Agenda 1/7 https://nampolecon.blogspot.com
Turn in late essays.
Check in about world news and
coping with many crises.
Representative democracy – Political
parties
The Two Party System and ideas for reforms – reading
and questions
Assignment Log
Essays
Log 7.1 Voting restrictions past and present
Log 7.2 Suppressed
Log 7.3 Two
Party system
Turn in late essays.
Representative democracy –
Who rules America? How representative is our govt?
Representation by equal
population districts https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/state/legislative/district-maps.aspx
Gerrymandering - reading
and questions
Review essays
Assignment Log
Essays
Log 7.1 Voting restrictions past and present
Log 7.2 Suppressed
Log 7.3 Two Party system
Log 7.4 Gerrymandering
Turn in late essays.
BRING CHROMEBOOKS ON 1/21 AND ON FINALS DAY
Representative democracy? How
do presidents get nominated and elected?
Presidential nomination from primaries/caucuses to conventions, party delegates and DNC and RNC platforms
Lessons
from 2016 primaries, caucuses and DNC and
RNC conventions
Reading and question https://www.morningsidecenter.org/teachable-moment/lessons/about-those-conventions
General
election for president - Electoral college vs National Popular Vote – 270 out
of 538 https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/
Assignment Log
Log 7.1 Voting restrictions past and present
Log 7.2 Suppressed
Log 7.3 Two Party system
Log 7.4 Gerrymandering
Log 7.5 Party Conventions
Chromebooks 1/21 and finals day
Turn in late essays. Logs due Friday.
BRING CHROMEBOOKS ON 1/21 AND ON FINALS DAY
Representative democracy? A rigged
election system?
Reforms
What election
reforms do you think are most important? What do you think about HR1? The
Anti-Corruption Act?
Assignment Log
Log 7.1 Voting restrictions past and present
Log 7.2 Suppressed
Log 7.3 Two Party system
Log 7.4 Gerrymandering
Log 7.5 Party Conventions
Log 7.6 Election reforms
Chromebooks 1/21 and finals day
Turn in late essays. BRING CHROMEBOOKS ON 1/21 AND ON FINALS DAY
Passing laws nationally vs in state
legislatures https://www.vox.com/2019/11/29/20977735/how-many-bills-passed-house-democrats-trump
ALEC corporate interests and model bills in state
legislatures-
Why is ALEC accused of being a stealth, partisan lobby for
corporations? How can un-elected corporate
interests secretly influence state laws for their special interests?
TURN IN LOGS 7.1-7.7
Assignment Log
Log 7.1 Voting restrictions past and present
Log 7.2 Suppressed
Log 7.3 Two Party system
Log 7.4 Gerrymandering
Log 7.5 Party Conventions
Log 7.6 Election reforms
Log 7.7 ALEC
Chromebooks 1/21 and finals day
Turn in late essays and logs Bring chromebooks for
finals.
Preparation for final.
In order to do your
political compass analysis for the final, you will need background information
on the 2020 presidential candidates and their policy positions.
Look up at least the 4
leading candidates in the Democratic race and see where they stand on major
policy issues. What issues are important to you? What are the different
political positions about those issues? Where do elected officials and
candidates stand on those issues? What about their policy ideas might have
positioned them where they are? Are they consistent on most issues? Do you have a different take
on how they should be positioned? If so, what is your reason and evidence?
Remember that the political compass a construct, not
absolute truth and that the placement of candidates was based on preliminary
info and that candidates’ positions have evolved since then.
Right/Left
and Authoritarian/Anti-authoritarian (not Libertarian)
https://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2
Final
COPY AND PASTE THE LINK IN A NEW
TAB, TO KEEP THIS OPEN
Record your score and write a new
reflection.
For the reflection, re-read the analysis with
historical figures that comes with your score and then re-read the US election
analysis for the 2016 election (general and primary) as well as the 2020
presidential candidates. (Note that many of Trump’s policy ideas when he was
campaigning are different from what he’s been doing in office.) How do
they compare to you? Why do you think the candidates and figures are positioned
where they are on the compass? What might be examples of political and economic
policies they support that would position them where they are on the compass?
Compare their platforms and their parties' platforms on the issues – fiscal
policy, healthcare, education, environment, energy, military, housing,
inequality, etc. Who benefits from the policies? Support your ideas with accurate details, relevant
examples, and coherent reasoning; and make connections to things we learned
this semester including historical and international perspectives and different
theoretical views.
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