Friday November 4th, 2016 Learning Target; I can explain what the presidents do that the rest of us can’t (Special Powers of the President) Agenda Finish Primaries and Caucuses Electoral College Essay Tournament Presidential Powers Chapter 8 work Things to Remember; Government in Action Electoral College Essay Due today!

The Road to the White House How does a presidential candidate get on the ballot?

Primaries and Caucuses Purpose: To select a candidate from a party for the presidential election

Winning your Party’s Nomination: All States Must Decide Who will run for president? Who will be the Democratic candidate? Who will be the Republican candidate?

There are more candidates running. Being nominated for president by your political party is more difficult than being elected for president. Why? There are more candidates running.

The Race for the Republican Nomination in 2016: Rand Paul Chris Christie Mike Huckabee Carly Fiorina Jeb Bush Ben Carson Marco Rubio Ted Cruz Donald Trump Who would you choose?

The Race for the Democratic Nomination in 2012: Why was there only one? Who was he? Because Obama was an incumbent, he was a shoo-in (an easy winner) for the democratic party

The Race for the Democrat Nomination in 2016: Bernie Sanders Martin O’Malley Hillary Clinton Who would you choose?

How do the states decide? Either Primaries or Caucuses

Caucuses Delegates are chosen to go to local conventions, then state, then national In Minnesota, we go to neighborhood meetings (CHS and MHS), then county, district, state, national

First Caucus? Historically, Iowa 2016: February 1, 2016

Primaries Voters vote for candidates

Primaries Open Primary Open Primary—any qualified voter can vote for either party, but they have to choose one Closed Primary Closed Primary—only party members can vote; republicans vote for republicans; democrats vote for democrats

First Primary? Historically, New Hampshire February 9, 2016

C G P Grey’s Primaries and Caucuses

National Conventions After the primaries and caucuses, each state sends several delegates to choose the nominee for president and vice president at the national convention.

Democratic National Convention of 2016 Philly in July, 2016 Hillary Clinton’s Acceptance Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnXiy4D_I8g (Go to 1:25)

Republican National Convention of 2016 Cleveland, OH, July 2016 Donald Trump’s Acceptance Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Svt3kfq1c (Go to about 2:00)

Electoral College Essay Electoral College Notes and Essay 20 POINTS In preparation for your Electoral College essay, you will read and take notes on the following topic: How are the president and vice-president chosen in the U.S. Focus on what happens on Election Day and thereafter (don’t worry about all the campaigning). Key words to include in your final essay are listed below. Pages 220-224 can help with this. Majority Winner Takes All # of Electoral Votes needed to win Popular Votes Electoral College # of Electoral Votes per state President Vice President # of Electoral Votes total

Essay Tournament You will be reading three papers at a time to determine one official winner!

Special Powers of POTUS What can presidents do that the rest of us can’t?

Appoint People to Stuff Federal Judges and Supreme Court Justices Ambassadors Cabinet Secretaries Must have approval from the Senate

Make Treaties Must have 2/3 approval from Senate

Executive Orders An order issued by the president having the force of law November 20, 2014: President Obama offers temporary legal status to 4 million illegal immigrants, along with an indefinite reprieve from deportation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUDSeb2zHQ0

Gun Control Executive Order Keep guns out of the wrong hands through background checks Make our communities safer from gun violence. Increase mental health treatment and reporting to the background check system. Shape the future of gun safety technology. Gun Control Executive Order

Roosevelt- 290 Hoover- 242 George Washington- 1 Obama- 33 (Since October ’14)

Reprieve Postponement of a criminal sentence Ex) Death Penalty

Reprieve—A president may delay the execution of someone on death row

Pardon Forgiveness Granting a criminal release from punishment

Pardon—when Nixon resigned, President Ford granted him a pardon.

Obama’s Pardons • Ronald Lee Foster, of Beaver Falls, Pa., was convicted of mutilating coins in 1963. He had shaved the edges off pennies to fool vending machines into thinking they were dimes. He was pardoned in 2010 at the age of 66. • David Neil Mercer of Grand Junction, Colo., was convicted in 1997 of violating the Archaeological Resources Protection Act by disturbing Indian artifacts in Utah. He now owns an automotive business and was pardoned last year at the age of 56. • Bobby Gerald Wilson, of Summerton, S.C., was convicted in 1985 of aiding and abetting in the possession and sale of illegal American alligator hides. He was pardoned in 2011 at the age of 61.

Pardon—on Clinton’s last day in office, he pardoned 140 people

Amnesty A pardon granted to a group of people

Amnesty—President Jimmy Carter granted amnesty to all draft evaders of the Vietnam War

Should we grant amnesty to all illegal immigrants? Viva la raza: long live my people Should we grant amnesty to all illegal immigrants?

Use chapter 8 to answer the following questions What are the duties of the President? 2. How much does the President earn per year and what other benefits does he receive? 3. Explain the qualifications to be President? Other than the Constitutional requirements, which do you feel is the most important and why? Constitutional Experience Money Beliefs Personal Characteristics Personal Growth 4. Explain how the Vice President’s role has changed over time.