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Their are Laws Campaign Finance Laws

A candidate must follow laws in funding their elections Individuals are limited in the amount they can donate Laws require candidates to tell who made donations and how the money was spent PAC's are restricted in the ways in which they can donate

Campaign Staff

Campaign hire staff to manage activities Typical positions include: campiagn mangers volunteer coordinators (phone calls flyers) fund-raisers communications directors (social media sites)

Campaign Acctivites

Campaigns use many creative ways to communicate information including: creating flyers and posters holding rallies and fund-raisers using social media canvassing neighborhoods

Funding a Campaign

Campaigs rely on many sources of funding including: public financing from the government donations from citizens and political action committees (PAC's) larger organization that supports an issue or candidate support from the political party

At bottom, the Court's opinion is thus a rejection of the common sense of the American people, who have recognized a need to prevent corporations from undermining self government since the founding, and who have fought against the distinctive corrupting potential of corporate electioneering since the days of Theodore Roosevelt. -Justice John Paul Stevens, Dissenting Opinion, Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission Which statement describes Justice Stevens's belief about the outcome of the case? Corporate money would make elections more likely to reflect the public will. Corporate money would make elections less likely to reflect the public will. Corporate money would have no influence on elections. Public opinion and attitudes have changed since the times of Theodore Roosevelt.

Corporate money would make elections less likely to reflect the public will.

Political spending is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment, and the government may not keep corporations or unions from spending money to support or denounce individual candidates in elections. -Justice Anthony Kennedy, Opinion of the Court, Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission What did the Supreme Court decide in the Citizens United case? Corporations and unions may seek to persuade voters in elections. Corporations and unions cannot enter into politics. Freedom of speech is restricted to individuals, not corporations or unions. The government cannot regulate freedom of speech.

Corporations and unions may seek to persuade voters in elections.

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission 2010

In 2008, Citizen United, a PAC, was not allowed to show a documentary critical ofr Hillary Clinton during primary season. Campaign refor laws did not allow this type of advertisement

Which statements apply to campaign finance and the laws controlling it? Check all that apply. Individual donors can contribute up to a set amount and no more. Finance laws require that donors and the amounts given be identified. Finance laws keep voters from learning who donated to a campaign. Campaigns are financed by public and private donations. Limits are never placed on how much political action committees can donate.

Individual donors can contribute up to a set amount and no more. Finance laws require that donors and the amounts given be identified. Campaigns are financed by public and private donations.

Research the campaign contributions made by the communications company AT&T. Open the website here. Look at the list of candidates to whom the company made contributions and answer the question. What conclusion can be drawn based on AT&T's campaign donation records? It only donates to presidential candidates. It favors Republican candidates but also donates to Democrats It favors Democratic candidates but also donates to Republicans. It donates only to Republican candidates.

It favors Republican candidates but also donates to Democrats

Today

Most states hold primaries to choose convention delegates

Purposes of Political Campaigns Function Political campaigns work to get a cadidate elected or pass an issue

Political campaigns work to get a cadidate elected or pass an issue They accoomplish this by: communicating a message about teh candidate or issue to the public sending critical message about opposing candidates views raising money to pay for campaign

Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements. The party that raised the most money overall is . The candidates in future elections are likely to look to as the most effective way to raise money.

Republicans private individual donors

Some citizen argue that restrictions are needed to: reduce the influence of corporations make the wealthy less influential

Some citizens argue that laws are too strict because: citizens and corporations should be free to support candidates supporting a candidate can be considered free speech

Court ruled in favor of Citizen United

The organization right to free speech had been violated Companies and groups could more freely fund advertisements to support or oppose candidates

critical

an attitude or disagreement

Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements. The purpose of a campaign is to get an official elected or ._____________ One way campaign workers communicate information during a campaign is by _____________ . Members of a campaign staff include volunteer coordinators, communications directors, and ________________

an issued passed canvassing a neighborhood fundriasers

General Elections

are the final competition for elected offices They: occur after the primaries are finished are held on regularly scheduled dates you will know who two candidates are for president

Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements. In a(n) _______ primary, only party members can vote. In a(n) ___________ primary, any qualified voter can vote. In a(n) ___________ primary, people vote for delegates who will represent them at a party convention. In a(n) ____________ primary, people vote directly for a candidate.

closed open indirect direct

canvassing

door to door

primary

election in which voters select candidates for political office

Direct or indirect

in a direct primary, people vote to nominate a candidate directly in an indirect primary, people vote for delegates differes in each state

Open or closed

in an open primary, any qualified voter can vote vote if you are reg. a repuclican you can vote in this dem. primary. in a closed primary, only party members can vote if you are a republican you cant vote in dem primary

Parties can use other methods to choose nominees: caucuses and conventions not just primaries Caucuses

is a meeting of party members who choose a nominee through debates

conventions

meeting of delegates who elect a nominee

1830

parties began to host conventions to select a nominee

1800s

party leaders in congress would caucus to choose a nominee

candidate

person who aspires to serve in a public office

influential

powerful and able to control something

Elections

primaries general elections

canvassing

soliciting votes for an electoal campaign

States and Election Process

state election officials are responsible for: registering candidates registering voters organizing the voting process counting and certifying votes

Primaries different

who votes and how often people vote