POLS 1336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Incumbent, Pork Barrel, Natural-Born-Citizen Clause
23 Aug 2016
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Earthquake in main democracy spring protested in washington dc. people were arrested will smith (super bowl player) was killed largest gold miners in the world is fired. Current system of candidate centered elections didn"t take hold until 1900s. The golden age of political parties, wherein political machines had control over the process. Adoption of the australian ballot between 1888-1896 allowed split-ticket voting and ensured secrecy. The 1960 presidential debate between jf kennedy and nixon was the first public debate (saw it in class) House of representatives, senators and president are all chosen by different constituencies. House of members are elected directly by people every 2 years and don"t run a statewide campaign. Senators were originally chosen by their state legislatures until the adoption of the 17th amendment in 1913. Now they are elected in statewide elections every 6 years. Little incentive for members of the same party to campaign together.
