POLI 2051 Chapter : American Government Chapter 10
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Political participation channels of representative government: ex: voting, running for office, giving money. Conventional relatively routine, non-threatening behavior that uses the. Unconventional relatively uncommon behavior that challenges or defies: ex: protesting, demonstrations (doesn"t have to be illegal or violent), long history of being against unconventional unless you are a part of government channels. The most common and most studied form of participation. You must win two elections to hold office in this country. Presidential nomination the goal is to win a majority of the delegates: primaries actual elections. These differences are often because of differences between democrats and. Electors are chosen within each state (# of electors = # of senators and reps each state has). These electors then cast votes for the president. Today, they merely rubber stamp the popular vote decision within each state. Electoral college system: exaggerates the margin of victory, it has lead to the defeat of the candidate with the most popular votes.
