Chapter 13 & 14 Test: The Presidency

Ceremonial head of the government, the symbol of all the people of the nation.

The Constitution vests with the President with the executive power of the United States

The president is the direct of the USA government

President is the main architect of American foreign policy and chief spokesperson to the rest of the world

Complete control of the nation's armed forces

Main architect of the nation's public policies

The acknowledged leader of the party

The Pres is expected to be \"the representative of all the people\" Moral leadership

A natural born citizen, at least 35, lived in the US for at least 14 years.

Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940

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400,000

50,000

Large suite of offices, a staff, use of AF1, and other fringe benefits

He will make the same amount of money as cabinet members for the rest of life

Pres Vice Pres Speaker of House Pres Pro Temp Cabinet Members

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If the President informs congress in writing that he is unable to fulfill his duties or if the vice pres and a majority of the members of the cabinet inform congress that the pres is thus incapacitated

Presides over senate and helps decide the question of presidential disability

A special body of presidential electors

The electors cast two votes. Whichever one got the most votes was president, and the second most was vp.

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12th. They had a seperate ballot for VP

1) Pre-Primary Stage (campaigning, rallies, giving speeches) 2) Primaries/Caucuses 3) National Nominating Convention (officially nominating their candidates) 4) General Election

1. Choose some or all of a state's party delegates to attend the party's national convention 2. Express a preference among various contendors for their partys pres nomination -many states use proportional reprenstation -

In those States that do not hold presidential primaries, delegates to the national conventions are chosen in a system of caucuses and conventions.

A party's national convention is the meeting at which delegates vote to pick their presidential and vice-presidential candidates. Party conventions accomplish three main goals:

(1) to officially name the party's presidential and vice-presidential candidates (2) to bring the various factions and the leading personalities in the party together in one place for a common purpose (3) to adopt the party's platform—its formal statement of basic principles, stands on major policy matters, and objectives for the campaign and beyond.

-Candidates do not directly vote for pres. They vote for electors -All states select electors based on the winner of the popular vote in that state -Electors then meet in State capitals on the Monday after the second wednesday in december to cast their vote -On January 6, the electoral votes are counted by the VP and the PRES & VP are formallly elected

House of reps votes

-It is possible to win the popular vote but lose electoral vote. -Nothing says an elector HAS to vote for the candidate favored by the popular vote in their state. -If no candidate wins majority, the house gets it and each State is given one vote, meaning that states with smaller populations wield the same power as large pops

It is a known process. You know the winner pretty fast. For the most part, it has worked.

In the district plan, electors would be chosen the same way members of Congress are selected: each congressional district would select one elector (just as they select representatives), and two electors would be selected based on the overall popular vote in a State (just as senators are selected). The proportional plan suggests that each candidate would receive the same share of a State's electoral vote as he or she received in the State's popular vote. A commonly heard reform suggests that the electoral college be done away with altogether in favor of direct popular election. At the polls, voters would vote directly for the President and Vice President instead of electors. The national bonus plan would automatically offer the winner of the popular vote 102 electoral votes in addition to the other electoral votes he or she might gain.

They did not believe that the people of America were educated enough