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Elections

Elections. Funding . Private Funds Individual donations, $2300/person limit Government decides how much received. Public Funds Volunteered money taken out of taxes. PACs. Soft Money Given to party for generic use Not for individual campaign http://front.moveon.org/.

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Elections

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  1. Elections

  2. Funding • Private Funds • Individual donations, $2300/person limit • Government decides how much received. • Public Funds • Volunteered money taken out of taxes

  3. PACs • Soft Money • Given to party for generic use • Not for individual campaign • http://front.moveon.org/ • Political Action Committees (PACs) • Interest groups that try and get one elected. • Donate money ($5000 limit per election) • Lobbyist • Activist for PACs

  4. Nominating Process • Primaries-Voting for party candidates for general election • Caucus-Meeting of people to select candidate • Conventions-Voting/picking the actual candidate (Final Round of Nominating)

  5. General Election • Campaigning • Electoral College • 538 total • Need 270 to win • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok_VQ8I7g6I • Inauguration-Swearing in office

  6. Campaigning • How do political parties campaign? • Do you think campaigning is important?

  7. Methods of propaganda • Stacked Cards- show one side • “Obama has the best record on the environment” • Just Plain Folks- show as one of the people • “My parents were ordinary hardworking people like you and taught me proper ideals.” • Transfer- combine ideas to transfer attitude toward one idea to the another • Ex. Obama campaigning in jeans showing he is apart of the working class. • Glittering generalities- values w/o explanations • “If reelected, Obama will bring world peace” • Bandwagon- everybody’s doing it • “Polls show Romney is winning…get out and vote for him too!” • Euphemisms- call things by better names • “Unemployment is lower than last year” (It actually still is higher than it was under the previous president)

  8. Public Opinion is Important! • We find out through polls. • Straw polls • Unreliable, no control over who responds (ex: internet polls, voluntary polls) • Scientific polling • get accurate information using some sort of statistical analysis. • Exit Polls • taken outside poll places (right after voting)

  9. Advertising Activity • Determine which methodology(ies) each advertisement uses. • http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2011/11/new-gop-political-ads/ • http://tv.4president.us/tv2012.htm • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP2GsRzROF8 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbfluphFMxA&feature=related

  10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3tsu1ISF-k&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=6fNMEDF115Y&NR=1 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKejP1UOLo&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Aohgrn1peA • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkAsLPrnJGc&feature=relmfu

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