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Political Parties, Interest Groups, Elections, and Mass Media
Day
1
1.
Discuss Primary and Election Process PPT
2.
McGovern and Changes
3.
Primary Schedule and how it affects race
4.
Should we change the Electoral College
5.
Supreme Court Voter ID
Day 2
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Running a
Campaign PPT
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History of
Elections
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Pass out
Vocab
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Earthquake Election Reading
5.
Watch TV Ads
Day
3
1.
Campaign Finance Reform
2.
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974
3.
Buckley v Valeo
4.
McCain Feingold
5.
ABC
Pac Video
6.
527’s and Issue ads
6.
McConnell v the FEC
7.
Redistricting, and
Reynolds v. Sims
7.
Does Money in politics hinder democracy or help?
8.
527
WS
Day
4
1.
Vocabulary (Election and Party) Quiz
2.
PPT
– Political Parties
3.
What is the role of a third party?
4.
Party Realignments – The Four Realignments
5.
The
Presidential Election of 2004
6.
Pass out Liberal Media Debate Readings
Day
5
1.
Role of Media in Politics PPT
2.
How
do you want your News? Hard or Soft
Day
6
1.
Is
there Bias in the Media Debate
Day
7
2.
SNL
Political Bash
Day
8
1.
PPT
– Interest Groups
2.
Vocab Quiz (Media and Interest Groups)
3.
Interest Group Research
4.
Turn in UNIT QUESTIONS
Day
9
1.
Discuss Interest Group Research
2.
What groups are more powerful and why?
3.
Tactics of Interest Groups
– Litigation, Campaign Contributions, Grassroots lobbying/mass
mobilization
4.
FRQ
– Interest Groups
– in
class
Day
10
1.
Test
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