1. 21st Century Campaigns

2. Expansion of the Franchise
Property - Jacksonian Democracy
Race - 15th Amendment / VRA 1965
VRA 1965 alive and well in 2012! [LINK]
Sex - 19th Amendment
Age - 26th Amendment
US Senators - 17th Amendment
District of Columbia - 23th Amendment
Poll Tax - 24th Amendment

3. Primaries Primary Elections Run Off Primary
Purpose and vote required
Open and Closed
Run Off Primary
Blanket Primary (Wide Open, Jungle, Cajun)
Unconstitutional- California Democratic Party v. Jones (2000)
"Top Two Primary System" - Facially Constitutional - Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party et al. (2008)
Presidential Caucus

4. Presidential Nominations
Caucus and Primary
"Texas Two Step"
Iowa and New Hampshire
Front Loading [LINK]
Delegate Allocation
National Convention
Superdelegates
Who are the Delegates?
Campaign Strategies

6. Electoral College Electors per state Winner Take All Strategy
Swing States
Show formula
Show proptionality
Swing states

7. State
Population
Electors
Residents/Elector
Weight
California
37,253,956 55
677,344
.86
North Carolina
9,535,483 15
635,698
.92
Oklahoma
3,751,351 7
535,907
1.09
Alaska
710,231 3
236,743
2.49
United States
313,544,041
538
582,795
1.00

8. Campaign Finance Public Financing Soft Money PACs Bundling 527s
Swift Boat Veterans [LINK]
Citizens United v. FEC (2010) [LINK]
Super PACs [Link]

9. Congressional Elections
Coattails
Midterm Elections
Districting
Malapportionment
Gerrymandering
Safe Districts
Incumbency Advantage
Lower Turnout for Midterm Elections

10. Higher Voter Turnout
Income
Sex
Age
Education
Race
"Joiners"

11. US Voter Turnout vs Other Counties
Registration
Compulsory Voting