Presidential
Elections in the U.S.
Spring, 2012 ~ Instructor: Jim
Bolner, Sr.
[Lagniappe
Chapter: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm,
Thursdays, March 1,
Felicianas Chapter:
I. Constitutional Provisions
The Office of the President - Article II
Articles II, XII, and XV
The Electoral College
Elections in Practice
II. Political Parties
The Framers and Political Parties
The Rise of Political Parties
Political Parties in History
Political Parties Today
III. Presidential Primaries and the Election
Cycle
Presidential Preference Primaries
Presidential Nominating Conventions
The Early Media in Presidential Elections
Radio, Television, and the Internet
IV. Campaigning Financing
The Role of Money in Presidential Elections
Money and Access in Presidential Politics
Campaign Finance Regulation Relating to Presidential
Elections
V. Great Presidential Elections and Great Electoral
Controversies
The Election of 1800
The Election of 1824
The Election of 1876
The Election of 2000
VI. The Election of 2012
Online Resources
Link to this Page
on the Internet:
http://www.bodoc.net/lag/y1202lagpresidelect/
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The United States Constitution
United States Code - Title 3, Chapter 1 -
Presidential Elections and Vacancies
Cornell University Legal Information Institute,
The Election of the President and Vice-President
- Constitutional Provisions Annotated
Electoral College - in the U.S. Constitution
Annotated
Congressional Reference Service, "The Electoral
College: How It Works in Contemporary
Presidential Elections (2003)" -
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/28109.pdf
2012 Election Central -
2012 Presidential Election Timeline
On the Election of the President -
Federalist Number 68
David Leip's Atlas of U.S.
Presidential Elections -
http://uselectionatlas.org/
Presidential Campaign Television Ads -
Living Room Candidate
Digital History - A Splendid Resource -
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
U.S. Presidential Elections -
http://www.freewebs.com/uspresidentialelections/
The Hare System of Voting
-
http://sof.uchicago.edu/hare/index.html
George Will -
"Ron Paul, Spoiler?"
December 9, 2011
Proportional
Representation - http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/BeginnningReading/howprwor.htm
Electoral Systems Worldwide -
http://www.idea.int/esd/world.cfm
Federal Election Commission -
http://www.fec.gov/
U.S. History.org -
The Election of 1800
State Control of Electors' Voting
270towin.com -
270towin.com
- Treats elections from 1789 to
today.
Electoral College Calculator
and
Election Links and Voting
A proposal to have the national popular vote
determine the allocation of Electoral College
votes -
NationalPopularVote.com
Congressional Research Service, 2007 -
Proposals for Reforming the Electoral College
About.com -
Top 10 U.S. Presidential Elections
A website of the non-partisan Center for
Responsive Politics -
http://www.opensecrets.org/
Campaign Finance Data -
http://www.opensecrets.org/
An impressive, independent website -
http://politico.com
An important website focusing on money in state
politics -
http://followthemoney.org
Official Democratic Party Website -
http://www.democrats.org/
Official Republican Party Website -
http://www.gop.com/index.php
Major Court Cases
Relating to Presidential Elections
Bush v. Gore (2000) -
The Supreme Court Opinions
Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
Davis v. Federal Election Commission (2008)
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
(2009)
Montana Supreme Court Ruling of December 30,
2011 -
Upholding state limits on corporate campaign
contributions
http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/MT-expenditures-decision.pdf
---News report on the Montana Supreme Court ruling -
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71133.html
Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC
v. Bennett (2011)
NPR Podcast of Talk of the Nation Program on the
U.S. Constitution - February 13, 2012
[New
York Times article discussed in the program]
Republican Party of
Louisiana
2012 Louisiana Caucus Date
Democratic Party of
Louisiana
[Wikipedia
Website]
2012
Democratic Delegate Selection Brochure
2012 Election Central -
Primary Election and Caucus Schedule, 2012
Jules Witcover,
A Brokered
Convention, [Article] - February 16,
2012
Josh Putnam,
http://frontloading.blogspot.com/ [Blog on
the nominating process]
Audio of Putnam's Interview on Fresh Air
[NPR], February 16, 2012
Louisiana Presidential Preference Primary -
March 24, 2012
Montana Ban on Corporate Election Spending
Halted by U.S. Supreme Court - February 18,
2012
[Another
report of the action.] [Still
another report of the action.]
Recent Additions
The
Two Major Parties and Third Parties -
[Politics1.com]
2012 PBS Election Map
"The Fix" - Focus on the Michigan Primary -
The Washington Post
Electoral Votes, 1789-2008 - From InfoPlease
"Deconstructing a Republican Hopeful's Road to
1,114 Delegates," - PBS Newshour
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball - University of
Virginia Center for Politics
AmericaElects.org - America Elects 2012 -
"First Online Primary Nomination of Presidential
Candidates"
George F. Will,
"How Republicans Win by Losing" -
Washington Post
Top
Louisiana Democratic Party 2012 Delegate
Selection Plan
Louisiana Republican Delegate Allocation
Google's Super Tuesday Update Website z
The
Green Papers - An abundance of detailed
electoral materials
-- Louisiana Democrats
-- Louisiana Republicans
Campaign Finance - The New York Times
- Compare the campaign coffers of candidates
Super PACs - From opensecrets.org
Life After
Citizens United - From the
Congressional Research Service
Republican Primary Map - 2012 - The New York Times
Checking
Campaign Ads - From Flackcheck.org
CNN Election Center
Hayes-Tilden Election of 1876
Sample Ballot - Louisiana Primary Election -
March 24, 2012
--East
Baton Rouge Parish Political Subdivision Map
Election
Results - March 24, 2012 - Louisiana Primary and
Other Elections
Delegate
Tracker - From The Wall Street Journal
Jules Witcover, "The
Creep to Judgment," - May 27,
2012 - The WashingtonPost
Election Assistance Commission -
"The Electoral College"
Supreme Court Round-up, 2011-2012 - From
The Washington Post
Andrew Rosenthal, "Etching
Back to the Mainstream,"
The New York Times, April 11, 2012
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Contact information: Jim Bolner, Sr. - jimbolnersr@cox.net