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February 3 & 4, 2011 ¼ Sheet Name Period Quiz #7.

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1 February 3 & 4, 2011 ¼ Sheet Name Period Quiz #7

2 Quote of the Day “Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.” -Unknown

3 Government Homework None!!!!

4 Important Announcement I will be gone on Monday You will be working on: – Creating exam questions – Unit 2 Study Guide Your exam will be Tuesday/Wednesday when I get back

5 Current Event Who is today’s current event presenter?

6 Unit 2-Politics 2.1 Political Parties 2.2 Ideology 2.3 Nominations 2.4 Campaign Advertising, Polls, Campaign Funding 2.5 Voter Turnout Unit 2 Exam-February 8 th /9 th

7 Campaign Finance Hard Money – Disclosed, limited donations to candidates Soft Money – Undisclosed, unlimited donations to parties for party building activities

8 Campaign Finance Law FECA (1971-1974) – Established FEC – Candidates must disclose contributions/expenditures – Presidential subsidies – Contribution Limitations $1,000 Individual $5,000 PAC/per candidate/per election

9 Campaign Finance Law BCRA (2002) – No soft money to national political parties – Limits soft money to state political parties $10,000 – Increased hard money to $2,000 per candidate Now $2,400

10 Disclosure of Contributions Fundrace.huffingtonpost.com Who gives money to who? Jennifer Aniston Lou Holtz St. Genevieve

11 Voter Turnout Chart- “Voter Turnout in Federal Elections” ~50% Presidential Elections 30-40% Midterm Congressional Elections Decline in voter turnout since 1960

12 Excuse Rapid Fire Why don’t people vote? GO!!!!!!

13 Political Efficacy People understand AND People believe they can influence gvt/politics

14 Greatest Indicator of Who Votes… Is… Education!!!

15 P.S. Voting is not the only form of political participation

16 Greatest Indicator of Voting Behavior… Is… Political Party Identification

17 Need a Volunteer Sample Ballot on Board Show me straight-ticket voting Show me split-ticket voting

18 Geography affects Voting Behavior Solid South – Used to be Democratic, now increasingly Republican Republicans and the “L” for victory

19 Kerry v. Bush, 2004

20 Obama v. McCain, 2008

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