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Presidential Nominations and Elections
Profiling/Searching

Chelsea Assing, Jessica Barta Lam, Jesse Levine-Spound, James Thomas

Presidential Nominations

Presidential primaryChooses the candidates in each party

National ConventionsWhere presidential / vice presidential candidates are chosen

Key Note AddressA speech given by a party leader to support the nomination of a certain candidate

Presidential Nominations Continued

Selection of DelegatesTwo campaigns of presidency Battle between Democrats vs. Republicans

Convention of Delegates

Federalism is reflected through the selection of delegates

Elections

People do not vote directly for any presidential candidates. They vote to elect presidential electors in the Electoral College.

The Constitution states that a state has as many electors as it has members of Congress

Electors today are really just rubber stamps, meaning that they automatically vote for their partys candidate

In every state the electors are chose by popular vote of the people

Elections Continued

The electoral college votes are counted by the President of the Senate before a joint session of Congress

The candidate with the most electoral votes is declared President. The Constitution states that the candidate with the second most votes becomes the vice president. However, now Presidential candidates choose their own running mates during the elections

Elections Cont.

The Electoral College system is plagued by 3 defectsThe winner of the popular vote is not guaranteed the presidency

Electors are not required to vote in accordance with the people of their state by whom they were elected

Any election might have to be decided in the House of Representatives

Elections Cont.

Many people have proposed the district plan. This is where 2 electors would be chosen by their state for each state and cast the votes in their election according to their states popular vote.

The proportional plan has also been proposed. With this plan, each presidential candidate would receive the same share of electoral votes in a state as he received in the states popular vote. This fixes the idea of winner takes all.

The most common proposal made, and the one that is most widely supported, is the direct popular election. This would get rid of the electoral college completely and provide for a direct popular vote of the people for president

Presidential Nominations Views on Profiling/Searching Rights

Matt Snyder (Republican) Civil Liberty Support

Rick Santorum (Republican) Supports certain measures taken since 9/11 (opposed by most)

Ron Paul (Republican) Believes war on terror has nothing to do with civil rights

Newt Gingrich (Republican) considers ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) destructive to rights, believes rights come from God

RJ Harris (Libertarian) Constitution applies regardless, apposes discrimination

Barack Obama (Democratic) Agrees with abundance of public surveillance, against hate/racial crimes and profiling

Presidential Nominations Views on Profiling/Searching Rights (cont.)

Danny Woodring (Independent) Support of Constitution and Bill of Rights towards civil rights

Gary Johnson (Republican) Wants the government out of civil lives

Mitt Romney (Republican) Believes the US is to be equal to all except those who preach terror, and those people may be followed into a church or mosque and be dealt with by law.

Tom Miller (Republican) Defends Constitution & rights

Democratic and republican views on national security

Republican ApproachRepublicans have pursued a closed and secret political system.

Most things in the republican political system is labeled top secret and if you were to leave the administration and spill the beans about what you former party were conspiring to do. You are then considered a threat to national security.

Democratic and Republican views on national security

Republicans believe in a strong national defense and have a fundamental commitment of the federal government.

Historically republicans have always disapproved of interventionist foreign policy actions. An example of this..... republicans opposed Woodrow wilson's intervention in world war II and his attempt to create the league of nations.

Republicans have opposed the us involvement in somalia and the balkans a.k.a the Gulf War.

Democratic and Republican views on national security

Republicans also believe in aggressively eliminating threats. Which basically means.... see a threat? Eliminate it at all cost. This is a priority for al republicans.Republicans also believe in sacrificing liberties in order to maintain a strong sense of national security

Democratic and Republican views on national security

Democrats very much unlike republicans believe the national security starts in the United States

Democrats also have a tendency to oppose military involvement.

Democrats believe in maintaining security while at the same time respecting human rights.

Democrats generally favor in reducing or maintaining defense spending

Bibliography

Presidential Nomination views on Profiling/Searching Rights 2012.presidential-candidates.orgDemocratic and Republican views on national security www.helium.com/items/19004402-differences-between-republican-and-democratsrepublicanuu.blogspot.com/2006/02/why-am-i-republican.htmlswampland.blogs.time.com/2007/06/12why_im_a_democrat/#ixzz0uq2nnaeg

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