The road to the White House EQ How do we select our party candidates for the general election Overview As our country prepares for a presidential election each state determines the process through which it will select delegates to send to the National Conventions Each states political ID: 554817
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Primaries and Caucasus
The road to the White
House
EQ: How do we select our party candidates for the general election?Slide2
Overview
As
our country prepares for a presidential election, each state determines the process through which it will select delegates to send to the National Conventions. Each state’s political party committee establishes the rules by which the delegates will be selected. The rules and processes may change over time; however, the two systems in which voters primarily participate are the primary and caucus. Voters attend primaries and caucuses to select delegates to represent their state at their party’s convention. Delegates attend the conventions and cast their votes to determine their party’s candidate for President of the United States.Slide3
Objectives:
Students will examine the caucus and primary systems of selecting delegates
Students will discuss the processes involved in the two systems
Students will determine the pros and cons for each systemSlide4
Vocabulary
Caucus
Primary
Closed Primary
Open Primary
Pledged
Delegates
Unpledged Super Delegates
Absentee Ballot
Independent
Candidate
General Election
Front LoadingSlide5
How do these compare?
https://
www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/american-civics-parent/american-civics/v/primaries-and-caucusesSlide6Slide7
Final delegate count for 2016 election (Note: D-2382 needed, R-1,237 neededSlide8
Review
Come up with a simple definition for primaries and caucuses.
How does the primary and caucus system similar to the electoral college? How is it different?
Who determines the selection process for their candidates?
Compare proportional
vs
winner take all primaries.
Compare primaries to caucuses.
Why are the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary important? (List min 3 reasons)Slide9
Republican v. Democratic primary
Primaries v caucus rules
,
What is a caucus?
Proportional v winner take all
– which works better?
pledged delegates v unpledged
superdelegates
- fair?? (Note- there were 716
superdelegates
in 2016)
http
://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Lesson/659/Lesson+Idea+Primaries+and+Caucuses.aspxSlide10
Who votes in the primaries or caucuses?
What does he mean by “pulling the party to the left” in the primaries?
Ex. Clinton moves from $12 min wage to $15 due to Sanders
Why is it important to move back to the center for a general election?
Independent voters
Tend to be underrepresented during primaries/caucuses.
Front loading
Why do states try to front load?Slide11
Front loadingSlide12
Review
Which party has winner take all primaries?
Which party allows
superdelegates
?Slide13Slide14
Caucuses: These are meetings of party members who choose a nominee.
New Hamp-shire’s voters often lead the way for later state primaries.
Super Tuesday:
Six southern states, (FL, LA, MS, OK, TN, & TX), hold primaries in March.
Con-vent-ions are held over 4 days.
Accep-
tance speech given on Day 3.
Held on the first Tues. after the first Mon. in Nov.
Jan. 20.
(20
th
Am)
Each party now knows who its nominee is.
Conventions confirm voters’ choices for nominee in the primariesSlide15
FRQ