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For today, 01/29 Take a sheet of paper out for notes – you can title it “U.S. Government”
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Role of the U.S. Constitution
Constitution is our “law of the land” Bill of Rights: first 10 amendments
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Representative Democracy
Democracy: rule by people Representative Democracy People vote for representatives (state & federal level) Federal Representatives: Senator John Cornyn Senator Ted Cruz U.S. Representative Randy Weber U.S. Representative Pete Olson State Representatives: Senator Larry Taylor State Rep. Greg Bonnen State Rep. John E. Davis State Rep. Craig Eiland
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Electing our President
Case Study: Election Popular Vote Results 50,996,582 50,456,062
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Electoral College People vote for electors 2000 E.C. Results
Electors vote for president 2000 E.C. Results Bush: 271 Gore: 266 Number of electoral votes is based on state population; the more people, the more votes.
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* The number of electoral votes a state gets is determined by its population. The larger the population, the more electoral votes. * 538 total electoral votes California: 55 Texas: 38 Florida and NY: 29 (each)
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