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Chp. 10: Political Campaigns and
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In the course of reading this lesson and participating in the classroom activity, students will
a. identify ways in which voting rights in the United States have expanded over time and
identify the current
b. qualifications for voting.
c. analyze the process for nominating candidates at all levels of government.
d. plan for and participate in a debate of current political issues.
e. identify how elections are funded and how funding is regulated.
f. analyze party identification and voter behavior in the United States.
Preview
1. What process would you have to follow if you wanted to be the president of Interact, SCA, KEY, or whatever club
you may be a part of?
The Nomination Process
1. Why do people need to be nominated for office?
a. Nomination –
b. Candidates compete for their party’s nomination in
c.
General elections are when a party’s nominee
2. What kind of primaries are there?
a.
get to decide when and how to conduct primary elections
b. Closed Primary –
c.
Notes
Open Primary –
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Closed Primary
Open Primary
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d. Runoff Primary –
e. Nonpartisan Primary –
f.
Caucus –
3. What are the steps to secure the party’s nomination?
a.
: Gather a group of advisers to evaluate
chances for election. Test the waters to determine the level of public support.
b.
: most candidates “
” their
candidacy; some wait to be drafted into the race by supporters.
c.
: Recruit volunteers and hire campaign professionals.
Set up staff, consisting of a campaign manager, public opinion pollster, media consultant, fundraising
specialist, accountants, lawyers, and press secretary. Set up offices in every state.
d.
– running a campaign costs a lot of money; dial for dollars
and hold fundraisers. Set up direct mailings and Web site for fundraising. Some
was
spent on the 2012 presidential election campaigns
e.
: Develop a strategy for the primaries and caucuses
that includes tone, theme, and targeting.
f.
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g.
h. Attend the national convention:
4. What is another nominating method?
Campaigning in General Elections
1. What are some examples of general elections?
a. presidential election:
b. midterm election:
c.
off-year election:
2.
3. Candidates have to travel and remain in the public eye
a. stump speech:
b.
4. Getting Out the Vote
a.
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b. polling place:
c.
absentee ballots –
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5. battleground states:
6. electoral vote:
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7. The Administration of Elections
a. Democratic governments cannot succeed, unless elections are
8. Extent of Federal Control
a. Election law is.
b. Federal Election Day the first
9. The Coattail Effect
a.
10. What is an Australian Ballot?
a.
b. Lists all names of
c.
Given out only at polls,
d.
11. What is a Party-Column Ballot?
a. The party-column ballot lists
12. Sample Ballots –.
Campaigning in General Elections
1. What are some sources of funding?
a. small contributors – $5 or $10
b. wealthy individuals and families: can afford to give large donations
c.
candidates – Perot spent $65 Million in 2000
d. nonparty groups –.
e. temporary organizations formed just to fund the campaign
f.
fund raisers -
g. public funding:.
2. Why do people give?
a. believe in candidate
b. access to government
c.
may want to be appointed to public office
d. organizations want laws passed
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3. What is the Federal Election Commission?
a. The FEC is independent agency within the executive branch
b.
c.
d.
e.
4. What do candidates who receive money have to disclose or report?
a. no individual or group can make a
in the name of another
b. cash gifts of more than $100 are
c.
all contributions to a
for federal office must be made through a single campaign committee
d. all
of more than $200 must be identified
e. contributions over $
must be reported to the FEC within 48 hours
5. Limits on Contributions
a. no one person can give more than $
in a primary or general election, $
to a
PAC or $25,000 to a national committee
b. individuals cannot give more than $
total every two years
6. PAC Contributions
a. neither
can directly contribute to a PAC
b. PACs cannot give more than $5000 per election to one candidate in a general election (can also give $5000
for the primary)
c.
PACs contributed over $400 million into the 2000 presidential and congressional elections
7. Public/Government Funding
a. presidential candidates can receive money from the
for their campaigns
b. if they use FEC money during the primaries, they cannot spend more than
c.
they always choose
d. if they use FEC money during the general election, they cannot spend more than $
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George W. Bush spent $292,608,801 during the primaries and $74,620,000 during the general election
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John Kerry spent $251, 616, 288 during the primaries and $74,620,000 during the general election
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8. Loopholes in the Law
a. hard money –
b. soft money –
a.
c.
there was just over $500 million raised total in the 2000 campaign
Independent Campaign Spending -
d. Issue Ads
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$6 billion was spent on the 2012 presidential election campaigns. On average, winning candidates for a seat in the
House of Representatives spent $1.5 million each. Winners of each Senate seat spent an average of $9.7 million. In
future elections, the cost will likely be even higher
Voter Behavior
1. age: .
2. education: .
3. income: .
4. party affiliation:
5. issues:
6. candidate characteristics:
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Glossary Chp. 10
Directions: Fill in the definition for the term listed. Then, in the box on the right, you have to draw a picture OR
write the definition in your own words OR write a sentence using the word that demonstrates its meeting.
Plurality
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Processing (Illustration, Summarization, or Sentence)
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Winner-Take-All System
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Suffrage (yes, again)
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Processing (Illustration, Summarization, or Sentence)
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Primary Election
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Processing (Illustration, Summarization, or Sentence)
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General Election
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Open Primary
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Closed Primary
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Processing (Illustration, Summarization, or Sentence)
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Glossary Chp. 10
Directions: Fill in the definition for the term listed. Then, in the box on the right, you have to draw a picture OR
write the definition in your own words OR write a sentence using the word that demonstrates its meeting.
Caucus
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Processing (Illustration, Summarization, or Sentence)
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Party Base
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Processing (Illustration, Summarization, or Sentence)
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Presidential Elections
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Processing (Illustration, Summarization, or Sentence)
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Midterm Elections
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Processing (Illustration, Summarization, or Sentence)
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Off-year Elections
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Processing (Illustration, Summarization, or Sentence)
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Soft Money
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Processing (Illustration, Summarization, or Sentence)
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Super PACs
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Summary
DIRECTIONS: Choose only one of the following:
a) write a summary (25-75 words) of what you believe was the most important aspect of the notes/lecture
b) write what you believe to be the most interesting or memorable part of the notes/lecture (25-75 words)
c) draw something that symbolizes the notes/lecture to you (has to be different than your title page)
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