3 presidential elections part i
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Presidential Elections Part ITRANSCRIPT
Unit V Lesson 3
Presidential Elections Part I
Essential Question:
• How are rules or laws that govern the election process beneficial to the citizens of America?
• What are the most important factors in determining the outcome of an election?
A U.S. Resident for At Least 14 Years
“Natural-Born Citizen”
Unit IV“Informal”
Harder
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Declare Your Candidacy
7 2012“Primary Election”
“I’m _____ and I’m Running for President!”
“Primary Debates”
What’s the MOST important thing a candidate needs to be doing at this
point?
Raising Money
“Special Interest Groups”
Most of the money raised by presidential candidates during the primary phase comes from Political Action Committees: Organizations created
by “Special-Interest Groups” to elect candidates they agree with
“Special Interest Groups”
“Bribery”
“Special Interest Groups”
“Special Interest Groups”
“PACs”
“Special Interest Groups”
“PACs”
Political Action Committees
Special Interest Groups
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“Primaries”
“Split the Party”
“Primary”
Step 1 in the Presidential Election Cycle: Primary Elections and Caucuses
“Primary Election”
“General Election”
Presidential primaries take place on a state-by-state basis and last from January to June in election years
“General Election” “Primary Election”
2012
“Iowa Caucuses”
Caucus
Caucus
“General Election”
“Caucus” vs. “Primary”
“Caucus”
“Nominee”
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Primary
Primary
“General Election”
“Primary”
2/50
“PrimaryElection”
“Primary”
“Nominee”
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Political Action Committees or “PACs” were formed to allow unions, corporations, and
other organizations to:
A. Run their own members for political office
B. Contribute money to the candidate or candidates of their choice
C. Coordinate local get-out-the vote campaigns
D. Organize protests, demonstrations, and other acts of civil disobedience
Homework!!!
Textbook Pages: 192-208
Graphic Novel Pages: (None)