essential question how do we elect the president?
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The Road to The Election Direct primary In each state party members select people to run in the general electionTRANSCRIPT
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Essential Question
• How do we elect the president?
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The Presidential Election
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The Road to The Election
• Direct primary
• In each state party members select people to run in the general election
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State Primaries
• The candidate with the most votes wins that state
• First primary held in February, last in June
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Nominating Conventions
• States elect delegates to attend the convention where the official nomination occurs
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The General Election
• Democrats• Republicans
• Third Parties
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How Do We Elect the President?
• Is it a direct, popular vote?
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When Do We Vote?
• The Tuesday after the first Monday in November
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The Electoral College
• Created in Article I, Section 2
• Each state will choose electors
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How Many Electors?
• Number of senators plus number of members of the House in Congress
• Plus 3 from the District of Columbia
• 538 total
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Electoral College
• Winner take all system
• The winner of the popular vote in a state gets all electors
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Exceptions?
• Maine and Nebraska
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Electoral College• Meets on the
Monday following the second Wednesday of December
• Ballots cast, official count taken
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Weakness #1
• Winner Take All
• Unfair to those who voted for a losing candidate?
• A candidate may win the popular vote but lose the electoral college vote
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Weakness #2
• Third Party Candidates
• Could prevent a majority voting win by either major party candidate
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No Winner?
• If the election does not give a majority of electoral college votes to one candidate, what happens?
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No Winner?
• The House of Representatives chooses the president
• Each state has one vote
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The Inauguration
• The new president takes office at noon on January 20th of the following year
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Oath of Office
• I do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
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The Inauguration
• Held outside in Washington D.C.
• The new president rides with the outgoing from the White House to the Capitol for the ceremony