13. The Presidency.

The President’s Job Description.

Presidential Succession and the Vice Presidency.

Presidential Succession and the Vice Presidency.

Presidential Nominations.

The Election.

chief of state

chief of statethe President; he is the ceremonial head of the

government of the United States, the symbol of all the people in the nation

chief executive

chief executivethe President is vested by the Constitution with “the Executive Power” of the United States “the

most powerful office in the world”

chief administrator

chief administrator

the director of the huge executive branch of the Federal Government

chief diplomat

chief diplomatthe main architect of American foreign policy and the nation’s chief spokesperson to the rest of the

world

commander in chief

commander in chief

President is leader of the Nation’s armed forces, 1.4 million men and women in uniform

chief legislator

chief legislatorthe President is the main architect of its public

policies

chief of party

chief of partythe President is the acknowledge leader of the

political party that controls the executive branch

chief citizen

chief citizenthe President is expected to be “the representative

of all the people”

presidential succession

presidential succession

the scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled

Presidential Succession Act

of 1947

Vice President, Speaker of the House, President pro term of the Senate, and …

Presidential Succession Act

of 1947

balance the ticket

balance the ticket

presidential candidate chooses a running mate who can strengthen his chance of being elected by virtue

of certain ideological, geographic, racial, ethnic, gender or …

presidential electors

presidential electors

electors that cast two electoral votes

electoral votes

electoral votesvotes cast by the presidential electors

electoral college

electoral collegegroup of people (electors) chosen from each State and the District of Columbia to formally select the

President and Vice President

winner-take-all

winner-take-allthe candidate who won the performance vote automatically won the support of all delegates

chosen at the primary; currently not in use

presidential primary

presidential primary

1) Choose some or all of a State party organization’s delegates to their party’s national

convention2) Express a preference among various contenders

for their party’s presidential nomination

proportional representation

proportional representation

Any candidate who wins at least 15 percent of the vote cast in a primary gets the number of the states Democratic Convention delegates that

correspond to his or her share of that primary vote

national convention

national convention

meetings at which the delegates vote to pick their presidential and vice-presidential candidates

platform

platformthe party’s formal statement of basic principles,

stands on major policy matters, and objectives for the campaign and beyond

keynote address

keynote addressusually a barnburner, delivered by one of the

party’s most accomplished orators

district plan

district planthe electors would be chosen in each State in the

same way as members of Congress

proportional plan

proportional plan

each presidential candidate would receive the same share of a state’s electoral vote as he or she

received in the state’s popular vote

direct popular election

direct popular election

each vote would count equally in the national result

electoratethe mass of people who can cast votes in an election

electoratethe mass of people who can cast votes in an election

national bonus plan

national bonus plan

a national pool of 102 electoral votes would be awarded to the winner of the popular vote and

then…

The Executive Branch – Constitutional Principles.

Gifts to the Presidents.

Voices on Government.

John F. Kennedy.

F.D.R.

The Presidency.

Benefits of the Presidency.

Presidential Succession.

Interpreting Political Cartoons.

Vice Presidents Who Succeeded to the Presidency.

An Active Vice President.

Choosing the Vice President.

George Washington’s Inauguration.

The Framers’ Plan for the Electoral College

Election of 1800

National Convention Sites.

Campaigning Then and Now.

Getting a Head Start.

Interpreting Political Cartoons.

A Hard-to-Get Ticket.

Sound Bites.

New York.

Electoral Votes of Each State, 2004.

Popular Vote vs. Electoral Vote.

Interpreting Political Cartoons.

Analyzing Political Cartoons.