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DO NOW – P. 60 What steps does a person have to take before he or she can be considered one of the final two candidates for president? Copy and Answer
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DO NOW – P. 60
What steps does a person have to take before he or she can be considered one of the final two candidates for president?
Copy and Answer
CIVICS CHECKLIST How does power work? What are the different kinds of
government? What kind of government do we
have in the U.S. and how did it get that way?
What are the rights and responsibilities of citizens?
How do political parties work? Why is voting important? How does some one get elected?
TODAY’S OBJECTIVES
How are candidates for public office chosen?
What is a primary and why is it important?
How does the nomination process work?
VOTER TURNOUT
Voter Turnout – The proportion of the eligible voting-age population that actually votes.
Today that U.S. has one of the lowest voter turnouts among the world’s established democracies Between 50-60% of eligible Americans vote in presidential
elections In European democracies that number is more than 70%
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THE NOMINATION PROCESS
Nomination – Submitting the name of candidate for elective office A nominee is another name for that
candidate Primary Election – An election which
voters determine their political party’s nominee for an elective office
Notesp. 61
THE NOMINATION PROCESS ACTIVITY
At each table is a reading about a different step in the nomination process
Complete your reading as a group, fill out the notes in the corresponding section of your worksheet
Then travel around the room to meet people from other groups and find out about their steps
Fill in your worksheet using the information that they tell you
When you finish, paste this
worksheet as a flap onto p. 61 of your
notebook
REFLECTION – P. 60
What part of the nomination process do you think is the most important? Choose from one of the three options below and explain why. The message/strategy The money The supporters
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