AP GoPo: Elections by https://padlet.com/gyarnall/APGOPO_elections Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2018-02-09 13:52:25 UTC 2026-01-05 11:02:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Assess the implications of election rules in the United States. gyarnall https://padlet.com/gyarnall/APGOPO_elections/wish/230016899 Elections are:
  • Regularly scheduled
  • Have fixed terms
  • Have staggered ends

Term Limits--Are they good???

  • What is a minority president? (There have been 19 of them)
  • single member district v. proportional   representation

ELECTORAL COLLEGE
  • What is its use?
  • Losing the popular vote
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  • The hanging chad?
  • Voter ID laws (again)
]]> 2018-02-09 14:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gyarnall/APGOPO_elections/wish/230045260 Explain how congressional elections work and why are generally not competitive. gyarnall https://padlet.com/gyarnall/APGOPO_elections/wish/231096680
  • Why are there so many safe seats?
    • We mentioned this in a previous chapter.
    • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
    • Why every 2 years?
    • Campaigning in primary v. general elections

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    • Teapot Dome 1920s
    • Watergate 1970s
    Reform Efforts
    • Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) 1974
      • spending limits & disclosures
      • registration of PACs
      • Buckley v. Valeo
        • guts the law in 1976, why?
      • Are Buckley and Citizens United similar?
    • Public Financing for presidential elections (how?)
    • The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) 2002
      • Also known as the McCain-Feingold bill
      • What did it really do?
    Who resists reform?

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