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Addy is sick today, so I am home with her. Please begin work on your "Convincing an Undecided Voter" project. All of the instructions are posted below. Read through all of the instructions/requirements before starting. Email me with any questions and I will respond as soon as I can. I will go over the grading rubric for the project with you on Wednesday. See you then. Mr. Parise 1. Convincing an Undecided Voter (about 10-15% of eligible voters) A. Choose the five issues that are most important to you.
B. Choose your presentation medium (how you will communicate your opinion to the undecided voter).
C. You project must include the following: A. A brief biographical overview of both candidates (the information you find must important) B. An explanation of the 5 issues you find most important (from your research). This should include:
C. Your Endorsement:
D. Nuts and Bolts
E. Due Date - Project is due on Tuesday 11/8
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*In the news...
1. Maine Ballot Questions
2. A review of the electoral college
3. Important Election Dates
4. Continue Election Issue Research - Domestic Issues A. Choose three of the domestic election issues from the nine "Big Issues" detailed in this website. If you already did Immigration or Climate change from the last set of issues, you must choose others. B. For each issue you must:
C. Record your research in the same document as last class HW - Finish all research for all nine topics 1. In the news...and what the polls say today.
2. Election Issues Research A. Use this website to read about what each candidate has to say about the most essential issues at stake in this year's presidential election B. From the list of issues you must choose six of the following options to read about. You must do "America and the World." At least one of your choices must a foreign country issue (Israel, Russia, Iran, China, or North Korea).
C. For each issue you must:
D. Record your research in an electronic document (Notability, Google docs, Pages, etc.) E. Upload research to eBackpack Assignment #4 HW - finish "Election Issue Research" *Political Party Quiz
1. Debate Highlights (or lowlights) 2. The Choice 2016
3. Vote Compass 2016
HW: Assignment #3 A. Based on the Vote Compass Activity, which candidate do you views most closely match? What percent do you agree with him or her? Is this the candidate that you expected to match with? Explain. B. Where do you fit on the economic landscape? Economic left or right? Social progressive or conservative? C. The Choice 2016 Questions
D. Attach the screen shot of your "Vote Compass Results" *In the news...
1. The Choice 2016
HW - Complete Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump readings and note-sheets. *In the news today…
1. If only men or women voted in this year's election… 2. The Electoral College…explained Answer the following questions while you read the article below: 1. How are the number of votes determined for each state? 2. Why does the author argue that "millions of votes won't count"? 3. What happens if no candidate gets 270 electoral votes? 4. Why did the creators of the Constitution create this system for electing the president (instead of just using the national popular vote)? WASHINGTON, D.C. – Anyone watching the United States’ presidential race needs to understand the national opinion polls. A poll is a survey of how people will vote. Polls do not provide an accurate picture of how the election might turn out. Thanks to America’s Electoral College, it’s not who wins the most votes nationwide that matters, but who wins in which states. Each state has a certain number of votes in the Electoral College, depending on the size of its population. For example, Wyoming has 585,000 people so it gets 3 votes. California has 39,000,000 people. It gets 55 votes. The candidate who gets 270 electoral votes wins the presidency. Millions Of Votes Don't CountIn almost every state, a candidate who wins 50.1 percent of the popular vote is awarded 100 percent of its electoral votes. Only Maine and Nebraska don’t follow the winner-take-all rule. They divide the Electoral College vote by district. As a result, the votes of millions of people who cast their ballot end up not counting. If you’re a Republican in New York or California, which are dominated by the Democrats, your vote for president won't matter. The same is true for a Democrat in Wyoming or Mississippi, which are reliably Republican. One peculiar result of this system is that a candidate can win the national popular vote but lose in the Electoral College. It doesn’t happen often. Whenever it does, the U.S. goes through a fit over this seemingly undemocratic process. In 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote, but George W. Bush won the presidency. Due to the Electoral College, voters do not cast their ballots for a candidate. They vote for a group of electors who will support their choice. The electors meet in their state capitol and cast the vote. But we already know how it’s going to turn out, because the presidential election results are reported at the time in terms of who won each state. The Bush-Gore contest was unusual. It wasn’t settled until more than a month after the election. The Supreme Court, voted 5-4 to end the recount in Florida, handing the presidency to Bush. It was a highly controversial decision. The House And The Senate Get InvolvedNow, here’s where it can get convoluted. If no one wins 270 Electoral College votes, the election goes to the House of Representatives. Each state casts a single vote, regardless of its population size. Wyoming and California each get one vote. And the states aren’t bound to vote for the candidate who won the most votes in their state. After the House elects the president, the Senate picks the vice president. Each senator gets one vote. It’s possible that Congress could elect a president and vice president from different parties. This system for choosing the president reflects the doubt America’s founders had about popular democracy. They were suspicious of the public having its way based on misinformation or a lack of understanding of the issues. From the outset, America’s founders were aware of the dangers of government by popular vote. Alexander Hamilton worried about giving power to the people because “they seldom judge or determine right.” Fearing too much democracy, they added cushions between the popular will and government decisions. Until 1913, senators were chosen by the state governments, not directly elected by the voters. This system has an enormous effect on the campaign for the presidency. It determines where the candidates spend their time and money. Only about 10 states are considered “swing” states that could go for either party. The rest are considered “safe” states for one party or the other. Swing States Hold The PowerOf course, sometimes a state bounces out of its party. But the 10 “battleground” states are the ones to watch for clues as to how the election will turn out. They are much more indicative of the final result than national polls. For example, California and New York are so routinely Democratic that the only reason candidates turn up in either one is to raise money. On the other hand, Ohio is the jewel in the crown of swing states. The past indicates that no Republican can win the presidency without winning there. The other states considered most important to victory for either side are Florida and Pennsylvania. Because such highly populated states, along with a handful of others, routinely go Democratic, the Democrats have an advantage in the Electoral College. So Donald Trump is widely believed to be more limited for accumulating 270 votes. 3. The Choice 2016
1. Finish Debate
2. Finish Debate Note Sheets (quiz grade) 3. The latest on the election and what the polls are saying 4. Begin The Choice 2016
1. Prepare to debate: 10 mins
2. Continue Debate 3. Complete Debate Note Sheet HW - Finish Debate Note Sheet 1. Format of debate:
I. Opening Statements and Attacks II. Policy Beliefs
III. Real world/Historical examples IV. Closing Arguments 2. Speaking Requirements/Grades
3. Finish your job! 4. Debate! HW - Finish Debate Note Sheet (quiz grade) |
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