1.  What steps does a person have to take before he or she can be considered one of the final two candidates for president? Copy and Answer

2.  How does power work?  What are the different kinds of government?  What kind of government do we have in the U.S. and how did it get that way?  What are the rights and responsibilities of citizens?  How do political parties work?  Why is voting important?  How does some one get elected?

3.  How are candidates for public office chosen?  What is a primary and why is it important?  How does the nomination process work?

4.  Voter Turnout – The proportion of the eligible voting-age population that actually votes.  Today that U.S. has one of the lowest voter turnouts among the world’s established democracies  Between 50-60% of eligible Americans vote in presidential elections  In European democracies that number is more than 70%

5.  Nomination – Submitting the name of candidate for elective office  A nominee is another name for that candidate  Primary Election – An election which voters determine their political party’s nominee for an elective office Notes p. 61

6.  At each table is a reading about a different step in the nomination process  Complete your reading as a group, fill out the notes in the corresponding section of your worksheet  Then travel around the room to meet people from other groups and find out about their steps  Fill in your worksheet using the information that they tell you When you finish, paste this worksheet as a flap onto p. 61 of your notebook

7.  What part of the nomination process do you think is the most important? Choose from one of the three options below and explain why.  The message/strategy  The money  The supporters Don’t copy, just answer