This document provides a summary of a political science lecture on California politics. It discusses the foundation of California politics, the major political parties in California including the Republican and Democratic parties, influential interest groups in the state, and highlights from political campaigns. It also summarizes content on Tesla Motors, California's agricultural industry, mainstream media, pornography sales, partisan identification, and notable moments from presidential debates and campaigns involving Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, Dan Quayle and Lloyd Bentsen.
Canada is a small, open economy in a globalized world. As a result, Canadian governments have tended to prefer negotiated agreements that govern trade, instead of the insecurity and ‘wild west’ of unfettered competition. At the same time, Canadians tend to support relatively high levels of government involvement in economic management, making it difficult to maintain a balance acceptable to our trade partners. With the US ‘elephant’ increasingly hostile to multilateral efforts, and the Trump administration targeting Canada in a variety of different ways, it remains to be seen how much Canada ‘the mouse’ will be able to hold its own in international negotiations. This session will explore the past, present, and future prospects for Canada as a trading nation in a world increasingly at odds with our preferred model of economic development.
A review of the campaigns for the 2016 U.S. Presidential election to help us understand the strategies, personalities, and dynamics of the process. A discussion of the potential outcome of the election and the consequences for Canada.
UNPRESIDENTED: A World View of the US Election 2016Rosalind Warner
The US presidential election results will have an impact worldwide for years to come. In this talk, Dr. Rosalind Warner will look beyond the personalities and ‘fake news’ to explore the deeper social, political and economic origins of the 2016 election result. Participants will discover what made 2016 different and why it matters to the world what happens next.
Canada is a small, open economy in a globalized world. As a result, Canadian governments have tended to prefer negotiated agreements that govern trade, instead of the insecurity and ‘wild west’ of unfettered competition. At the same time, Canadians tend to support relatively high levels of government involvement in economic management, making it difficult to maintain a balance acceptable to our trade partners. With the US ‘elephant’ increasingly hostile to multilateral efforts, and the Trump administration targeting Canada in a variety of different ways, it remains to be seen how much Canada ‘the mouse’ will be able to hold its own in international negotiations. This session will explore the past, present, and future prospects for Canada as a trading nation in a world increasingly at odds with our preferred model of economic development.
A review of the campaigns for the 2016 U.S. Presidential election to help us understand the strategies, personalities, and dynamics of the process. A discussion of the potential outcome of the election and the consequences for Canada.
UNPRESIDENTED: A World View of the US Election 2016Rosalind Warner
The US presidential election results will have an impact worldwide for years to come. In this talk, Dr. Rosalind Warner will look beyond the personalities and ‘fake news’ to explore the deeper social, political and economic origins of the 2016 election result. Participants will discover what made 2016 different and why it matters to the world what happens next.
Slide 4 WestCal Political Science 1 - US Government 2015-2016WestCal Academy
American Leadership Policy Studies (ALPS) is a for-college credit certificate program that teaches the fundamentals of American government. ALPS includes a custom tailored Political Science 1 – US Government course taught in partnership with accredited colleges to assure students receive college credit. The class is taught from the perspective of industry professionals who work in local/state/federal bureaucracies and/or political/union campaigns. This course program may operate at the site of a partnering college or instructor of record who licenses ALPS course materials from WestCal Academy or at WestCal Academy’s main campus in partnership with an accredited college. WestCal Academy
This slide covers the following:
1. Condition Of America’s Masses
2. Attitudes Of America’s Masses
3. Intolerance Toward Unpopular Groups
4. Elite – Mass Communication
5. Political Functions Of Mass Media
Slide 8 WestCal Political Science 5 Western Political Thought 2016WestCal Academy
Political Science 5 - Western Political Thought provides an overall perspective of major political movements of history from the rising of Egyptian, Greek and Roman Empires to Fascism and Communism as seen by great political thinkers from Plato, Aristotle, and St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Marx, and Lenin. Students will analyze the most important ideas and theories that have been developed from the time of the ancient Greeks to the present day. Students will learn that the American Founding Fathers designed a viable representative government by first dedicating themselves to careful study of the political philosophy of Europeans, with particular attention given to British political thinkers from the 16th and 17th century. The founding fathers focused primarily on the natural rights of man, which in turn varied according to the individual philosopher studied. Over the course of their study, the founding fathers openly discussed their opinions with one another so as to properly bring forth differing views in order to prudently construct a government that would protect individual liberty, as well as determine what was required of government to protect civil liberties. The class is taught from the perspective of industry professionals with knowledge of how classical and modern political continues to influence American government. Students will learn of multiple career options relating to the field of political science.
Slide 10 WestCal Political Science 1 - US Government 2015-2016WestCal Academy
American Leadership Policy Studies (ALPS) is a for-college credit certificate program that teaches the fundamentals of American government. ALPS includes a custom tailored Political Science 1 – US Government course taught in partnership with accredited colleges to assure students receive college credit. The class is taught from the perspective of industry professionals who work in local/state/federal bureaucracies and/or political/union campaigns. This course program may operate at the site of a partnering college or instructor of record who licenses ALPS course materials from WestCal Academy or at WestCal Academy’s main campus in partnership with an accredited college. WestCal Academy
This slide covers the following:
1. Interest Groups In The Golden State
- Aerospace
- Environmental and “Green” Companies
- Media – Music, Film, Television
- Agriculture
- Healthcare
- Computer Technology
- Transportation
2. Campaign Examples
3. Commercialization & Propaganda
Slide 11 WestCal Political Science 1 - US Government 2015-2016WestCal Academy
American Leadership Policy Studies (ALPS) is a for-college credit certificate program that teaches the fundamentals of American government. ALPS includes a custom tailored Political Science 1 – US Government course taught in partnership with accredited colleges to assure students receive college credit. The class is taught from the perspective of industry professionals who work in local/state/federal bureaucracies and/or political/union campaigns. This course program may operate at the site of a partnering college or instructor of record who licenses ALPS course materials from WestCal Academy or at WestCal Academy’s main campus in partnership with an accredited college. WestCal Academy
This slide covers the following:
1. Partisanship
2. California Republican Party
3. Democratic Party Of California
4. Major Party Power Distribution
5. How The Masses Perceive The Party
6. Blast From The Past: Wilson Versus Brown
7. Bush In 30 Seconds
8. Campaign Rhetoric
9. Yes On Proposition 8 Campaign
10. No On Proposition 8 Campaign
Lesson 2, Part 2 Campaigns and ElectionsDuring his 1956 presi.docxSHIVA101531
Lesson 2, Part 2: Campaigns and Elections
During his 1956 presidential campaign, a woman called out to Adlai E. Stevenson: “Senator, you have the vote of every thinking person!” Stevenson replied: “That's not enough, madam, we need a majority!”
Expected Outcomes
To understand how political candidates conduct campaigns; to comprehend how the American electoral system works and how the electoral map reveals political turning points; and to analyze the style and substance of leading candidates in the 2008 election.
Overview
Today, American politics has come a long way since the days of whistle-stop tours and street pamphlets, which, before the age of television, encapsulated political messages.
Some Presidential Campaign Slogans from the Past
1860 Abraham Lincoln "Vote Yourself a Farm"
1864 Abraham Lincoln "Don't Swap Horses in the Middle of the Stream"
1888 Benjamin Harrison "Rejuvenated Republicanism"
1896 William McKinley "Patriotism, Protection, and Prosperity"
1900 William McKinley "A Full Dinner Bucket"
More sophistication has now entered the process of campaign and elections. Politicians hone their messages with “focus groups” and, often, modify their positions based on opinion polls.
As this Lesson travels across time, it reveals that the technology and sophistication of campaigns has changed dramatically. That being said, it is not possible to say that campaigns are more substantive today than in previous decades or centuries.
In the age of the whistle-stop tour, not many Americans were exposed to political messages – but those who were often got an earful. Consider, for example, the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 (held for a US Senate seat from Illinois), were complex, nuanced, and substantive. Today, television enables candidates to reach out to tens of millions of people, but they often do so with a simplistic mix of soundbites, catchphrases and bumper-sticker slogans.
Elections for Congress are held at the state level, and rules vary from state to state. This unit is primarily concerned with campaigns and elections for national office – for the Presidency.
The United States Electoral College is the official name of the group of Presidential Electors who are chosen every four years to cast the electoral vote and thereby elect the president and vice president of the United States. It was established by Article Two, Section One of the United States Constitution, which provides for a quadrennial election of Presidential Electors in each state.
In each election, there are 538 possible electoral votes to be won (270 are needed to win), with large states such as California worth more than small states such as Rhode Island. There is a rough but not exact correlation between population size and electoral votes.
The Electoral College dilutes the votes of population centers that might have different concerns from the rest of the country. The system is supposed to require presidential candidates to appeal to many different ty ...
Slide 4 WestCal Political Science 1 - US Government 2015-2016WestCal Academy
American Leadership Policy Studies (ALPS) is a for-college credit certificate program that teaches the fundamentals of American government. ALPS includes a custom tailored Political Science 1 – US Government course taught in partnership with accredited colleges to assure students receive college credit. The class is taught from the perspective of industry professionals who work in local/state/federal bureaucracies and/or political/union campaigns. This course program may operate at the site of a partnering college or instructor of record who licenses ALPS course materials from WestCal Academy or at WestCal Academy’s main campus in partnership with an accredited college. WestCal Academy
This slide covers the following:
1. Condition Of America’s Masses
2. Attitudes Of America’s Masses
3. Intolerance Toward Unpopular Groups
4. Elite – Mass Communication
5. Political Functions Of Mass Media
Slide 8 WestCal Political Science 5 Western Political Thought 2016WestCal Academy
Political Science 5 - Western Political Thought provides an overall perspective of major political movements of history from the rising of Egyptian, Greek and Roman Empires to Fascism and Communism as seen by great political thinkers from Plato, Aristotle, and St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Marx, and Lenin. Students will analyze the most important ideas and theories that have been developed from the time of the ancient Greeks to the present day. Students will learn that the American Founding Fathers designed a viable representative government by first dedicating themselves to careful study of the political philosophy of Europeans, with particular attention given to British political thinkers from the 16th and 17th century. The founding fathers focused primarily on the natural rights of man, which in turn varied according to the individual philosopher studied. Over the course of their study, the founding fathers openly discussed their opinions with one another so as to properly bring forth differing views in order to prudently construct a government that would protect individual liberty, as well as determine what was required of government to protect civil liberties. The class is taught from the perspective of industry professionals with knowledge of how classical and modern political continues to influence American government. Students will learn of multiple career options relating to the field of political science.
Slide 10 WestCal Political Science 1 - US Government 2015-2016WestCal Academy
American Leadership Policy Studies (ALPS) is a for-college credit certificate program that teaches the fundamentals of American government. ALPS includes a custom tailored Political Science 1 – US Government course taught in partnership with accredited colleges to assure students receive college credit. The class is taught from the perspective of industry professionals who work in local/state/federal bureaucracies and/or political/union campaigns. This course program may operate at the site of a partnering college or instructor of record who licenses ALPS course materials from WestCal Academy or at WestCal Academy’s main campus in partnership with an accredited college. WestCal Academy
This slide covers the following:
1. Interest Groups In The Golden State
- Aerospace
- Environmental and “Green” Companies
- Media – Music, Film, Television
- Agriculture
- Healthcare
- Computer Technology
- Transportation
2. Campaign Examples
3. Commercialization & Propaganda
Slide 11 WestCal Political Science 1 - US Government 2015-2016WestCal Academy
American Leadership Policy Studies (ALPS) is a for-college credit certificate program that teaches the fundamentals of American government. ALPS includes a custom tailored Political Science 1 – US Government course taught in partnership with accredited colleges to assure students receive college credit. The class is taught from the perspective of industry professionals who work in local/state/federal bureaucracies and/or political/union campaigns. This course program may operate at the site of a partnering college or instructor of record who licenses ALPS course materials from WestCal Academy or at WestCal Academy’s main campus in partnership with an accredited college. WestCal Academy
This slide covers the following:
1. Partisanship
2. California Republican Party
3. Democratic Party Of California
4. Major Party Power Distribution
5. How The Masses Perceive The Party
6. Blast From The Past: Wilson Versus Brown
7. Bush In 30 Seconds
8. Campaign Rhetoric
9. Yes On Proposition 8 Campaign
10. No On Proposition 8 Campaign
Lesson 2, Part 2 Campaigns and ElectionsDuring his 1956 presi.docxSHIVA101531
Lesson 2, Part 2: Campaigns and Elections
During his 1956 presidential campaign, a woman called out to Adlai E. Stevenson: “Senator, you have the vote of every thinking person!” Stevenson replied: “That's not enough, madam, we need a majority!”
Expected Outcomes
To understand how political candidates conduct campaigns; to comprehend how the American electoral system works and how the electoral map reveals political turning points; and to analyze the style and substance of leading candidates in the 2008 election.
Overview
Today, American politics has come a long way since the days of whistle-stop tours and street pamphlets, which, before the age of television, encapsulated political messages.
Some Presidential Campaign Slogans from the Past
1860 Abraham Lincoln "Vote Yourself a Farm"
1864 Abraham Lincoln "Don't Swap Horses in the Middle of the Stream"
1888 Benjamin Harrison "Rejuvenated Republicanism"
1896 William McKinley "Patriotism, Protection, and Prosperity"
1900 William McKinley "A Full Dinner Bucket"
More sophistication has now entered the process of campaign and elections. Politicians hone their messages with “focus groups” and, often, modify their positions based on opinion polls.
As this Lesson travels across time, it reveals that the technology and sophistication of campaigns has changed dramatically. That being said, it is not possible to say that campaigns are more substantive today than in previous decades or centuries.
In the age of the whistle-stop tour, not many Americans were exposed to political messages – but those who were often got an earful. Consider, for example, the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 (held for a US Senate seat from Illinois), were complex, nuanced, and substantive. Today, television enables candidates to reach out to tens of millions of people, but they often do so with a simplistic mix of soundbites, catchphrases and bumper-sticker slogans.
Elections for Congress are held at the state level, and rules vary from state to state. This unit is primarily concerned with campaigns and elections for national office – for the Presidency.
The United States Electoral College is the official name of the group of Presidential Electors who are chosen every four years to cast the electoral vote and thereby elect the president and vice president of the United States. It was established by Article Two, Section One of the United States Constitution, which provides for a quadrennial election of Presidential Electors in each state.
In each election, there are 538 possible electoral votes to be won (270 are needed to win), with large states such as California worth more than small states such as Rhode Island. There is a rough but not exact correlation between population size and electoral votes.
The Electoral College dilutes the votes of population centers that might have different concerns from the rest of the country. The system is supposed to require presidential candidates to appeal to many different ty ...
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2. COURSE LECTURE TOPICS
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Foundation Of California Politics
California Republican Party
Democratic Party Of California
Power Structure Of Both Major Parties
Interest Groups In The Golden State
• Aerospace
• Environmental and “Green” Companies
• Media – Music, Film, Television
• Agriculture
• Healthcare
• Computer Technology
• Transportation
• Campaign Highlights
• Upton Sinclair's “The Jungle”
3. “GREEN” COMPANIES – TESLA
California influences the nation. If the
state were its own country it would be
the 6th most economically powerful.
The Golden State also influences
national as well as world opinion.
Californians are known to be proconservationist. “Green” policy is also
profitable. Tesla is a relatively new car
company located in San Carlos,
California. They are leading the
rebirth of the electric car. This is a
“Nightline” report of the Tesla
Roadster that aired May 25, 2007.
5. CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE
Agriculture is a major industry for the Golden State. With 88,000
farms and ranches, California agriculture is nearly a $32 billion
dollar industry that generates $100 billion in related economic
activity. This enormous achievement is possible through a
combination of tradition and innovation that has secured
California's status as the most productive agricultural state for
more than 50 years. Farmers and ranchers blend old-fashioned
notions of patience and perseverance with cutting-edge
technologies and advanced agricultural practices. The result is a
highly adaptable and diverse industry encompassing more than
350 plant and animal commodities.
(Source: California Department of Food & Agriculture)
6. MAINSTREAM MEDIA
• Mainstream media generates
over $60 billion in related
economic activity
• Some put the estimate at
over $80 billion
• Various aspects apply
making this estimate
to
7. XXX
Direct sales of pornography in
the state of California exceeds
$20,000,000,000!
• Over 52% of all sales go to
women
• Over half of all hotel guests
purchase adult videos in
their room
8. PARTISANSHIP
Variables can help determine partisanship like the religion, social
status and place of residence of the individual. For example,
Catholics tend to be Democrats and Protestants tend to be
Republicans. Those individuals having a low social status tended
to associate with the Democrats and those holding high social
status tended to be Republican. Rural citizens tend to be more
closely associated with the Republican Party and those residing in
the urban areas tended to lean towards the Democratic Party. A
conglomeration of variables or even a particular characteristic can
assist us in determining individual behavior. Though this is true, it
is the degree of partisanship one holds that remains the best
predictor for determining how one may vote on Election Day.
9. CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY
There are three conservative factions within the
Republican Party. Individuals may identify themselves
with more than one. These are:
1. Financial Conservatives
2. Social Conservatives
3. Moral Conservatives
Moral Conservatives are the most partisan and
ideological who impact statewide office seekers
during a primary.
10. CRP - MORAL CONSERVATIVE IMPACT
Governor Davis faced considerable
opposition during his
re-election
campaign for governor. Richard Riordan
was viewed as the most formidable
opponent if he were to be the
Republican nominee. Gray Davis’s
strategy was to attack Richard Riordan
during the primary so the more
conservative opponent, Bill Simon
acquires
the
nomination.
These
campaign commercials from Gray Davis
were
directed
towards
moral
conservatives to nominate Bill Simon.
12. DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CALIFORNIA
The Democratic Party Of California is not split into three distinct
factions. It is known as the “Big Tent” or “Big Umbrella” Party.
Though the party consists of various interest groups that are in a
constant pursuit for power, it does not have the same problem as
the California Republican Party.
13. MAJOR PARTY POWER DISTRIBUTION
Even though the national
parties have become weaker
and less active, that the
same cannot be said of state
and
local
party
organizations. Parties at the
sub-national
level
are
stronger and more active
than they were in the 1950s,
which was at the peak of
partisanship.
It
was
discovered
that
as
partisanship continued to
erode that they shifted gears
in order to bolster their
membership base.
National Party
State Party
Local City / County Party
Local City / County Party
Local City / County Party
Local City / County Party
Local City / County Party
Local City / County Party
14. AMERICA’S TWO PARTY SYSTEM
Our system maintains a process where
unsuccessful parties are discarded or
forced to join with other minor parties,
which in this case has resulted in the
formation of two major parties. Many of the
rules pertaining to elections in the United
States have been designed to weed out
nuisance
candidates.
Only
those
candidates who have demonstrated a
good deal of public support are allowed
access. America continues to enjoy a
stable political system that is maintained
with its two party system. Enjoy this video
of Frank Grimes, the 2004 nominee of the
American
Fascist
Union
for
the
Presidency!
16. PROPAGANDA – MEET KING JOE
Meet King Joe” is a classic capitalist
propaganda film from 1949 that tries to
convince American workers of their
good fortune. At the time of production,
American business was the best in the
world resulting from the worldwide
devastation following World War II.
Capitalism stresses the necessity for
capitalists to remain in pursuit of everincreasing levels of efficiency and
innovation that in turn will allow
continuous societal progression. How
does this propaganda cartoon contrast
with “Walden”?
18. PROPAGANDA & COMMERCIALISM
Private business utilizes propaganda to
market products and services through
various methods. Television remains
the best method of content distribution
even though the Internet continues to
claim greater market share. This is the
famous Pepsi commercial starring
Britney Spears and Senator Bob Dole.
Though the commercial is selling
“Pepsi” one may notice the patriotic
symbolism tying the “company” with the
United States. The first airing of this
commercial was in March 2001.
20. RICHARD NIXON’S “CHECKERS”
Presidential
Candidate
Dwight
D.
Eisenhower was close to dropping Richard
Nixon from the ticket due to allegations of
campaign fraud. Critics accused then
Representative of California Richard Nixon
of using campaign funds for personal
expenses. This is the famous “Checkers
Speech” that was broadcasted live on
September 23, 1952. It was forever known
as the “Checkers Speech” as Richard
Nixon claims that the only personal gift
was a dog given by a campaign
contributor. Richard Nixon’s daughter
Tricia named the dog “Checkers”. Enjoy
this brilliant piece of propaganda!
22. PRESIDENT FORD SLIPS UP
The
1976
presidential
race
between President Gerald Ford and
Governor Jimmy Carter was during
a time of great national uncertainty.
President Gerald Ford stated,
“There is no Soviet domination of
Eastern Europe and never will be
under a Ford Administration.” This
remark was made during the height
of the Cold War. Many claim that
this misstatement may have cost
him the election. Enjoy the video.
24. PRESIDENT REAGAN MAKES A CRACK
President Ronald Reagan was
famous for his various one-liners.
During the second presidential
debate between Ronald Reagan
and Walter Mondale on October 21,
1984, the following question was
asked, “Should the President's age
and stamina be an issue in the
political
campaign?”
Ronald
Reagan’s response resulted in
laughter. Enjoy the video.
26. DAN QUAYLE VERSUS LLOYD BENTSEN
The Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska
hosted the vice-presidential debate on
October 5, 1988. One of the moderators,
Judy Woodruff, set the stage by
addressing the audience: "Based on the
history since World War II, there is almost
a 50-50 chance that one of the two men
here tonight will become President of the
United States.” After Dan Quayle then
compared himself to John Fitzgerald
Kennedy,
Lloyd
Bentsen famously
remarked, “Senator, you’re no Jack
Kennedy”. Enjoy the video.