EC Compare the following solutions for the electoral college: Proportional plan Each candidate receives the same share of a state’s electoral vote as he or she receives in the popular vote
42. EC Compare the following solutions for the electoral college: Direct popular election plan The people vote directly for the President and Vice President…..NO electoral college.
43. EC Compare the following solutions for the electoral college: National bonus plan A national pool of electoral votes would be awarded to the winner of the popular vote Added to the regular electoral votes
44. For direct popular election. (3) Would be democratic Easy to understand Easy to carry out Against direct popular election. (3) Would lessen the role of the states Could lead to voter fraud Would require a hard-to-pass constitutional amendment Cite reasons for and against direct popular election.
45. Electoral College In a nutshell
46. EC Suppose you are a party member asked to help draft a keynote speech for the national convention. List three to five questions you would ask to help you write the speech. What is the best thing we can say about our party and our candidates? What are the weaknesses of the opposition? How can we promote party unity? How can our ideas meet the desires of the electorate?
47. EC The text states that "the electors go through the form set out in the Constitution . . . but their behavior is a far cry from its original intent." Cite evidence to support or refute this statement (4) Next page…..
48. Answer there are a number of electors from each State equal to the total number of members of Congress from that State. These electors do cast the votes for the President, the votes are counted before a joint session of Congress, and the provisions for ties are followed. The Constitution does not require that electors vote for a particular candidate. The intention of the Framers was that the electors exercise independent judgment based on their experience. Yet on only nine occasions have the electors voted for a different candidate from the one the people of their State voted the electors to act on behalf of.
49. p. 366 Question (Interpreting charts) By electoral votes…. Person receiving the second most votes. Stopped after 1800.
50. p. 366 Question It resulted in a tie, even though one candidate got most of the popular vote
51. p. 367 Question The northeastern states were all Federalist The southern states were mostly entirely Democratic-Republican.
52. p. 369 Question The are bustling cities with good convention facilities, transportation, lodging, entertainment possibilities.
53. p. 372 2/21 Question That they get a disproportionate amount of media and political attention.
54. p. 378 Questions No Voters choose slates of electors Based on which candidate the electors are pledged to.
55. p. 380 Question Because they could decide a close race, candidates wage an all-out “war” to win the votes in those states.
56. P 381 Questions A. in Florida, Gore and Bush had almost the same number of popular votes, But the winner-take-all factor resulted in Bush receiving all electoral votes. B. Nader’s candidacy may have taken votes away from Gore As well as the Socialists…..