1. Presidential Campaign Campaign 2016

2. Candidates Though the 2016 Presidential race has seen an abnormally large number of Presidential hopefuls entering the race, it is not unusually to have several candidates on both the democratic and republican sides. However, to ensure the party gets someone into office, Political Parties will only officially nominate 1 presidential candidate.

3. National Convention The list of Presidential hopefuls will be cut down to only one for the Republicans and one for the democrats. This helps ensure the best chances for success in getting a party’s representative into office. Each party hosts a national Convention, where delegates from all the states meet to select the one and only presidential nominee. The 2016 Convention: Republican- Cleveland, Ohio July 16 th -18 th Democratic- Philadelphia, PA July 25-28th The convention is when political parties select which candidate will appear on the ballot for the nationwide election

4. Election of 1860 Political parties benefit from having only 1 candidate run because it solidifies their vote. The Democratic party learned this party the hard way in 1860 when they had 3 main candidates. The vote was so divided amongst all the democratic party no one could win the necessary majority. Ultimately, Abraham Lincoln won the election after securing 152 electoral votes.

5. Caucuses and Primaries To select the most popular candidate the states hold caucuses and primaries for voters to share their opinions. Each state has a number of delegates that can be won by each candidate. The number varies by state and is created by a complicated formula based on population, districts, political offices and other criteria. In total the republicans have a total of 2,472 delegates, and the Democrats have 4,765. Candidates must gain a majority to win the nomination.

6. Review One of the many powers reserved for the state is the responsibility of conducting elections. These elections include every thing from local elections through the illustrious Presidential election, and includes the caucus and primary elections.

7. Caucus The caucus was the original way to select a candidate, and the process still reflects the rather archaic style. States set up the date, location and time of the caucus, usually one per state district. Participants must be registered to the party (Democrat or Republican specifically). Participants vote by taking sides of the room. Depending on the way the vote goes, the state’s delegates are assigned to specific candidates.

8. Iowa Caucus The first Caucus is always in Iowa, and gives the first true view of the public’s opinion.

9. Primary First introduced in the 1900s, the primaries gauge public opinion but are more accurate than the caucus because voters vote in the traditional way, lining up and casting secret ballots. Each state has different rules for their primaries.

10. Open/Closed/Blanket Primaries Open- any registered voters can participate in one of the primaries of their choice Closed- voters can only vote for parties they are registered for Blanket- registered voters can participate in all primaries of their choosing (rare)

11. Super Tuesday Each state sets their own Primary date and time. However, some states create an alliance and set their primary dates together. This is known as Super Tuesday, and while the number of states changes every year, but in 2016, 13 states were involved. Nearly 22% of all the possible delegates are up for grabs on Super Tuesday alone. Several Republican candidates dropped out of the Presidential race after Super Tuesday because they received so few delegates. This often happens during the Presidential Elections.

12. Counting Votes The process for counting the votes differs for each party: -Republican- depending on the state the votes can be winner take all, or they can be done by percentage -Democratic Primary votes are given over based on the proportion of votes. Proportionate votes are calculated based on how many delegates are in the state. In a state with 10 delegates and 3 potential candidates the vote may be broken down as follows: Candidate x won 60% of the vote- wins 6 delegates Candidate y won 20% of the vote- wins 2 delegates Candidate z won 20% of the vote- wins 2 delegates

13. NYS Primaries The NYS primaries will be held April 19 th, 2016. In order to vote in the primary you must be registered for the party you want to participate in. You must also have been registered for that party by October 2015. This ensures voters cannot do last minute changes to sway the vote.

14. Current Standings Despite all the original presidential candidates there are only 5 candidates that have a real chance of gaining the political nomination. Republican- need 1,237 of 2,472 Democrat- need 2,383 of 4,765 Donald Trump- 736Hillary Clinton- 1,712 (1,243/ 469) Ted Cruz- 463Bernie Sanders- 1,011 (980/ 31) John Kasich- 143

15. Project You will analyze the major political positions of each of these candidates in groups I assign. Your groups will work together to research each candidate, then come back together to make sure everyone has a snapshot of the candidates’ political stances. You must record the positions of each candidate for the following: -Abortion-budget-business and labor-Education -Civil rights-Economy-Minimum Wage-Energy -Environment-foreign affairs-Social Security-health care -immigration-National Security-LGBT issues-gun control -taxes-trade/ tariffs-drugs Some possible resources include: -isidewith.com, ontheissues.org, presidential-candidates.insidegov.com

16. FBI vs Apple Update The FBI has dropped its lawsuit against Apple claiming they were able to access the cellphone of suspected ISIS terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook. Farook had been involved in the San Bernardino shootings along with his wife. The FBI claims they were able to access the phone with the help of a third party, but the third party has not been identified. This means Apple “won” in this one case, but we can be pretty sure the FBI is not done pushing their agenda to gain backdoor access into personal communication devices. They accomplished the opening by using a process started by Drivesavers: “To make sure the chip doesn't get erased, they copy it. Then put it in a device they've created that simulates an iPhone but lets them reset the chip's password counter to zero after every ten attempts.”

17. Groups Jayna Ryan Hassan Sareh Jillian Dylan Cedar Kyree Justyce Christina Paige Griffin Christian Alexa Nija Connor Sarah Jonathan Nathaniel Tylor Suong Keven Linnzi Evan Thomas Mathias Destiny Megan

18. You have today and Friday to work. Monday you will “round table” Jayna Ryan Hassan Sareh Jillian Dylan Cedar Kyree Justyce Christina Paige Griffin Christian Alexa Nija Connor Sarah Jonathan Nathaniel Tylor Suong Keven Linnzi Evan Thomas Mathias Destiny Megan