Bell Ringer Take the question sheet from the

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.

A. Electorate B. Precinct C. Apathy D. Polling Place 1. Location where voting is carried out 2. A voting district 3. All people who are eligible to vote are called… 4. Reason for not voting

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?

Selecting a President: The Presidential Nomination and Election Process

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

Presidential Selection Stage 1: Caucuses & Primaries The Battle for the Party Faithful (Delegates) Stage 2: Nominating Conventions Delegates 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?

Announcing candidacy & organizing abcnews. go. com • 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

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

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

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

Stage 1: Primaries Presidential Primary Elections - special elections in which voters select candidates to be the party’s nominee for president in the general election. § 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: ü Closed Primaries ü Open Primaries Mitt Romney campaigning in New Hampshire

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

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

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

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

Iowa Caucus Nationaljournal. c om • 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

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

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

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.

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

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

Purposes of Nominating Conventions 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan 1. At the convention the party adopts a platform to unify support behind common goals. 2. Delegates to the convention elect that party’s nominees for President and Vice-president.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Participate in Debates

Hold rallies and give speeches

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

Check for Understanding • Complete the half sheet exercise explaining all you know about how the President is elected. • Then you have your choice: 1. Read the article over a conspiracy theory regarding Justice Scalia’s death. 2. Complete the questions/summary over the first 3 stages of the Electoral Process. 3. Complete something for another class.

Electoral College December – 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

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.