1. Do Now
Were you surprised by something you learned about either
Obama or Romney from the PBS documentary The
Choice 2012? If so, what was it? Why were you surprised?
(Use your notes to refresh your memory)
2. Agenda
1. DO NOW
2. Nominating and Electing Leaders Notes
3. Worksheet 10.4
4. Study Guide Question
UNIT 3 TEST WEDNESDAY!!!
NOTEBOOK CHECKS BEGIN FRIDAY 10/19 YOU
SHOULD HAVE A 1INCH BINDER AND 4 DIVIDERS!!
3. Competencies/ Objectives
Competency: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the
electoral process.
SWBAT list the steps of the electoral process.
SWBAT explain the electoral college and the role electors
play in choosing the president.
5. The Electoral College
Representative Democracy
Popular vote- vote of the
citizens of a country
Presidents are not elected by
popular vote
your vote is for people called
electors
6. Voters Elect Electors
elector- one of the people
chosen from each state and
the District of Columbia who
formally select the president
and vice president.
Electoral college-group of
all the electors
538 electors in electoral
college
7. Voters Elect Electors
Continued
Each state has a number of electors equal to the total #
of senators and representatives it has in Congress.
District of Columbia has 3 electoral votes
100+ 435+3= 538
Electoral votes- votes cast by electors for president and
vice president
8. Electors Elect the President
Adding up the electoral votes of each state won by each candidate predicts
who will win presidential election.
Electors meet a few weeks after election day to officially cast ballots.
The candidate who receives 270 or more electoral votes wins
If no one wins majority the House of Reps chooses from among the 3
leading candidates
If no candidate receives a majority of votes for VP the Senate chooses that
official.
Congress had to choose president in 1800 and 1824 and VP in 1836
9. The Nomination Process
National nominating convention- delegates go to their
party’s convention to nominate candidates for president
and vice president.
Conventions are televised and used to win support.
Platform- a written statement outline a political party’s
views on issues and describing the programs it proposes.
Plank-political party’s specific proposal for legislation or
a statement of a short-term goal regarding a single issue.
Planks are the components of a party platform.
10. Presidential and Vice
Presidential Candidates
Candidates are officially chosen at national nominating
conventions.
To win nomination candidate must win a majority of the
convention delegates’ votes.
Delegates nominate candidates for VP
VP candidates are chosen for ability to win votes
Nominee for president has strongest say in VP candidate
11. Electoral College 101
Do you think the electoral college
system encourages Americans to got to
the polls, discourages them, or has no
effect on voter turn outs? Support your
view with evidence from the article.
