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Objective: Explain how campaign organizations and strategies affect the election process.

Class Notes for the Day!

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Starter: In 2016, what was the chance that a self-funded candidate in a federal race (candidates who put at least $500,000 into their runs) won their campaign?

Only 12.5% won

1.How accurate was your prediction? 
              
2.How surprised are you by this information?

3.Is this good news?

4.What is the big story this data tells?

5.Why do you think that is?

6.What is one consequence of politicians self-funding their own campaigns?

7.Do you think that self-funding is good for democracy?

8.What would federalists and anti-federalists have said about self-funded campaigns?

9.Are you surprised that Trump self-funded about 20% of his campaign?

10.Are you surprised that Hillary Clinton funded over $1.5 million of her campaign?

11.Had Trump not self funded over $60 million of his run do you think he would have won?

12.Why do you think that almost 88% of self-funders lost election, but Donald Trump won his?

13. Michael Bloomberg spent about $500 million on his Democratic primary bid; why was it so ineffective?

14.In the future do you think there will be more self-funded elections?

15.All the 6 self-funded campaigns that won in 2016 were first-time campaigners. Why do you think that is?