The Road To The White House

The Road To The White House

Decision Exploratory Committee file with FEC Theme Can I win? Name Recognition $$ Do I have presidential competencies/qualities?

Presidential qualities/competencies Official Qualifications Party Affiliation Leadership Experience Family-married, children Religious Affiliation Gender Race Physical Appearance Spouse

Self-Announcement File with FEC Timing Multimedia Event Family/Support Photos Speech TV, Newspaper, Radio, Internet/Social Media

Campaign I (Pre-Primaries) Travel Mass Media Raising $$ Interest Groups Platform

Mass Media Debates -Republicans: Aug 6, Sept 16, Oct 28, Nov 10, Dec 15, Jan 14, Jan 28, Feb 6, Feb 13, 26, March 10 -Democrats: Oct 13, Nov 14, Dec 19, Jan 17, Feb 11, March 9

Mass Media Traditional News: TV, Newspaper, Radio Internet Impact of social media Gauge and shape public opinion

Public Opinion What is public opinion? What influences public opinion? How is public opinion measured?

Ads: Campaign Rhetoric and Techniques Testimonial Mudslinging/name calling/negativity Glittering generalizations Appeal to fear/creating fear Plain folks Bandwagon Patriotic generalizations Fallacies Transfer

Raising $$ Fundraising Private Political Action Committees (PACs) Super PACs Public: subsidy Campaign Finance Regulation 2010 Supreme Court ruled corporations not limited in how much they spend on federal campaigns 2014 Supreme court ruled that wealthy donors not limited on how much they spend on federal campaigns

Interest Groups Purpose How do interest groups work? Types: -Economic Interest -Promote Causes -Promote Welfare of Certain Groups -Religious -Public Interest Groups - Race, Gender and Religion

Candidate Platforms Endorsements

Political Parties Democrats (Blue) www.democrats.org Independents Republicans (Red) www.rnc.org Minor Parties (3rd) Ideological Parties Single Issue Parties Economic Protest Parties Splinter Parties

Political Party Organization National Committee State Central Committee Congressional Districts Local/County Central Committee Ward Precinct

Primaries/Caucuses Primary Winner-takes-all Proportional representation Caucus January to June of an Election Year Iowa Caucus & New Hampshire Primary are 1st Visit all States

Primary Election Schedule & Results March 15, 2016: Presidential Primary and Special Primary for the 8th Congressional District Elections in Ohio Must be registered by: February 16, 2016

Primaries and Conventions Not Constitutional Not Unconstitutional A Function of Political Parties

National Conventions Republicans July 18-21, 2016 Cleveland, Ohio Democrats July 25-28, 2016 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Delegates/Super Delegates What are delegates? What are superdelegates? http://www.cnn.com/2008/politics/01/02/delegate.explainer/index.html

National Convention 1 st Day-Keynote Speech 2 nd Day-Committee Reports/Platforms 3 rd Day-Nominee Picked Brokered Convention 4 th Day-Acceptance Speech/VP Choice -Balance The Ticket

Campaign II-Labor Day Kick Off Travel Raising $$ Debates- 3 Pres/1VP -Moderated with specific topics -Townhall

General Election Popular Vote in November Electoral College vote in December (Monday after 2 nd Wednesday in December) 270 of 538 Electoral Votes to win Tie: House chooses Pres/Senate VP Electoral Votes counted in January

Census = State PopulationCount State Population/ Congressional Districts same State Population/ Congressional Districts changes Reapportionment # of Congressional Districts + 2 Senators = Electoral Votes of Each State Redistricting 23

The Electoral College http://lightspeed.neonet.org/safevideos/video.aspx?id=rf2n4sdgklq

Transition Outgoing/Incoming President Meet Choose Cabinet (Vetting)

Inauguration January 20 @ 12 pm March until 1933 (20th Amendment) Custom Incoming and Outgoing ride from White House to Capitol Inaugural Address Parade from Capitol to White House Parties