Yhdysvaltain suurlähetystön Shawn Waddoupsin esitys – SAK:n koulutuspäivät opinto-ohjaajille sekä historian- ja yhteiskuntaopin opettajille 16.–17.9.2016 Kiljavan opistolla Nurmijärvellä

1. U.S. Presidential
Elections

2. Major Party Presidential Nominees & Running Mates
Presidential Candidates
Hilary Clinton Donald Trump
Democratic Party Republican Party
Chairman and President,
The Trump Organization
Former Secretary of State
Tim Kaine
U.S. Senator, Virginia
Mike Pence
Governor of Indiana

3. Debates
Presidential Debates
 September 26
 October 9
 October 19
Vice Presidential Debate
 October 4

4. The Role of Political
Parties
• The Founders did not envision a role for political
parties
• Political parties became tied to the voting rights –
they helped mobilize the growing mass of voters
• Every president since 1852 has been either a
Republican or a Democrat

5. Why a Two-Party System?

6. Comparing Systems
The American System of Government
• Separates the legislature and the
presidency
• Congress is legally and politically
independent of the President’s will

7. The Electoral College
• The Electoral College refers to a group of
538 people who officially elect the
president
• Each state receives one elector for each its
members in the House of Representatives
plus two for its U.S. Senators
• In most states, electors cast their votes
based on how the majority of voters in
their state voted.

8. Electors by State
 A candidate must
win a majority of 270
electoral votes to be
elected president

9. The Polls
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10. Campaign Finance
• Public Funds
• Personal Funds
• Political Action Committees (PACs)
• Super PACs