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Political parties/voting/campaigning

Political parties/voting/campaigning. Thomas Jefferson. Origins of the 2 party system. Constitution says nothing about political Parties. George W ashington was very much against them.

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Political parties/voting/campaigning

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  1. Political parties/voting/campaigning

  2. Thomas Jefferson

  3. Origins of the 2 party system Constitution says nothing about political Parties. George Washington was very much against them. But 2 of Washington’s cabinet Members, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton started the first political parties because of disagreements they had on how the country should run.

  4. Origins of the 2 party system cont.-Democrats The beginnings of the Democrats Thomas Jefferson started the Democratic Republican Party: which wanted to limit the power of federal government and give more power to the States which was closer to the Citizens. In 1828 under the Leadership of Andrew Jackson the party split and aligned itself with the Democratic Party. The Democrats became the Dominant Party until 1850’s

  5. Origins of the 2 party system cont.-Republicans Alexander Hamilton Believed that Individual rights were at risk if the government was too weak, so he favored a strong nat. govern. and started the Federalist Party (you remember them) From 1816-1828 the Federalist faded away but in 1830 the WHIGS (or National Republicans) rose to challenge the Democrats until the 1850’s

  6. Abraham Lincoln

  7. Origins of the 2 party system cont.-Republicans..cont. 1854 break away Democrats and WHIGS who opposed slavery, formed the REPUBLICAN party. 1860 Abraham Lincoln becomes the first REPUBLICAN President and the 2 (Dems and REP.)have been the 2 major parties ever since

  8. 3rd Parties Ralph Nader

  9. 3rd Parties No 3rd Party has ever won a Presidential election and they rarely win other major elections. They do influence government and social policies by moving the two Major parties to their causes

  10. Types of 3rd Parties Single issue parties- arise not to win elections but promote a social, economic, or moral issue. They (single issue parties)hope to persuade legislators to pass laws that support their ISSUE. The Party may fade away when issue is no longer important

  11. Types of 3rd Parties Ideological parties- focus on changing society in a major way Examples: Socialist Party, Communist Party support government of businesses. Libertarian Party wants very very little government action. To increase individual freedoms Green Party opposes corporations and prefers grassroots decisions.

  12. Other Party systems Most Democracies have multi party systems. 3 or more parties. All parties all represent different views of government. One Party system -The Party and government are the same thing. Only one party the ruling party is allowed to exist. i.e Communist Party Theocracy – Religion and government are the same thing. Decisions are made by religious leaders. All other parties or opposition is outlawed.

  13. VOTING

  14. Voting Voting is an important right of U.S. citizenship. Those who do not vote are failing to carry out a civic responsibility What do I need to be able to vote: A-Be 18 yrs old B-Be a resident of the State you are voting in for a specific period of time C-Register to vote ahead of time usually 25 days B4 election.

  15. Voting Process A-Register to vote B- go to your polling place on election day(determined by where you live) usually town halls, schools, firehouses, public buildings C- if you can’t make it to your polling location the day of the vote you could vote early by absentee ballot. i.e. elderly, military personnel, college students. D- polls are open usually 7 a.m. -7 p.m. E-Vote

  16. Organization of political parties Chart on page 225

  17. Elections Types of elections Primaries: Battle between candidates to gain parties Nomination General elections Elections on issues Special elections

  18. General Election General elections always take place the first Tuesday, after the first Monday in November All seats in the HOUSE OF REPRESENTITIVES and 1/3 of all SENATE seats will be voted on. The Presidential Elections are held every 4 years

  19. Presidential Elections 3 steps 1-Nomination 2-Campaign 3-The vote

  20. Nomination The year or so before Presidential elections Candidates for each party via ( compete ) for their Parties Nomination Campaign-Candidates travel across the country giving speeches, appearing on TV holding news conferences. Anything to get them seen by voters in a good light

  21. Vote Every state has one electoral vote for each U.S. Senator. 2 times 50=100 The total number of ( HOUSE OF REPESENTITIVES) members is 435. Washington D.C. gets 3 electoral votes. Totaling 538 members of the Electoral College Nominee who gets Majority ( 50%+1) of Electoral College, 270 or more is President

  22. Running for President There are 4 parts to every election 1-Candidate 2-Issues 3-Campaign Organization 4-MONEY Without the money you can forget the other 3

  23. Campaigning Canvassing – going door to door advertising / selling your candidate (handing out stuff) Endorsements – famous or popular people supporting and or campaigning for a particular candidate. “The ROCK like President Obama and so should you”

  24. Campaign cont. Advertising and image molding A- Campaign advisors spend a lot of time and money creating the right IMAGE for their candididate. B- money for Ads : allows you to attack an opponent without them getting a chance to respond. C- posters, flyers, radio….

  25. Political Ads

  26. Campaign cont. Television ads are most expensive but the most effective. you can send a quick dramatic emotional plea, attack, image of you or your opponent and it tends to lingers in viewers mind longer.

  27. Campaign Expenses Things you need to pay for while running for any position T.V. time, radio time, airfare, all transportation, salaries for your staff, professional consultants to help make decisions, polling, phone bills, postage, printing costs, computers, internet access

  28. Campaign Expenses cont… Costs ranges for type of elections Small-town mayoral race : few hundred to few thousand dollars A State congressional race : several hundred thousand dollars to several million dollars National congressional races have averaged 1.5 million dollars and some go up to 15 million dollars depending on the race.

  29. Campaign Expenses cont… A Presidential elections can cost hundreds of millions of dollars Candidates with the most money almost always win. Presidential elections The Candidate that collected the most money has won last 7 elections in a row. ( how many years is that?)

  30. Federal Election Campaign Act 1971- passed by congress in an effort to control campaign financing Requires public disclosure of candidates spending Limited the amount of HARD MONEY money donated directly to a particular candidate and or a political party. Tried to limit the amount other individuals and groups could spend on their own.

  31. Federal Election Campaign Act 1974 amendment Created the FEC Federal Election Committee, independent of the Executive Branch ( why is that?) to administer all election laws and monitor campaign spending. Candidates must keep records of all contributions and report all contributions larger than $200 to FEC

  32. Federal Election Campaign Act cont. 1976 Supreme Court ruled in Buckley v. Valeo that the government could set limits on campaign contributions because of a need to stop corruption. (why would there be a need to stop corruption? ) They however did say that it was a violation of free speech to tell candidates how much of their own money they could spend.

  33. Public Funding for campaigns FECA allows voters to contribute to Presidential election Campaigns by checking a special box on their taxes. $3 Candidates can qualify to get some of this money if they collect $100,000 on their own If Candidates don’t get funding from any other sources they can split evenly money from this fund.

  34. SOFT MONEY Most money for Campaigns come from private sources: Individual, corporations, labor unions, interest groups, and POLITICAL ACTION COMITEES (PACS), and the new SUPER PACS PACs are organizations set up by interest groups to collect money to support a favored candidate.

  35. Soft money cont. To get around FECA spending limits are not given to particular campaigns. Instead they PACs give money to the National party or advertise on their own. They never (or at least shouldn’t ) say to vote for or against anyone but they can have images of or names of Candidates in advertisement. In this way there are no spending limits.

  36. Corporations are people • Citizens United v. federal Elections committee The U.S. Supreme court decided that Corporations have 1st amendment rights to free speech. Thusly they cannot be limited in the amount they can spend on political campaigns. • Since they’ve ruled that $$$=Speech, this allows the formation of Super PACS • As long as there is no communication between SUPER PAC and the Campaign they are endorsing

  37. CLOBERT NATION

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