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Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Presidential Elections

For Monday, Edwards ch. 5 and Nixon memo to Haldeman.

Questions on the assignment?  Be sure to link anecdotes to national patterns and trends.  Document what you say.

For your writeup, answer one of the discussion questions at the end of chapter 5. Alternatively, you may offer a guess as to the winner of the 2028 election, but provide reasons based on this week's material.

Keep an eye on the Iran situation.  We will later discuss war powers.

What are conventions for anymore?

Sometimes they backfire, big time


And 2024, not your grandfather's convention:


What do presidential candidates look for in running mates?

Running mates 1948-2020

Why Walz?  Why Vance?


Why did Congress change campaign finance law?



SUPER PACS!  (start at 3:00)


Why the electoral college?

How does it work?

Illustrates change in the political landscape:





Maps and strategy


What really matters?

Events:  what happened in 2024?

Demographics

Partisan trends:









 

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