Class Notes for the Day:
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Starter: If a politician outspends their opponent in a U.S. congressional election, how likely are they to win?
1.How accurate was your prediction?
2.What most surprised you about this data?
3.What is the big story the first chart, Chances of Winning, tells?
4.Why do you think that is?
5.What is one consequence of this?
6.According to the first chart, on election day, if I know who has outspent their
opponent, I can predict with a 91% accuracy who will win the seat. Is this good news?
7.According to the second chat, Source of Funds, where does the biggest portion of the money spent on these elections come from?
8.Democracy means, among other things, that each person has equal political power, is the data from the second chart good or bad news for democracy?
9.Which of those types of donors would you and your family be classified as?
10.According to the third chart, Average Money Spent, how much did the average winner outspend the average loser?
11.Where does most of the money that politicians spend go?
12.The title of the entire graphic is, how money wins elections. To summarize, in a short concise statement: how does money win elections?
Review: House vs. Senate
What are some of the main differences between the House of Representatives and the Senate. Think about structure, elections, rules, and powers.
Word of the Day
CENSURE
- Define it
- Provide an example of it
- Why might Congress censure one of its members?
- Why was Senator Joseph McCarthy censured in 1954?
- What might a potential punishment be if a member is censured?
Congressional Arts & Crafts Project
Throughout next week, we will be assessing the role of political parties in the legislative process as well as considering the differences in House and Senate rules and procedures.
You will be answering these questions in a product randomly selected from a number of categories:
You will be answering these questions in a product randomly selected from a number of categories:
- What are the advantages of the majority party in lawmaking (besides the obvious)?
- How important have parties become to how the legislative process functions?
- What about the rules (not parties) could cause a bill to pass in one chamber but not in another?
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