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Presidents on the Presidency• Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) – “[It] is a place of splendid misery”• John Quincy Adams – “The four most miserable years of my life
were my four years in the presidency.”• Rutherford B. Hayes – “Nobody ever left the presidency with less
regret.”• James A. Garfield – “What is there in this place that a man should
ever want to get into it!”• William McKinley – “I have had all the honor there is in this place
and have had responsibilities enough to kill a man.”• William H. Taft – “I’m glad to be going – this is the loneliest place
in the world.”• Warren G. Harding – “[The presidency] is a prison.”• Harry S. Truman – “There is no exaltation in the office of the
President of the United States – sorrow is the proper word.”• Dwight D. Eisenhower – “Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.”
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HOW A PRESIDENT IS ELECTED
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1. Plan to Run for Office is Announced• Get their name “out there” for potential voters to know
and remember• Usually 1 to 2 years before a presidential election
• John McCain 2008 election announcement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJZA8Vft-Eo
• This begins the endless commercials and baby-kissing
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2. Candidate campaigns to win delegate support
• Competing with members from their own party
• Hope to gain popularity and financial support
• They also hope to win the support of party delegates who will vote for a specific candidate at the party’s national convention
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3. Caucuses and Primary elections take place in the states
• Primary elections: D vs. D and R vs. R• OPEN primary – any qualified voter can take part in the
vote (23 states)• CLOSED primary – only declared party members can take
part in the vote (27 states and DC) • Pennsylvania has a closed primary
• Caucus – meetings where people decide and discuss which candidate/delegates to support
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Along the way, the herd is thinned…• Candidates will drop out for personal reasons, because of
party influence, or because of major “woopsies” along the way
• Best ways to not become President:
1. Forget your own platform
2. Follow the Herman Cain School of Employee Relations
3. Get dominated in a debate
4. Scare your own supporters
5. Get your nation’s history wrong
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4. Nominee for President is announced at the National Party Convention
• Main purpose: unify party
members behind nominee
and platform• Minority Party goes first• 3 functions:
1. Organize (rewrite Platform: a political party’s formal statement of basic principles, stands on major issues, and goals)
2. “Pep Rally” and a keynote speaker
3. Announce candidate…today it has become simply a formality
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How is a Vice President Chosen?• Factors to Consider
1. Regional Balance• Ex: JFK (from New England) chose Lyndon Johnson (a Texan)
2. Ideological Balance• Ex: Conservative R. Reagan chose moderate George H.W. Bush
3. Carrying a State• Ex: Eisenhower chose Nixon from California, whom he didn’t like
4. Buzz Factor• Ex: Against incumbent Reagan, W. Mondale chose the first woman
running mate: Geraldine Ferraro
5. Who would be the best President?• Not very often is this the case
• Should we take this decision more seriously?
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5. Lots of Campaigning…then voting
• Voting Day – Tuesday following the first Monday in November (on an even year)
• Democrat v. Republican (and a possible 3rd party)
• We are actually voting for ELECTORS not the presidential candidate• Each state picks D and R electors
• A winner-takes-all system - whichever candidate wins, ALL of their (the winning party’s) electors are sent to cast their votes for that candidate
• Electors cast their vote on the Monday after the 2nd Wednesday in December
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6. President is Inaugurated
January 20th of the following year (always an odd year) the President officially takes office!