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The Executive Branch
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The Presidency• Roles• Formal Qualifications• President’s Terms• Pay and Benefits• Presidential
Succession and the Vice Presidency• Presidential
Nominations• Presidential Elections
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The Roles of the President• Chief of State• The ceremonial head
of government
• Chief Executive• He executes or
enforces the laws
• Chief Administrator• The head director of
the largest government in the world
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The Roles of the President (Cont)• Chief Diplomat• The main architect of foreign
policy
• The Commander in Chief• The head of the military
• The Chief Legislator• Sets the policy agenda of the
country• State of the Union address
• Chief of Party• Leader of his or her political
party
• Chief Citizen• The President works for and
represents the public interest.
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The Three Formal Qualifications for President• A “natural born
citizen… of the United States”• http://www.thedailys
how.com/watch/thu-april-28-2011/longformers
• Be at least 35 year of age• “Have been fourteen
years a resident within the United States.”
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The President’s Term• The President serves
two, four year terms.• Has a President ever
served more that 8 years?• A President may serve no
more than 10 years.• The 22nd Amendment,
adopted in 1951, set presidential term limits.• Are term limits
democratic?
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Pay and Benefits• Pay was first set at
$25,000 a year, in 1789.• It is now $400,000 a year.• Congress sets the figure.• Also, $50,000 a year
expense account.• Use of White House.• A fleet of automobiles,
and Air Force One and Marine One.
• Use of Camp David• A resort in Maryland
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Presidential Succession• Presidential succession is
the order in which a presidential vacancy is filled.• Succession occurs if a
President dies, resigns, or is removed from office by impeachment.• The Presidential
Succession Act of 1947 outlines the current law on the matter.
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The Vice Presidency• “I am the Vice
President. In this I am nothing, but I may be everything.” – John Adams• The Constitution assigns
this position 2 duties• To preside over the
Senate• To help decide the
question of presidential disability.
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Presidential Nominations• The national convention is
the way that presidential candidates are nominated.
• Each state sends a number of delegates to the convention.
• States hold presidential primary elections to pick who will represent the party in the general election.• http://www.thedailyshow.com/
watch/wed-march-14-2012/march-14--2012---pt--1
• http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-30-2012/johnny-pregnant-pause-versus-captain-chucklebuns
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Who is Nominated?• If an incumbent
President wants another term, than they get the nomination.
• If no President, up to a dozen or so contenders run in the primary elections and the winner is chosen at the convention.
• http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/nomination.php
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The Presidential Election• Who officially elects the
president?• The Electoral College
• The people elect the electors.• Each state has as many electors
as members of congress.• Arizona: 2 Senators + 8
Representatives = 10 Electoral College votes
• Electors are chosen on a winner take all basis (except for Nebraska and Maine).
• A candidate must earn a majority of the votes (270 out of 538) to win the election.
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How do the Electors Vote• The Electors vote based
on how the popular vote went.
• This differs from the way the Founders envisioned the electoral college.
• They felt the electors should use their independent judgment in selecting a president.
• Now the electoral college is just a “rubber stamp”.
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Flaws in the Electoral College • The winner of the popular
vote is not guaranteed the presidency
• Electors are not required to vote in accordance with the popular vote
• Any election might have to be decided in the House of Representatives• If a candidate does not win
a majority because of a major 3rd party candidate.
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The Presidency in Action• Executive offices,
executive departments and independent executive agencies are the mechanism for the executive branch to execute the laws that the legislative branch makes.