National Primary Electoral Votes Special Interest

Discussion one:

Read the National Primary hypothetical posted under your Class Folder regarding the arguments for and against a National Primary.

Pick one of the arguments FOR or one of the arguments AGAINST a National Primary.

Then do your own ADDITIONAL research regarding the evidence and SPECIFIC EXAMPLES that supports your particular argument that you chose. Then post the argument you picked along with the supporting evidence and specific examples for your argument.

Discussion Two

I live in Kentucky

Description:Read and review the official federal website on the electoral college. https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college. There are links to various resources on the home page. You may want to start with “What is the electoral college?” Why do we even have an electoral college? What is the historical basis for the electoral college? There are links with maps of past elections, as well as links to FAQs and state by state descriptions.There is lots of information on this website for all things electoral college. Explore this website in depth. For this discussion board, after you have reviewed this website, please state the following: Identify your state and the number of electoral votes. If you do not have a state, then pick a state you have a particular affinity for and give the reason for the affinity as well. How did your state vote in the most recent Presidential election and how did your state handle the electoral votes? Be sure and reference your research from the electoral college website and include some of that information. Tell us something about the politics and government in your state. Be specific. Give examples. Include specific people and specific issues.

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Discussion Three

Research a special interest group that is pertinent to your passion/place in society or in which you have a strong interest.

Post the group name, website and tell us about the group including answers to at least the following questions:

1. Why did you pick this particular group?

2. When was the group formed? How many are in the group?

3. What are their finances? What is the annual budget? How do they raise money? What is the source(s) of their funding?

4. Do they have a lobbyist? If so, who is it and how much are they paid? Have they been successful in obtaining legislation for the group? If so, what is the legislation and the cost? Who does the legislation benefit?

5. Did this group receive any money from the government this year? If so, how much? Who was responsible for them obtaining money?

-National American Woman Suffrage Association

-NAACP

Either of these groups would work