Wednesday, October 25, 2006 Chapter 10: Voting

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Wednesday, October 25, 2006Chapter 10 Voting
Elections

• Section 3 Paying for Election Campaigns

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BW1 Describing

• What is the purpose of election propaganda?
• To try to persuade voters to choose one candidate
  over another.

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BW2 Identifying

• How did the McCain-Feingold Act change campaign
  finance?
• It prohibited soft money in national elections,
  and placed restrictions on political ads near the
  election.

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Sec 3 Paying for Election Campaigns
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Running for Office

• 4 parts candidate, issues, organization, money
• Purpose convince the public to vote
• Canvassing
• Asking for votes taking polls

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Running for Office

• Endorsements
• Famous or popular support
• Propaganda promote a person or idea
• Advertising Image Molding
• Create the right image

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Running for Office

• Campaign Expenses
• Fees commercials, travel, salaries of staff,
  consultants, pollsters, technology, etc
• Few hundred dollars to hundreds of millions of
  dollars

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Financing a Campaign

• Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) Public
  Funding
• Hard money direct donations
• Presidential Election Campaign Fund (1971)can
  get around
• Private Funding
• Soft money party donations
• Political Action Committees (PACs)

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Financing a Campaign

• Campaign Finance Reform
• Govt should represent all
• Unfair for average citizens
• Violation of free speech
• Reform is hard because money is given to
  incumbents

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Class work Issues to Debate

• Not assigned T 10/24
• Page 245
• Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?
• Read all arguments answer all questions.