GUIDE TO BLUE BOOK TO BE WRITTEN IN DARK INK DURING CLASS

                             THIRD WEEK—BRING BLANK, UNTORN BLUE BOOK; EARN 25 POINTS

TERMS TO UNDERSTAND AND USE IN YOUR BLUE BOOK ANSWER TO THE QUESTION

“R     E     A     D”                            “P       O       L       I       T       I       C       S”

Republican Party issues Endorsements Absentee ballot rules Democratic Party issues Red and blue states · Electors rules and steps Analysis of your prediction Delegates rules and steps

Party: major and minor  Open office  Loyalty of demographic groups to party  Independent: “I decline to state a party”  Typical / exceptional for my/his/her group  Incumbent  Convention nominees and platform  States, state officials  Primary and caucus to select delegates  Opinion poll or survey; your own opinion  Levels and branches  Identification-party, office, state, level, branch  Turnout:  “Get Out the Vote”  Interest groups and issues  Checks and balances  Separation of powers and federalism

FEDERALISM / FEDERAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES =

two governments--national and state--sharing power and/or competing for power.

LEVEL A—NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

LEVEL B—STATE GOVERNMENT

LOCAL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT CREATED BY STATE GOVERNMENT

LEVEL C—COUNTY GOVERNMENT

                        LEVEL D—CITY GOVERNMENT

                        LEVEL E—SPECIAL DISTRICT GOVERNMENT

            SEPARATION OF POWERS/CHECKS AND BALANCES IN THE UNITED STATES =

            three parts of a government--legislature, executive, and judiciary--sharing power and/or competing for power.

BRANCH X—LEGISLATURE--sends bills to the executive so they can become laws

BRANCH Y—EXECUTIVE--carries out (applies, administers, executes) the laws

BRANCH Z—JUDICIARY—interprets how the laws apply in individual cases

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Page 1, side 1—Rectangle #1:  legislative branch at the federal level / Congress

Page 1, side 2—Rectangle #2:  executive branch at the federal level / President

Page 2, side 1—Rectangle #3:  judicial branch at the federal level / U.S. Supreme Court

Page 2, side 2—Rectangle #4:  legislative branch at the state level / State Legislature

Page 3, side 1—Rectangle #5:  executive branch at the state level / Governor

Page 3, side 2—Rectangle #6:  judicial branch at the state level / State Supreme Court

Page 4, side 1—Rectangles # 7 and 8: legislature and executive at the county level

Page 4, side 2—Rectangle # 9: superior court at the county level

Page 5, side 1—Rectangles # 10, 11: legislature and executive at the city level

Page 5, side 2—Rectangles # 13, 14: legislature and executive at the special district level

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                                    Day 1

Usually not interested but may be changing

            Take notes on above terms

Proquest

Savethis.com

The Big Day - Super Tuesday

Electoral College Map

            PACE: 8 week version of Political Science 1, including some Saturdays

                        Tu 5:45-7:50 Feb. 5 – April 5, Harry Bridges Institute

                                                          350 W. 5^th Street #208

                                                          San Pedro

OR

                        W 5:45-7:35 Feb. 6 – April 5, Kaiser Hospital

                                                         25825 Vermont Ave. #8

                                                         Harbor City