Voting Review Terms Quiz on Thursday

1. Voting Review TermsQuiz on Thursday • Discrimination • Electorate • Gender gap • Gerrymandering • Independent • Party identification • Political socialization • Poll tax • Split-ticket voting • Straight-ticket voting • Suffrage/franchise • Voting Rights Act (1965) • Impact of participating in government has on public policy • Key Vocab. Terms in Class Discussions

2. Unit 3.2:Electoral Process Nominating Process Elections Money

3. Unit 3: Participating in Government Citizens & Political Parties Voting Electoral Process Media Interest Groups

4. Incumbent • Nomination • Open primary • Plank • Platform • Political Action Committees (PACs) • Super PAC Vocabulary • Candidate • Caucus • Closed primary • Constituents • Convention • Delegates • Direct primary • Elector • Electorate • Electoral College • Electoral Vote • Federal Election Commission (FEC) • General Election • Inauguration Learning Outcomes • Describe the processes for national, state, and local elections. • (Honors) Demonstrate the election process by participating in a mock election for a selected political office.

5. Nominating Process Elections Explained Presidential Election Rap

6. Warm Up:Review Vocab Terms Define the following terms: Bipartisan Partisan Moderate Electorate Compulsory Voting Platform

7. The Election Process Reading Questions • What is the difference between a caucus and a primary election? • What are the objectives of a party’s National Convention? • Which medium (way) do you think is the most effective to gain support for a candidate? Why?

8. Warm Up/Follow Up Answer the following questions based on last class’s activity. • What reasoning did your group use when making the decisions? What do you think real campaign staffs need to consider? • In campaigns, what benefits are there to getting off to an early lead in the polls during a primary race? • What was the point of this activity? What did you learn?

9. Debrief Campaign Simulation Video Clips • Fear – Daisy Commercial; ‘64 Johnson v. Goldwater • Fear – Youth Drugs; ‘96 Clinton v. Dole • Howard Dean in 2004 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwkNnMrsx7Q • NegativeAds • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a34KgTOpg8 (first 5 min) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQAGGJ0-F5I • ImportantCampaignVocabTerms: • Frontloading • Super Tuesday • Daily Show Super Tuesday with Chris Wallace • http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-february-5-2008/chris-wallace (first 4 min) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5X0IHIDXA0 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHknYpCzdl4

10. Warm Up Where do political candidates get their money for campaigning? How much do you think Obama & Romney spent on their 2012 Presidential Campaigns (combined)? Speculate, how can this process lead to corruption? NY Times 2012 Money Race

11. Campaign FinanceMoney & Elections Spending Funding Regulating

12. Campaign Finance: Money & Elections SPENDING Campaigns need money for. . . . What are factorsthat contribute to how much $ is spent on a campaign? Political Office Local/State, HOR, Senate, President Incumbent or Challenger Competitive or not

13. Campaign Finance: Money & Elections FUNDING Small Contributors – 10% of voters $5 to $100 Wealthy Contributors Candidates Ross Perot spent $65 million in ’92 PAC – Political Action Committees FEC – Federal Elections Commission Public Funding

14. Campaign Finance: Money & Elections REGULATIONS Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) Limited political contributions and required public disclosure of contributions & spending Established a system of public funding for campaigns Establish Federal Elections Commission (FEC), regulatory agency in charge of regulating campaign finance legislation in US 6 members (3 Democrats, 3 Republicans) Buckley v. Valeo(1976) Upheld FECA- ruled constitutional

15. Warm Up/Discussion Questions Do you think there should be a limit on how much an individual contributes to a political party or candidate’s campaign? Do you think corporations/businesses should be allowed to contribute to a political party or candidate’s campaign?

16. Campaign Finance: Money & Elections REGULATONS (cont) Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 Aka McCain-Feingold Act Banning Soft Money, $ given to State and local party organizations for voting activities Limiting Hard Money, $ given to candidates that are subject to regulations by the FEC Loopholes were created called “527s” to get around the BCRA.

17. Campaign Finance: Money & Elections REGULATONS (cont) Political Action Committee (PAC) “political committee organized for the purpose of raising and spending money to elect and defeat candidates. Most PACs represent business, labor or ideological interests” (OpenSecrets.org) Give $5,000 to a candidate & $15,000 to a political party

19. Campaign Finance: Money & Elections REGULATONS (cont) Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission(2010) “Supreme Court held that the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting political independent expenditures by corporations, associations, or labor unions.” What does this mean? First Amendment protects individuals’ freedom of speech Corporations have the same rights as people and money is a form of speech. Citizens United v. FEC Video & 2nd Video Do you Agree with this decision? Why or why not?

20. Warm Up • What are 3 factors which contribute to how much $$ is spent on a campaign? • What is the difference between hard and soft money? • Describe the significance of Citizens United v. FEC (2010)?

21. Campaign Finance: Money & Elections REGULATONS (cont) Super PAC - Colbert SUPER PAC May raise unlimited amounts of $$ from corporations, unions, associations and individuals. May spend unlimited amounts of $$ to advocate for or against a political candidate Prohibited to donate money directly to a candidate Must report all transactions to the FEC List of Super PACs Colbert Super PAC Commercials

27. Campaign Finance: Money & Elections Do you think the United States needs Campaign Finance Reform? If so, what is the solution?