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U.S. presidential election

VY_32_INOVACE_3A17. Gymnázium a Střední odborná škola, Lužická 423, 551 23 Jaroměř Mgr. Ilona Čechová. U.S. presidential election. American president. t he most powerful position in the world t he commander of the U.S. military t he head of the government ( = office )

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U.S. presidential election

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  1. VY_32_INOVACE_3A17 Gymnázium a Střední odborná škola, Lužická 423, 551 23 Jaroměř Mgr. Ilona Čechová U.S. presidentialelection

  2. American president • the most powerfulposition in theworld • thecommanderofthe U.S. military • theheadofthegovernment ( = office ) • can sign or veto laws • choosesfederaljudges • presentsthe budget • cangiveexecutiveorders ( = thesamepower as a normallaw )

  3. Candidates • 2 mainpoliticalparties • Democrats: their symbol – a donkey • more opportunitiesformiddleandworkingclasses • richshouldpayhighertaxes • Republicans: their symbol – anelephant • open market, free trade, peoplelessdependent on thestate support

  4. Electoralsystem • peopleelecttheirelectorsand these electthe president • peoplevotefor a personwhopromises to voteeitherfor a Democrator a Republican • thenumberofelectorsforeachstate – equal to thenumberofsenators ( 2 ) andrepresentatives (depends on thepopulation – e.g. California – 55, Alaska – 3 )

  5. ElectionDay • comes on thefirstTuesdayafterthefirstMondayofNovember • most statestraditionally support one party New York, California – Democrats Alabama, Texas – Republicans • electionisdecided by „swing“ states (e.g. Florida ), theycould swing to eithercandidate

  6. Thewinnertakesitall • thecandidateforwhom more electorsvotewinsallthevotesof a certainstate • whogets majority ofthetotalelectoralvotes ( thatmeansatleast 270 outof 538 ) – becomes President • he comes to his office on January 20th

  7. Gymnázium a Střední odborná škola, Lužická 423, 551 23 Jaroměř Projekt: Škola v digitálním světě aneb Uchop svoji šanci Registrační číslo: CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0210 Číslo DUM: VY_32_INOVACE_3A17 Jméno autora: Mgr. Ilona Čechová Název práce: US presidentialelection Předmět: anglický jazyk Ročník: čtvrtý ( pilotováno v oktávě) Časová dotace: 25 – 30 minut Vzdělávací cíl: seznámit studenty se systémem prezidentských voleb v USA Pomůcky: AV board, psací potřeby Vytvořeno: 12.11.2012 Inovace: využití AV board, mezipředmětové vztahy

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