Fabulous Friday October 23 In your notebook, complete the following: Write today’s date Label this assignment: Opening Activity Make a list of steps that shows how a president gets elected from the primary election to the votes being cast by the electoral college D43

Today’s Agenda Opening Activity Where’s Waldo quiz. Study.com video w/quick write Vocabulary to define and write 2 questions for each term – p. 185 TB Guided Notes

Winning Office - Elections have 2 important parts 1.Nomination Process- Win the primaries Win the party’s nomination at a political convention 2. Campaigning- getting people to vote or be interested in your candidate. Advertising yourself Incumbent- running for the position you currently hold… Benefits?

Nominating Process -Caucus -a meeting of party leaders to decide who will run. (name candidates) -State Convention that provides a place for party members (u and me) to hear speeches and vote for people we think would be good delegates to the National Convention -Convention meeting of party representatives (delegates) to name candidates A national nominating convention is held by each political party, is usually televised --Primary Elections -special election where party members/voters to determine candidates

Primary Elections -Open Primary -primary where any voter can help chose candidates -Closed Primary -primary where only party members are allowed to vote -Closed are most often used to protect the party’s nominees

Presidential Candidates -selected by a combination of all three nominating processes 1.-caucuses – usually held in secret 2.-primaries 3.-National convention

Endorsements -using a famous person to support a candidate **Main type of propaganda** Having the current president support/recommend you People are likely to listen if famous singers or stars tell them to vote a certain way.

Advertising -using the media to campaign - primary method of campaigning -negative advertising (mudslinging/name calling) -- Process of using advertisements that focus on the faults and shortcomings of your opponent rather than your goals

Canvassing -person to person campaigning meet the candidates- door to door -Going on the ”campaign trail” -when a politician travels meeting people. 1 to 1.

Other Methods -symbolism -generalizations -bandwagon

Public Funding -Presidential Candidates get government funding for their campaigns -equal funding-each candidate gets = amount from govt -Party can spend extra on behalf of candidates…almost limitless The FECA (Federal Election Campaign Act) created the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. You can check a box on your federal tax return and contribute $3 of your taxes to the election fund which the US Treasury distributes to eligible candidates.

To be eligible, a presidential candidate trying to win a party’s nomination for president must first raise at least $5000 private contributions in each of 20 states. The candidate then can receive up to a certain amount in matching public funds. To receive public funds, candidates must agree to limit their spending in nomination campaigns. After winning the nomination of their party, presidential candidates who accept public financing cannot accept private contributions. Their campaigns must be paid for only with the public funds they receive.

Public Funding -Presidential Candidates get government funding for their campaigns -equal funding -Party can spend extra on behalf of candidates

Private Funding -private funding is limited in most cases -candidate can spend any amount of their own money -me and you can donate $1,000 to candidate -PAC-- Groups that are formed in order to raise money for candidates running for office--- they are limited to a $5,000 donation to an individual candidate -campaign finance reform- Federal Election Campaign Act to limit political contributions, later replaced with the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, 2002

The BCRA requires every political candidate in federal elections to report the name of each person who contributes $200 or more in a year. The law limits individual contributions to candidates to $2100 for primary elections and another $2100 for general elections. Individuals & groups can make unlimited contributions for advertisements about issues that are not part of a federal candidate’s campaign. These contributions are called “soft money” contributions.