3 presidential elections part i

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”

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“Iowa Caucuses”

Caucus

Caucus

“General Election”

“Caucus” vs. “Primary”

“Caucus”

“Nominee”

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Primary

Primary

“General Election”

“Primary”

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“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)