Q What you will Learn from This ChapterCHAPTER 15: VOTING AND ELECTIONS: THE END OF THE OBAMA ERA, mcclain-tauber4e_Chapter 15.pptxDownload mcclain-tauber4e_Chapter 15.pptx Updated 5e power point: mcclain5e_lectureppt_ch15.pdf Download mcclain5e_lectureppt_ch15.pdf • Review the various types of elections in the American political system. • Determine the degree to which political parties influence elections. • Learn the factors that contribute to relatively low voter turnout. • Learn how demographics and voting are connected. 1. What are elections? How do they fit into a democracy? • Elections: The process by which individuals make political choices by voting. 2. What are direct primaries? How do they differ from caucuses? 3. Provide a definition for a closed primary and an open primary? Within your answer, indicate which of the two would be preferred generally by political parties. 4. What are the general elections? Why do candidates generally moderate their positions for these elections? • For example, Elections in which the winner is elected to office and takes office after the end of the term of the current officeholder. 5. Why does the allocation of state electors to presidential candidates matter? 6. Define the terms “plurality” and “majority” in the electoral context. Indicate how they differ from one another. • For example, Plurality: Winning of an election by the candidate who receives the most votes (also known as “first past the post”). 7. What is First Past the Post, winner takes all = minority rule? • [copy/paste to url] http://www.cgpgrey.com/politics-in-the-animal-kingdomLinks to an external site. 8. How does majority FPTP create an minority rule over time? Refer to video below, [copy/paste to url] http://www.cgpgrey.com/politics-in-the-animal-kingdom Can Trump steal the election? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rnb0j-bNmMLinks to an external site. 8. What is the difference between the voting-age population and the voting-eligible population? • For example, Both are over 18, but .........? 9. What contributes to relatively low voter turnout rates? • For example, Lack of belief in the efficacy of voting (low cost–benefit analysis) 10. What might help to explain increasing registration and voting rates among women? 11. How does socioeconomic status relate to the issue of voter turnout? Who is more likely to turn out to vote? 12. What are voter suppression techniques? Provide two examples of voter suppression techniques and tactics used during the 2016 election cycle. note for midterm • click, GovCal_chp4_Study 2020.pdf • • Focus on Sections, Party, Elections • Please open meeting recording to review chapter to review subtopic, click below, • Zoom Recording: Chapter 4 and take ScreenshotsLinks to an external site. https://cccconfer.zoom.us/rec/share/cWTu-rB2dWGvuuvocbyPNfzE6YlVf-dn3uM9YPsmo_IIGoG5UrITAIN4SETmJLxi.gCCzhLqZ9ZQnkRvA Resources: Want to rig the US presidential election? Good luck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOgcY8WvVdU&t=8sLinks to an external site. elections work & rules click And She Could Be NextLinks to an external site. • introduction click, https://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/shecouldbenext/video-and-she-could-be-next-ep-2/ • PBS POV - and she could be next, part2 Click, Zoom url recording Links to an external site., Website Resources American National Election Studies (ANES), http://www.electionstudies.org/Links to an external site. The Democratic Party, http://www.democrats.org/Links to an external site. Election Center, http://www.cnn.com/politics/Links to an external site. Federal Election Commission (FEC), http://www.fec.gov/Links to an external site. Federal Voting Assistance Program, http://www.fvap.gov/Links to an external site. Project Vote Smart, http://www.votesmart.org/Links to an external site. The Republican Party, http://www.gop.org/Links to an external site.