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Chapter 11 – The Presidency

I. The Office of the President

A. Formal Qualifications

1. Article ____, Section ___, Clause __ lists ______ requirements to be ___________________

a. Must be a __________________ born citizen

i. Anyone ________on ________________ soil (or to American parents _________________) is a ______________ born ___________

ii. The only _______________ was for any citizen __________ at the time of the ratification of the ___________________

1. __________________, born on December 5, 1782, was the first president to be born in the United States

b. Must be at least ____ years old

i. _______ presidents were in their _____ when elected

ii. The _____________ man to ever serve as president was _________________

1. Roosevelt became __________ when McKinley was _______________

2. Roosevelt was only ____

iii. The ________________ _______________ president was ____, aged ___

iv. The _____________ _______________ president was ____________, aged __

c. Must have ____________ in the ___________ __________ for at least ____ years

2. The ____ Amendment ______________anyone who was previously _______elected president

a. Bill Clinton

b. George W. Bush

B. Presidential Roles

1. Chief of ________

a. The President is the ______ of our _______________________

b. As such, the President is a ___________ of ________________, like our flag

2. Chief ___________________

a. The __________________ personifies an entire _________ of our ________________

b. As the _______________, the President is the ______ ______ enforcement ________

3. Chief __________________________

a. The President directs the vast ____________ bureaucracy

i. The federal __________ is approximately _____________ (2018)

ii. __________ million people are _________________ full time in the US (2017)

iii. US total Population: ________________ (2016)

b. The President has many ____________ to carry on the actual _______________ duties

4. Chief ____________

a. The President is the ______________ of American _____________ policy

b. The President ___________ over high-level ___________ with foreign ____________

5. _________________ in Chief

a. The President __________ the nation’s _____________

b. There are approximately _____ million people in the ____________ (active & reserve)

c. American military _____________ is roughly ________ to all other ________ of the

____________ combined

6. Chief ________________

a. The President proposes public policies to Congress

i. Article II, Section 3 of the ______________ requires the President to ________ to ____________ periodic _______________ on the condition of the __________ as well as suggestions for its _________________________

ii. Presidents _________________ and _________ delivered the messages in __________, but later presidents sent them in _________________

iii. Woodrow ______________ reestablished the modern practice of delivering a ___________ in ______

iv. Today, the ________ of the ________ Address is a high point in the political __________________

1. Most of the _________________, the _______________ Court, the President’s ___________, Chiefs of the __________, and foreign dignitaries all attend the speech

2. Although the message is delivered to Congress, Presidents ________ the speech more for the _______________ audience

b. The President’s _______ power gives him tremendous ______________ over bills/law

7. Chief of ___________

a. The President is the ___________ of his __________________ party

b. This role often seems to __________ with the President’s ________________ to be the ____________ of the whole ______________

8. Chief __________________

a. The President is expected to ____________ all of the ____________ people

b. Presidents are supposed to _______________ American ___________

C. Term of Office

1. The _____________ were deeply split on the question of the president’s _________

a. Many favored a single _____ year term

b. Others favored a ___ year term with a chance for reelection

2. ___________________________ established the _____________ of limiting oneself to ____ terms

3. ____ was the only president to break the ______________, justifying his decision through the urgency of the ________________ and _______

4. The ____________________ was amended in _____ to establish the ___ term limit in _____

a. A Vice President who becomes ________________ with ______ than ___ years ______________ in that term can only run for _____ additional term

b. A Vice President who _________ ______ than ____ years may run for ___ additional terms

i. Thus, the ____________time anyone can be President is __ day less than ___ years

ii. No president since ____ has served more than __ years

iii. ____ inherited less than ___ years of JFK’s term, but he _______ not to run for a _________ full term of his own

c. An ________________ was made for __________, the sitting president at the time, but he decided not to run again in 1952

D. Pay and Benefits

1. ________________ determines the Presidents ___________ and _______________

a. The Presidents pay may not be ___________ or decreased during his _______ in office

b. This _______ Congress from ___________ or penalizing the executive

2. The President’s salary has _______ from ____________ in 1789 to ____________ today

3. Presidents also have a _____________ discretionary _________ account, ____________

travel and _________________ entertainment allotment every ______

4. The Constitution __________ the president from receiving any other ____ from the federal or state governments, but he _______ receive many non-monetary ________________

a. All of the presidents ____________ expenses (food, housing, clothing, etc.) are covered

b. Presidents make use of the _______ __________ compound in Maryland

c. Presidents get luxury travel on _____ __________ ______

d. Presidents have a _______ personal and professional ________

e. _________ presidents get a___________, ____________ care, and other benefits (Presidential Library) for ________

II. Presidential Succession and the Vice Presidency

A. The Constitution and Succession

1. Article II, Section One, Clause Six created the original scheme to fill a presidential ___________

a. If a president _____ office for _________ before his term_________, his ________ would ________ to the Vice President

i. Some question existed as to whether or not the _______ of president would also transfer

ii._______ __________, the ______ VP to __________ to the Presidency, insisted on adopting the title, and his practice was generally accepted

b. ____ Vice Presidents have filled ___________ terms upon the _______ or _________________ of their President

i. _______ _________ succeeded _______ ________ _________ on April 4, ____

ii. _________ _______ succeeded ________ ____________ on July 9, _____

iii. __________ _________succeeded ________ ___________on April 15, _____ iv. _________ __________ succeeded _______ _________on Sept. 19, ____

v. _____ ______________ succeeded _______ __________on Sept. 14, ______

vi. _________ __________ succeeded _________ __________on August 2, ____

vii. _______ ___________ succeeded _______ on April 12, _____

viii. __________ succeeded _________ on November 22, _____

ix. ____ ________ succeeded _______ ________ on August 9, ______

c. Prior to the _____ Amendment, no procedure existed for appointing a replacement Vice President

2. The ___ Amendment, adopted in ______, _______________ the rules slightly

a. If the _______________ _________ office before his term__________, the ____ officially becomes President

b.___________ determines the _____ of ______________ after the Vice President

c. The ___ president will __________ someone to be the new Vice President

i. The candidate must be __________ by a majority vote of _____ houses of Congress

ii. This has been accomplished ________

1. ________ _______ was confirmed to replace ________ ______ in December ______

2. _______ ______________ was confirmed to replace _____ in December ____

3. The 25th Amendment also anticipates the ____________ of a president who is ______________ or permanently ______________

a. If the president knows he will be __________ to fulfill the duties of his office for _______ time, he may communicate this fact to the Speaker and President pro Tempore, ____________ his powers to the Vice President

i. _______ _________ transferred his powers to ________ ______ for ___ hours while he was in _________ in _____

ii. ________ _________ transferred his powers to ______ _________for ___ hours while he was in ________ in ______

iii. Although these “Acting Presidents” have full presidential powers, they haven’t exercised them

b. When the ______________ has been___________, the president may ________ his powers by communicating in __________ his fitness to the Speaker and President pro Tem

c. If the president has become disabled but _______ to _____________ power, the ____ and a majority of the cabinet (or another body specially appointed by Congress) may _____________ depose him by sending a _________ statement to the Speaker and President pro Tem

d. The President _____ send his own letter ____________ his ability to _______ if this happens

e. ___________ must convene within ___ hours to consider which faction to support

f. ____________ must decide the question within ____ days

g. ________________ of _____ houses of __________ must vote to _________ the President ______________

B. Statutory Succession

1. Congress passed the Presidential ____ of Succession in ______

2. Line of Succession > in 2017:

a. President Donald Trump

b. Vice President Michael Pence

c. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan

d. President Pro Tempore of the Senate Orrin Hatch

e. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

f. Secretary of the Treasuery Steven Mnuchin

g. Secretary of Defense James Mattis

h. Attorney General Jeff Sessions

i. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke

j. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue

k. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross

l. Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta

m. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price

n. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson

o. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao

p. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry

q. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos

r. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin

s. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly

t. The Cabinet secretaries succeed in the order in which their departments were established

i. By tradition, the ___ people on that list are _______ in the _____ room in case of a ________

ii. The Cabinet secretaries would only serve until a Speaker or President Pro Tem became available

iii. No one __________ a VP has ever ________________ under this scheme

C. The Office of Vice President

1. The Vice Presidency has been a historically __________________________ office

a. The only _____________________ responsibility is to _________ over the _________

b. An old _____ maintains there is another “unofficial responsibility” – to inquire daily after the _________ of the president – that ____________ the Vice Presidents status as a __________________ president

c. Many ______ have ______________ about the ________________ of the office

d. At times it seemed as though the ______’s selection was _______ purely on a ________ to increase the regional ________ of the national ticket

2. Recent Vice Presidents have been _________________ more active roles in presidential administrations

3. The _____ is the ________ member of the President’s administration that he ____________ fire

III. Presidential Selection: The Framer’s Plan

A. ___________ Provisions

1. The Framers spent more time ___________ the question of presidential ___________ than any other

2. Most of the ___________ originally ___________ letting ___________ select the president

a. This would have followed the precedents of the ___________ of ___________ and the ___________ ___________

b. This would have ___________ the separation of ___________

c. Some ___________ that ___________ would be more open to ___________ in their choice

3. A ______ of the Framers ___________ letting the people ___________ elect their president

a. Many doubted the people’s ability to pick wisely

b. The ___________ seemed too ___________ for a candidate to acquire a national ___________

4. Alexander ___________ proposed a ___________ that was ___________

a. Each ___________ would pick a few ___________ to make the choice for them

b. Each state would have a number of representatives ___________ to the ___________ of their ___________ and ___________

c. These representatives, called ___________, would only ___________ office for a very ___________ time and only have _____ duty, reducing the ___________ for them to be ___________

d. The states’ ___________ would ______ in their respective state ___________, making it ___________ to ___________ the whole group at the same time

e. ___________ cast ____ votes for ___________

f. Electors were trusted to exercise good judgment and independent thought

5. This original scheme worked well in 1788 and 1792, when Washington was unanimously elected

B. ___________ in the System

1. In ____________, the Framers did not anticipate the rise of political ___________

> Federalist John ___________ became President while Democratic-Republican ___________ became Vice President

> the two men did not personally ___________ each other at the time

2. Election of ___________ even worse

a. Democratic Republican electors all cast ___________ ballots

> Thomas ___________, the candidate for president, tied his running mate, Aaron ___________

b. This ___________ brought about ___________ new developments in American ___________

i. Party ___________ for President and Vice President

ii. Nomination of Elector ___________ pledged to ___________ the party ___________

iii. Automatic ___________ of electoral ___________ based on those pledges

iv. The concept of the independent ___________ was largely ___________

3. The ___________ Amendment was ratified in ___________ to fix the system

a. ___________ would now cast ____ vote for ___________, and a ___________ vote pfor ____

b. This amendment virtually ___________ that the ___________ and ___ will be from the ___________ party

IV. Presidential Nominations

A. A ___________ of nominating ___________ have been used through the years

1. The ___________ method of nominating a candidate was ___________

2. Later, ___________ of influential ___________ would meet and ___________ to support the ___________ candidate, giving rise to the ___________ system

3. When caucuses were perceived as ___________, large gatherings called ___________ were used to pick a party’s nominees

4. As political ___________ gained ___________ over convention ___________, the ___________ primary developed as a reform

B. Conventions Today

1. ___________ are still held by the major ___________ to officially ___________ candidates for president and vice president

2. The ___________ party holds its convention in ___________, the ___________ party in ___________

3. There is great ___________ among the major ___________ to ___________ these conventions because of the accompanying ___________ boost

4. ___________ has hosted more conventions (25) than any other city

5. Both Democrats and Republicans are ___________ their ___________ in areas traditionally aligned with the ___________ party to ___________ their ___________ to those regions

6. The National Committees ___________ the conventions

a. The committee will “___________” for delegates from the ___________ parties, allotting a certain ___________ to each state

b. The number of ___________ assigned to a state is ___________ first on its ___________ vote

c. ___________ parties also award ___________ delegates based on recent levels of ___________

d. ___________ parties ___________ delegates to DC, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa

e. Democrats grant delegates to “Democrats Abroad”

8. The conventions are too ___________ to be deliberative bodies

a. The 2004 ___________ convention had ___________ delegates

b. The 2004 ___________ convention had ___________ delegates

9. The major parties select their delegates differently

a. ___________ allow the state parties and state laws to ___________ the selections

b. ___________ have rules that require ___________ for different groups within the party (minorities, the young, women, etc.)

c. Democrats also ___________ grant delegate status to a wide variety of Democratic office holders and party leaders

d. More than ________ of both parties’ delegates are chosen in statewide primaries

C. Presidential Primaries

1. ___________ are elections in which ___________ do one or two things

a. ___________ preferences among ___________ for a party’s ___________

b. ___________ delegates to a national ___________

2. The primary was first held in Wisconsin in ___________

3. Today ___________ are held in ___ states, ____ and ___________

4. ___________ states like Iowa typically ___________ their delegates through ___________

5. Primaries ___________ delegates through one of two ___________

a. ________________– the candidate with the most votes gets all of the delegates

i. These primaries have all but disappeared because of changes in state laws

ii. The ___________ do not allow them

b. ___________ – candidates who cross a certain threshold of the ___________ vote earn a proportional number of the ___________

6. Some states have ___________ their primaries or make them non-binding “preference primaries”

D. Recent Problems with Primaries

1. The ___________ contests have the ___________ influence on the presidential ___________

2. ___________’s caucus and ___________’s primary have long been the ___________ contests in the ___________

3. Other states have ___________ the primacy of Iowa and New Hampshire

4. Many states have been considering ___________ up the dates of their ___________

5. Too short a schedule would ___________ all but the most ___________ or well-financed ___________ from running ___________ campaigns

6. Proposals for ___________

a. National Primary Election Day

i. No state would have undue influence since ____ would ______ on the ___________ day

b. Rotating Regional Primary

i. The United States would be divided into ___ or ___ regions

ii. All of the states in _______ region would vote on the _______ day

iii. A different ___________ would vote each ___________ starting in January

iv. A ___________ region would go first ___________ four years

c. Escalating Electoral Primary

i. The ___________ states with the ___________ electoral votes would vote ___________

ii. The larger states would vote _________, with the __________states voting last

iii. This system would allow the campaigns to grow ___________ and keep the ___________ until the last primaries were held

E. The National Convention

1. Today the results of the ___________ are known well in ___________

2. ___________ are still held to ___________ ___________ things

a. Officially ______ the parties’ ___________ for president and vice-president

b. ___________ all the parties’ factions ___________ for a ___________ purpose and show of ___________

c. ___________ the parties’ ___________

i. The platform is a party’s ___________ of ___________

ii. Many party members ignore the ___________ since following it is ____ a ___________ of membership

3. Today ___________ are also valuable ___________ for the parties and candidates

4. The Convention ___________

a. Day __________

i. The convention is ___________ and the delegates are ___________

ii. Delegates ___________ dozens of short ___________ by party figures

b. Day ___________

i. Many ___________ are delivered, including the ___________ address

ii. The party ___________ is ___________

c. Day ___________

i. ___________ for President and Vice-President are ___________

d. The conventions occasionally ___________ into ___________ days

F. Qualifications for Nominations

1. ___________ presidents desiring another term are ___________ always ___________

a. ___________ may be ___________ from ___________ the party, ___________ their advantages make the nomination virtually ___________

b. There have been only ____ ___________ to this rule

i. John ___________ (Whigs, 1844)

ii. Millard ___________ (Whigs, 1852)

iii. Franklin ___________ (Democrats, 1856)

iv. Chester ___________ (Republicans, 1884)

2. Political ___________ is often the ___________ to winning in an open field

3. ___________ characteristics have ___________ on the party

a. Most contenders have been ___________

b. Most contenders have come from ___________ ___________

c. Most contenders have ___________ and healthy ___________ (with exceptions made for war wounded veterans)

d. Most contenders have seemingly ___________ family ___________

e. Candidates should have a well developed ___________ ___________

V. The Election

A. Candidates attempt to ___________ the support of the ___________ possible number of ___________ between the convention and Election Day

B. ___________ of Americans ___________ for President, but their votes only ___________ determine the winner

C. The actual vote for President takes place in the ___________ College

1. There are ____ electors in the Electoral College

a. Each state has the ___________ number of ___________ as its Representatives in ___________ ___________ its ___________

i. The ___________ electoral ___________ a state may have is ___________

ii. The ___________ electoral votes (___) are cast by California

b. The District of Columbia has three votes because of the 23rd Amendment

2. The ___________ requires that all ___________ meet on the same date throughout the country

a. ___________ actually ___________ in their state ___________ to vote

D. When the Electoral College ___________ to Elect Anyone

1. If ___ candidate for President ___ a majority of the Electoral College ___________, the ___________ of Representatives ___________ the ___________ from among the top ___________ finishers

a. Each state delegation must vote as a ___________

b. ___________ state has ___________ vote

c. A simple ___________ of the ___________ is required to ___________

d. The ___________ has resolved just two elections

i. ___________ – Jefferson and Burr tied

ii. ___________ – No candidate had a majority

2. If ____ candidate for ___________ wins a majority of the Electoral College votes, the ___________ ___________ the Vice President from among the top ___________ finishers

a. Each senator votes by him or herself

b. A simple ___________ of the ___________ is required to ___________

c. The Senate has only resolved ___________ election

i. ___________ – Virginia electors withheld their votes for Democrat Richard Johnson because they learned he had once cohabited with an African American woman, so no one had a majority

ii. The Senate picked ___________ anyway

E. ___________ in the Electoral College

1. The ___________ of the ___________ vote may ___________ win the Electoral College

2. ___________ in some ___________ have more ___________ in the Electoral College

3. ___________ Electors

Nothing in the Constitution requires electors to vote with the majority of their state

4. The ___________ of the ___________ of Representatives strongly ___________ the voters of states

F. Proposed ___________ to the Electoral College

1. ___________ the Electoral College and elect the president by popular vote

2. ___________ and determine the states’ electoral votes by popular vote

3. ___________ ___________ Votes on a proportional basis

4. ___________ ___________ Votes district by district, with the statewide winner taking the two extra Electoral Votes

5. ___________ ___________ ___________ – whoever wins the national popular vote receives 102 bonus Electoral Votes

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