Presidential Roles and Electoral College
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Roles of the President
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Commander in Chief Chief of Party/Citizen Chief of State Chief Executive Chief Administration Chief Diplomat Chief Legislature Guardian of Economy
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Formal qualifications to be president
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Natural Born citizen At least 35 years old Resident of US for 14 years
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Two methods that were debated before electoral college
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Congress Direct vote of people
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Problem with Congress Method
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Too much power under legislative thumbs
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Problem with direct vote of people
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leads to tumult and disorder, uninformed, uneducated
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Who invented electoral college?
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Alexander Hamilton
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Original electoral college
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state chooses electors
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what changed in 1804?
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12th amendment was created (electors must vote for pres and vice pres separately)
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When is election day?
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November 8th
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Is our vote indirect or direct and why?
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Indirect, electoral college
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How many electors re there and why this number?
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538; 100 from senate, 435 from house + DC
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Magic Number for candidate to win
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270
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What kind of system is the electoral college?
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Winner takes all
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When do electors actually cast their vote?
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First Monday after second Wednesday in December
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What happens of January 6th
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Congress counts electoral votes
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What is t called when an electoral doesn't vote in favor for the state?
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Faithless electors
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What are the three major weaknesses of the electoral college?
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Winner takes all Third Party candidates Election by the house
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Why is the winner take all system bad?
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You can barely win majority but get every vote from that state
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Badness of 3rd parties
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takes votes away from main candidate
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Badness of election of the house
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House picks in case of tie; Biased, unfair
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3 ideas for reform
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Instant runoff voting Making voting a national holiday publicly funded elections
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What is instant runoff voting?
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voters rank candidates in order of preference
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what would happen if we made voting day a national holiday?
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We would get more votes, be more informed
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What would happen if we had publicly funded elections? (It's a Good Thing)
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We would get bribery out of politics
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When does the president take office
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January 20th
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What happens after the inauguration
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A big party, Ball
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Commander and Chief
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direct and immediate control of military
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Chief of party/ citizen
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leader of political party that controls executive branch, represent the people of the US for their interests and moral leadership
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Chief of state
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head of government, symbol of people
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Chief Executive
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power used at home on domestic issues and foreign affairs
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Chief Administration
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In charge of executive branch and federal gov
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Chief Diplomat
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main author of American foreign policy
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Chief Legislature
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Shapes public policy, working with congress
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Roles of President Acronym
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Cats Prey At Dawn So Elephants Eat Lunch
