US Presidential Election 2024 CORRECTION PDF

**ENGLISH CULTURE: USA ELECTIONS** VOTING IN 2024 U.S. FEDERAL ELECTIONS - U.S. Embassy in The Czech Republic **INTRODUCTION: WHAT DO YOU ALREADY KNOW?** **A. QUICK QUESTIONS** **1.** What does POTUS stand for? President of the United States\ (+FLOTUS: first lady of the US) **2.** How often doe...

**ENGLISH CULTURE: USA ELECTIONS** VOTING IN 2024 U.S. FEDERAL ELECTIONS - U.S. Embassy in The Czech Republic **INTRODUCTION: WHAT DO YOU ALREADY KNOW?** **A. QUICK QUESTIONS** **1.** What does POTUS stand for? President of the United States\ (+FLOTUS: first lady of the US) **2.** How often does a presidential elections in the USA take place? every four years **3.** When do the Americans cast their votes? on the first Tuesday after November 1^st^ **4.** Where does the president and their family live? White House, Washington DC **5.** How many swing states are there in 2024? 7 **B. TRUE OR FALSE?** - Every American of 18 years old or older is obliged to vote. F: You have to be 18 to vote but it is not mandatory. They need to register to vote (or request an absentee ballot). - The candidate who wins the elections immediately becomes president. F: There is a transfer period between the elections in November and the inauguration in January. - A presidential candidate can win the popular vote, but still lose the elections and not become president. T: This is because of the winner-take-all system: selection for the Electoral College. **HOW DO THE ELECTIONS WORK?** **Watch the video and answer the questions below.** **1.** What are the three requirements the U.S. Constitution requires for a presidential candidate? - natural born citizen - at least 35 years old - resident for 14 years **2.** Put the following happenings in the correct order. Write down numbers from 1 to 8. 2 Candidates from each political party campaign through the country to win the favour of their party members. 7 When people cast their vote, they are actually voting for a group of people called electors. Each elector casts one vote following the general election, and the candidate who gets more than half (270) wins. 3 Every American state holds primaries and/or caucuses to choose the top Republican and Democratic presidential candidates. The nominee is presented during the conventions. 8 The newly elected President and Vice President are inaugurated on January 20. During this ceremony the president-elect is officially sworn in as President of the United States. 1 The candidates meet the requirements established by the U.S. Constitution. 5 The presidential candidates and their running mates campaign throughout the country to win the support of the general population. 6 People in every state across the country vote for one President and Vice President on Election Day, using a ballot paper. 4 At the parties' national conventions, a final presidential nominee is selected. It's also at this convention the presidential candidate chooses his/her Vice-Presidential candidate. **POLITICAL PARTIES** Watch the video and answer the question underneath. **1.** Why do the Americans have a two-party system? The U.S. system of representation is based on who wins the most votes in each district, not necessarily a majority of votes cast. People are strategic in their voting. As a result, people tend to vote for their most preferred electable candidate, which is almost invariably (in the United States) either a Republican or a Democrat.  **2.** What do you call another party that is different from the two most well-known ones? Independent parties Third parties (e.g. Libertarian Party, Green Party, Constitution Party...) **3.** Fill out the information you need on the two major political parties. +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | PARTY | DEMOCRATIC PARTY | REPUBLICAN PARTY | +=======================+=======================+=======================+ | FOUNDED IN... | 1828 | 1854 | | | | | | BY... | | Anti-slavery | | | | activists | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | COLOUR? | Blue | Red | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | LEFT OR RIGHT? | Left | Right | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | NICKNAMES? | Liberals / | Grand Old Party = GOP | | | | / Conservatives | | | Progressives | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | IDEALS? | - Larger government | - Smaller | | | programs (e.g. | government | | | health insurance) | | | | | - Lower taxes | | | - Higher taxes | | | | | - Gun rights | | | | | | | | - Tighter | | | | restrictions on | | | | immigration | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | STATES? | [California]{.underli | Texas, South Dakota, | | | ne}, | Utah, Oklahoma, | | | Maine, Washington, | Mississippi, | | | New York, | Alabama... | | | Connecticut, | | | | Delaware... | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | CURRENT CANDIDATE? | Harris | Trump | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | FORMER PRESIDENTS | John F. Kennedy | George W. Bush | | | | | | | Barack Obama | Ronald Reagan | | | | | | | Joe Biden | Richard Nixon | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ **\ ** **Listen to the video fragment and note down the differences between the republican party and the democratic party regarding the given topics below.** +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | | **Democrats** | **Republicans** | +=======================+=======================+=======================+ | **economy** | - Progressive | - Cutting taxes | | | taxation: | | | | | - Free-market | | | - Higher income = | competition | | | higher taxes | | | | | - Entrepreneurship | | | | | | | | - Capitalism | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **healthcare** | - Federally funded | - Private | | | | | | | - All citizens | | | | access affordable | | | | health care | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **military** | - Production | - Strong military | | | nuclear | | | | | - Defense system | | | - Reduce budget | | | | military defense | | | | | | | | - Worldwide | | | | relationship | | | | building | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **gun control | - Restrict and | - 2^nd^ amendment: | | legislation** | monitor | right to bear | | | | arms | | | - Not carrying | | | | concealed guns in | | | | public places | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **marriage** | - Support same-sex | - Ban same-sex | | | marriage | marriage | | | | | | | | - Civil unions man | | | | and woman | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **abortion** | - Pro-choice | - Pro-life policy: | | | policy: women | promoting | | | make own choice | alternatives | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **immigration** | - Less restrictions | - Strict | | | allowing | restrictions: | | | immigrants from | closed or tight | | | other countries | borders and | | | to move to US | tracking systems | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ **ELECTION VOCABULARY** Have another good look at the system's explanation above, and more specifically at the vocabulary. Then match the words to the correct definition. election to show formally by marking a paper, raising your hand,... which person you want to win an election or which plan or which idea you support ----------------- -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- candidate a person who is trying to be elected to campaign to vote in an election to cast a vote the piece of paper on which somebody marks who they are voting for elector the process of choosing a person or a group of people for a position, especially a political position, by voting to vote a person who is chosen by the candidate in an election to support them and to have the next highest political position if they win ballot (paper) to introduce a new public official or leader at a special ceremony to inaugurate to take part in or lead a campaign in order to win an election constitution the system of laws and basic principles that a state, country or an organization is governed by running mate person who has been elected president but has not yet taken up office president-elect a member of the electoral college [Some more vocabulary:]  **\ ** **WHAT IS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE?** Have a look at the ingographics on the next page or visit to find answers to these questions. 1. What is the Electoral College? Each state gets as many electors as it has members of Congress. 2. How many votes does a candidate need to become president? There are 538 electors so a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. 3. When does the winning candidate ([the president elect]) become the next president of the United States? On January 20th, 2025. 4. Name this year's swing states. Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin United States Electoral College - Wikipedia (old map) Afbeelding met tekst, schermopname, Lettertype, document Automatisch gegenereerde beschrijving Afbeelding met tekst, schermopname, Lettertype, diagram Automatisch gegenereerde beschrijving  **THE 2024 ELECTIONS** Afbeelding met Menselijk gezicht, kleding, persoon, pak Automatisch gegenereerde beschrijving Find out the basics about the 2024 presidential candidates and complete the identity forms. +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Name: Kamala HARRIS** | | +===================================+===================================+ |  | **Date and place of birth: 1964, | | | Oakland, California** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | **Political orientation: | | | democratic** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | **Running mate: Tim WALTZ** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | **Career: attorney** | | | | | | **current vice president** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | **Fun fact: first woman, first | | | African American, first Asian | | | American vice president** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Name: Donald TRUMP** | | +===================================+===================================+ | | **Date and place of birth: 1946, | | | Queens, NY** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | **Political orientation: | | | republican** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | **Running mate: JD VANCE** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | **Career: business man** | | | | | | **former president** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | **Fun fact: first president to be | | | criminally convicted** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ Have a look at the **political cartoons** in the presentation. Do you understand them? Make notes here:  **EXTRA: A LITTLE GAME** Afbeelding met tekst, Menselijk gezicht, person, persoon Automatisch gegenereerde beschrijving