Lesson 34-35

-Composition of the House

-Committees and the Iron Triangle

Elections

  Election is the way that different men or women come to power in the U.S. Government.  Senators, representatives, vice-presidents and presidents are all elcted by the people of the United States.  The government in the U.S. is set up so that the people hold much of the power to elect the leaders that they see fit to hold office.
  Although the poeple do hold some power in the American government, they don't hold all of it.
The U.S. Senate and house of representatives have a lot of influence on elections.  The early founders of the government believed that it would be too hard to get all the information about the next candidate for presidency to all of America, but they did not want Congress to elect the president.  Thomas Jefferson stated that "The people are not qualified to exercise themselves the Executive department; but they are qualified to name the person who shall exercise it."
  The Electoral system "Electoral College" has a group of elected representatives from every state in America meet together to decide who will be president.  There are 538 electoral votes, so a presidential candidate must win at least 270 votes.  If neither candidate gains 270 votes, the House of Representatives declares the winner.

Lesson 29-30-31-32-33

29-Incumbency

• An incumbent is someone who has served in the senate and seeks to be re-elected to hold their position.

30-House and Senate Elections

31-The Electoral College

32-Primaries, Caucasus, and the Conventions

33-General Elections

Lesson 27-28

 Cost of Elections

 Campaign Finance Reform