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Slide1
Presidential Succession and Election
Slide2Presidential Succession & the Vice Presidency
Slide3Presidential Succession
Presidential Succession
: The scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled
.
Article II is vague regarding Presidential succession…does not explicitly state whether the V.P. is an “Acting President” as opposed to a “true” President.
25
th
Amendment deals with Presidential and Vice Presidential Succession.
Slide4Presidential Succession
(47 Total Slides)
1
Vice President of the United States
Joe Biden
(D)
2
Speaker of the House
Paul Ryan (R)3President pro tempore of the SenateOrrin Hatch (R)4Secretary of StateJohn Kerry (D)5Secretary of the TreasuryJack Lew (D)6Secretary of DefenseAsh Carter (D)7Attorney GeneralLoretta Lynch (D)—Secretary of the InteriorSally Jewell (D)[a]8Secretary of AgricultureTom Vilsack (D)9Secretary of CommercePenny Pritzker (D)10Secretary of LaborThomas Perez (D)11Secretary of Health and Human ServicesSylvia Mathews Burwell (D)12Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentJulián Castro (D)13Secretary of TransportationAnthony Foxx (D)14Secretary of EnergyErnest Moniz (D)—Acting Secretary of EducationJohn King, Jr. (D)[b]15Secretary of Veterans AffairsRobert McDonald (R)16Secretary of Homeland SecurityJeh Johnson (D)Jump up^
Slide5Presidential Succession Act of 1947
Congress fixes the order of succession following the V.P.
What about Presidential disability?
President can transfer power in cases of disability, even temporarily.
In 2002, President Bush had surgery for 2 hours. For these 2 hours, Bush transferred his power to V.P. Dick Cheney.
Slide6The Vice Presidency
“
I am Vice President. In this I am nothing, but I may be everything
.” – John Adams, 1
st
VP
“
The most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived
.” John Adams“Honorable and easy” , and “tranquil and unoffending”. Thomas JeffersonThrough much of history, the VP has been treated as an office of little importance.
Slide7The Vice Presidency
President Theodore Roosevelt was annoyed by a chandelier making a tinkling noise. He ordered it to be removed and said:
“
Take it to the office of the Vice President. He doesn’t have anything to do. It will keep him awake
.”
Yet, the VP is a heartbeat away from becoming the President of the U.S. (8 Presidents have died in office. 1 President has resigned).
Slide8Balance the Ticket
Usually, the presidential candidate picks someone who will
balance the ticket
– which means someone who can strengthen his chance of being elected by virtue of certain ideological, geographic, racial, ethnic, gender, or other characteristics.
Slide9Presidential Nominations
Remember, parties have committees and convention to nominate their candidate for President.
H
ow does this process begin?
Presidential Primary
– An election in which a party’s voters choose their preference among various contenders for their party’s presidential nomination
Slide102016 Republican Primary
Slide112016 Democratic Primary
Slide12The Primaries
Iowa held the first primary this
N.H. holds the first primary of any state every election year, in January.
The N.H. primaries are early indicator of success – so candidates spend a lot of time and money there.
Romney won the 2012 N.H. Primary.
Slide13The Caucus-Convention Process
Not all states have primaries, they use a “caucus-convention” process.
Iowa’s caucus gets the most attention, as it is the first of all caucuses.
Iowa Caucus in 1 Minute
Iowa Caucus: Explain Using Corn
Slide14We know how we nominate, but how do we elect?
Founding Fathers gave more time to the method for choosing the President than to any other matter.
A
gainst the two obvious ways: Electing the President by Congress or Electing the President by a direct vote of the people.
Slide15Why not elect by Congress?
Too political.
Hamilton said that to elect by way of Congress would be “too much under the legislative thumb.”
Slide16Why not elect by direct vote of the people?
At the time, the process would lead to “tumult and disorder”.
At the time, people were scattered over so wide an area they couldn’t know enough about the available candidates to make informed choices.
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Slide17The Electoral College
E
lectoral College is the group of people (electors) chosen from each State and D.C. to formally select the President & V.P.
They case their Electoral Votes, which are votes cast by electors in the electoral college.
T
otal of 538 votes.
270 are needed to win.
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Slide18Electoral College Map - 2016
Slide19How do we get those numbers?
Representatives + Senators = # of Electoral Votes
Virginia: 11 Representatives + 2 Senators = 13 Electoral Votes
Slide20Campaign Attention - 2004
(The purple hands represent a visit by a presidential campaign as the election was nearing its end.)
(Each green money sign represents 1 million dollars of campaign money spent as the election was nearing its end.)
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Why do you think both presidential campaigns were targeting these states?
Slide21The Controversy
Elections of 1876, 1888,
2000, 2016
the winner of the election
did not
win the national popular vote, yet still won the presidency.
If a presidential candidate can win these 11 states:
CA, TX, NY, FL, IL, PA, OH, MI, GA, NJ, and NC
….then he/she will win the Presidency, despite losing the other 39 states.
Slide22On the other hand…
The Electoral College does have some positives:
Example of federalism – An idea our country was founded on. Gives the States a voice.
Prevents urban-centric victories : This means a President winning by simply winning heavily populated areas.
Slide23Final Thoughts
President must balance many different roles and jobs.
Though the V.P. is thought to be somewhat useless, the V.P. is a heartbeat away from being the President.
The way we nominate and elect our President is rather complex.
M
ajor controversy of this unit: The Electoral College. Is it fair?