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Electoral College, Interest Groups, and PAC’s

Electoral College, Interest Groups, and PAC’s. The Electoral College. What is it? The electoral system in which voters choose electors who pledge to cast their ballots for a particular party’s candidate. Why was it created?

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Electoral College, Interest Groups, and PAC’s

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  1. Electoral College, Interest Groups, and PAC’s

  2. The Electoral College • What is it? • The electoral system in which voters choose electors who pledge to cast their ballots for a particular party’s candidate. • Why was it created? • The founding fathers were not sure that an “uneducated electorate” would be capable of selecting an able leader.

  3. The Electoral College • What does it do? • Formally elects the President of the United States • How does it work? • Each state gets a certain # of electoral votes based on population. • A candidate has to win a majority (270) to win the election. • If there is no majority, the vote goes to the House of Representatives

  4. Pros and Cons of the Electoral College

  5. What do you think?

  6. Interest Groups • What is an Interest Group??? • An organization of people with shared ideas and attitudes who attempt to influence public policy. • How is an interest group different from a political party?

  7. What are some of the different types of Interest Groups? • Economic Interest Groups • Labor unions • Single-Issue Interest Groups • National Rifle Association, Right to Choose • Public Interest Groups • American Heart Association • Foreign Policy Interest Groups • American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)

  8. How do Interest Groups attempt to influence Public Policy? • Mass Mailing • Publicity and Mass Media • Lobbying

  9. Lobbying • Engaging in activities aimed at influencing public officials, especially legislators, and the policies they enact! • Lobbyist • Person who works for a lobbying group

  10. Money and Politics • Political Action Committees • Super PACs • Hard money v Soft Money • McCain- Feingold Act • Campaign Finance Reform • Citizens United v FEC- 2011

  11. Campaign Finance Reform • What is Campaign Finance Reform? • political effort in the United States to change the involvement of money in politics, primarily in political campaigns.

  12. Campaign Finance Reform • F.E.C.(Federal Election Commission) • independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the United States.

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