Monday: We continued going over the Politics Power point
State’s congress is the number of electors
Can lose popular vote, but still win with electoral votes
George Bush lost by 543,816 votes to Al Gore in 2000 but still won Electoral College- election came down to Florida and was a very close election
Donald Trump lost popular vote by 2.8 million votes but still won Electoral college
Republicans do well in places far west, the great lakes area, the Northeast, in cities and also with minorities, poor people, women
Democrats do well in the Midwest, the great plains area, the south east, in rural areas and also with christians and with religious beliefs
1972 election- Nixon started organizations that made sure he won “dirty tricks campaign”- name calling, gay stuff, child problems he pitted democrats against each other causing democrats to drop out because of bad press, he lost a ton
East/west split in 1976
1988 is last time California went Republican
2004- Bush won
2008-2012 Obama
Swing states- Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, Iowa
Not all democrats or Republicans agree on all of the issues with their party
Tuesday: Went over the South America map, talked about a couple current events, and continued on with the Politics Power Point
Conservative-
Cut back money, less government, more religiously conservative
Trump wants government more like this
Favor traditional institutions and the status quo
Favor laissez-faire system (hands off or let alone- government should stay out of businesses)
Trump wants to cut business taxes
Favor a limited role for government in society and believe that people should help themselves, not rely on the government
Favor lower taxes
Believe in the trickle-down theory
Believe in rugged individualism
Democrats/Liberal-
Favor change in society
Oppose government intervention into one’s private and social life
Support regulations on economic activity and businesses
Favor an active role for government in society
Believe that involvement- be it environmental regulations against polluting or anti-discrimination laws, can improve the quality of our lives
Willing to increase taxes to support programs
Political Topics
The summaries of what each party supports generalizations and does not reflect each party’s belief 100%
Illegal Immigration
People come for better education, better life, jobs, family, money purposes
U.S citizens get upset because they don’t understand why they aren’t just doing it legally, they take jobs, and commit crimes
Politicians don’t like to bring it up because it's a controversial topic and most politicians are called racists for everything they do- easier not to bring it up at all
Birthright citizen- if your born in the U.S. even to illegal immigrants, they are U.S. citizen
Anchor babies- they are U.S. citizens and their parents aren’t so the parents stay here to take care of their babies.
2013- 990,553 people are granted lawful permanent residence in the U.S
“Green cards”
The top countries of origin are:
Mexico
China
India
Philippines
Dominican Republic
Wednesday: We took the South America class quiz, watched a few parts of Trump’s speech, went over some current events, and then continued on with the power point. At the end of class we took the U.S Naturalization Practice Test together.
Immigration
2013- 779,929 people became naturalized U.S citizens
Top birth rate countries:
Mexico
India
Philippines
Dominican Republic
China
Residents becoming naturalized citizens in 2013 had spent a median of seven years in “green card” status
Thursday: We took the Latin America/South America/Caribbean map test today and Mr. Bruns handed out the Asia/Australia maps
Friday: Not at school
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