Warm Up – March 4 Answer the following questions on a post it: 1. Define the following terms: Endorsement, Canvassing, Propaganda, Image Molding 2. What is Gerrymandering? 3. How can gerrymandering be considered an issue of federalism?
Unit 3: Political parties and elections Electoral College
Popular Vote Popular Vote – vote of the citizens of the country Presidents are NOT elected by the popular vote
Electoral College An elector is one of the people chosen from each state and the District of Columbia who formally select the president and vice-president The Group of all the electors is called the Electoral College
Electoral College Total of 538 Electoral Votes – each state has a number of electors equal to the number of senators and representatives it has in Congress (NC has 15 electoral votes) New York – 29 California – 55 Florida – 29 Texas – 38 Washington DC - 3 A candidate must receive 270 electoral votes to win
North Carolina – 15 Electoral Votes
Electoral College Map
2000 Presidential Election Popular Vote Republican - George W. Bush 50,456,062 (47.87%) Democrat - Al Gore 50,996,582 (48.38%) Electoral College Republican - George W. Bush 271 Democrat - Al Gore 266 Winner: George W. Bush
2016 Presidential Election Popular Vote Democrat - Hillary Clinton – 65,853,516 (48.5%) Republican - Donald Trump – 62,984,825 (46.4%) Electoral College Democrat – Hillary Clinton – 232 votes Republican – Donald Trump – 302 votes Winner: Donald Trump
Voting You are only voting on parties you are not in competition with – List the candidate name and then vote on the following: 1. Quality of each group’s pamphlet and explanation of their campaign platform – 10 pts. 2. Quality of the group’s poster – effort and if you think the poster would help draw people in to vote for their candidate – 10 pts. 3. Quality of the group’s speech – is it persuasive? Do you think the group did a good job explaining their candidate’s positions on the major issues? – 10 pts. 4. Quality of the group’s campaign ad/commercial – is the video persuasive? Does it explain the candidate’s stance on the major issues? – 10 pts. TOTAL Points out of 40 – highest total for each party receives your vote
TOD – March 4 Answer the following questions on the same post it as the warm up: 1. Why do you think the United States has an electoral college? 2. Do you think the United States should still have an electoral college?