1. The President and the Executive Office
Ch 14 AP Government

2. The Prez vs a Prime Minister
Elected by people
Outsider
Cabinet is outsiders
Unified/divided
Elected from legislature
Insiders
Cabinet are politicians
Guaranteed unified

3. Divided/Unified
Keep an eye on Gridlock
Checks and Balances

4. Had to balance the power of the Office
Early on…The Framers…
Fear of a monarch
Tool of Congress
Had to balance the power of the Office

5. Traditions, traditions, traditions
Most power became defined by the President (Washington)
Most powers were boldly taken
Traditions became policy
The early period

6. Designed to keep the “common” people from actually choosing
The Electoral College
Designed to keep the “common” people from actually choosing
You vote for electors who elect the President
Intention was for the House to choose often?

7. Electoral College numbers
538
Need 270 to win
Ohio=18 (Reps+Senators)

8. The Intent of the EC
No one would get 270—regional candidates would divide the vote
The House would have to choose
Election of 1800=Monkey wrench

9. The vote that wouldn’t end The Duel The 12th Amendment
Election of 1800
TJ, AB, AH
The vote that wouldn’t end
The Duel
The 12th Amendment

10. Jackson Give your buddies a job Patronage/Spoils System
Kept the Democrats in office for 40 or so years
Congress is more powerful than the President over this time period

11. Civil War gives him power Start of Republican Presidents
Lincoln
Civil War gives him power
Start of Republican Presidents
Congress control reconstruction however

12. Hoover/FDR Hoover fails to control fiscal policy
The Depression gives way to FDR
The office gains much strength
Still strong today

13. Nixon Vietnam/Foreign Policy divide the nation
Republicans take back the White House
Hold a slight edge today
(the divided era)

14. Tradition, tradition, tradition…
What Power?
Page 379
Tradition, tradition, tradition…

15. 3 official requirements: Natural born, 14 year resident, 35
The Constitution
3 official requirements:
Natural born, 14 year resident, 35

16. The Roles…. Chief___ Executive Citizen Administrator Diplomat
Commander in Chief
Of Party
Legislator
Of State

17. The Benefits 24 hour -medical -secret service -staff in WH $400,000
$200,000 retirement
Limos
Helicopters
Planes
A yacht
Camp David
$50,000 expense acct.

18. Jefferson Truman Grant Monroe Reagan
The famous
FDR Kennedy
Lincoln Washington
Jefferson Truman Grant
Monroe Reagan

19. The infamous
Buchanan Ford Hoover
A. Johnson Polk
L. Johnson Harrison

20. The Impeached
A. Johnson
Clinton

21. Cabinet White House Office Executive Office Agencies
The help
Cabinet
White House Office
Executive Office
Agencies
Independent Agencies
Page 381—the set-up

22. The party loyalists outside of DC Washington DC politicians
3 Audiences
The people
The party loyalists outside of DC
Washington DC politicians

23. Uphold the Constitution…
The job…
Uphold the Constitution…
Party leader, Chief citizen, Commander in Chief, Chief Executive, Chief Administrator, Chief Diplomat, Chief Legislator

24. Character counts (as Clinton found out and Kennedy avoided)
The man…
Character counts (as Clinton found out and Kennedy avoided)
Be careful of the company you keep (GW Bush)
Watch what you say (Nixon)

25. 3 ways to show power Veto’s Executive privilege (questionable)
Don’t spend the money (illegal)

26. The 1st term sets up the 2nd Only time to really shine
The Program
The 1st term sets up the 2nd
Only time to really shine
Checked by budget process
2nd=Lame duck
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27. The real Power The Amendments
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