GOV 1359 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Valeo, United States Senate, United States Presidential Election, 2016
12 Oct 2018
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Lecture 1: 8/31/16: introduction and overview: understanding presidential campaigns and. Polls and such play a big role in elections: media and the public use polls differently and show them differently, many problems with polls. Expert opinions and non-expert opinions play a big role. Econometric models can theoretically pick the winner: not necessarily accurate every time. Lecture 2: 9/12/16: the origins and evolution of the american presidential selection process. Trends since we last met: trump is gaining on clinton but still losing. This is not a history class, but a studying the science of presidential elections and the art of it. The founding fathers and presidential selection: individuals who met in 1787 to tweak the government that they had known, formed a government under the articles of confederation. Knew about the roman empire and other powerful governments: issues were over the selection of the president. Proposed new plans: selection by legislature.
