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I. Election Campaigns• National elections are held
every two years • All members of the House of
Representatives are elected • 1/3rd of the Senate is elected
every two years
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A. Electing the President
•Election Day – First Tuesday after the first Monday in November
•Electoral College – People from each state who actually elect the president
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• Number of electors is equal to the number of Senators and Representatives from each state + for D.C.
• 270 – Number of electoral votes a candidate must win to become president
• If a candidate wins the 11 largest states they become the next president
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B. Original System
• Founders did not want common people voting for the president
• Believed they were uneducated and uninformed
• In early elections no popular vote was even counted – Electors got to vote for two people
• Person who received the most voted became president
• Runner-up became vice-president – Problem?
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• Twelfth Amendment (1804) – Electors cast separate votes for the president and vice president
• If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the House chooses the next president
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C. Electoral College Today• Popular vote in each state determines
who win the electoral votes• Winner-Takes-All – Party that
receives the most votes receives all electoral votes of that state
• Nebraska and Maine are the only exceptions to this rule
• Candidates who win the popular vote are not guaranteed to win the presidency
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NO Way vs. It’s Time
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Presidents Who Lost the Popular Vote
•John Quincy Adams (1824)•Rutherford B. Hayes (1876)•Benjamin Harrison (1888)•George W. Bush (2000)
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I like the Electoral College how about
You?
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D. Financing Campaigns
• 2008 – 4.7 billion dollars were spent by the presidential and congressional candidates – Most in US history!
• Each individuals is only allowed to donate $2000 dollars to a candidate
• Soft Money – Money raised by a political party for a general purpose – not directly given to a candidate – NO LIMIT
• Political Action Committees – (PACs) – Organizations established by interest groups to support candidates
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Question• What controls, if any, do you think
should be placed on the financing and running of election campaigns?