Day 26
Political Participation: Primaries and Caucuses
Learning Targets: Students will be able to....
- Explain how the winner-take-all allocation of votes per state (except Maine and Nebraska) under the setup of the Electoral College compared with the national popular vote for president raises questions about whether the Electoral College facilitates or impedes democracy.
- Describe how the process and outcomes in U.S. presidential elections are impacted by:
- Incumbency advantage phenomenon
- Congressional and State elections
- The Electoral College
- Open and closed primaries
- Caucuses
- Party conventions
Before you we begin today, provide a 1-3 sentence response to the following prompt. Your response should be a specific claim AND provide a line of reasoning.
If you are not familiar with primaries or caucuses, don’t worry, just make any argument and line of reasoning.
Prompt: To what extent has the electoral college system achieved the goals set by the framers in the creation of a republic under the US Constitution?
Activity #1: Electoral College - N-50
LD - the process through which the President of the United States is elected to office. Formed as a compromise between allowing either the United States Congress or popular vote to determine the outcome of presidential elections. Each state receives a number of votes equal to the total number of their delegation to the United States Congress.
- There are a total of 538 electors (including three votes for D.C.).
- A candidate must win at least 270.
- Most states operate in a "Winner-take-all" manner
- Faithless Electors?
- Swing States
SD -
Examples - Missouri has 8, Florida 29, California 55, Wyoming 3
Non-Examples - Congressional (mid-term) elections, Primary Elections
Related Terms - Representative Democracy, Federalist Papers (#10?), Reapportionment, Gerrymandering
Activity #2: - Articles you should elect to read
While reading the articles linked below, be on the lookout for evidence that you could use to support, modify, or revise your claim regarding the electoral college.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/02/electoral-college-undemocratic-thats-why-works-column/3333826002/
https://www.stltoday.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/you-ll-hear-these-arguments-in-defense-of-the-electoral/article_079065f6-e0db-5607-acd5-8a1beaca6f9e.html
Close - Exit Ticket - Claim Revision - 10 minutes
Before you leave today, provide a 1-3 sentence response to the following prompt. Your response should be a specific claim AND provide a line of reasoning.*
Prompt: To what extent has the electoral college system achieved the goals set by the framers in the creation of a republic under the US Constitution?
- You must cite at least 2 pieces of evidence from the articles provided to support your claim.
- You must explain HOW that evidence supports your claim
*To exit the classroom, a classmate must "sign off" on your claim/line of reasoning and supporting evidence before the it is brought to the teacher for final approval. IF it does not directly address the prompt, is vague, or lacks a clear line of reasoning, it will be sent back to the approving student for final revision prior to exit.
AP EXAM PREP - Missing Pieces, Landmark Cases, and Foundational Documents
This document should act as a checklist in your preparation for the AP Exam May 6th. THIS IS BY NO MEANS EXHAUSTIVE! Instead, it is simply a checklist of items.
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