Unit 2: The Race to the White House (1ère AMC)
Unit 2: The Race to the White House, The 2024 American Presidential Elections -- Make America Vote Again!
Theme 2 Representations
Topic 1: Every Voice Counts
The two main parties are the Democratic Party (the
Democrats). Its color is blue and its emblem is a donkey. For the Republican Party
(The Republicans), its color is red and its emblem is an elephant.
This Year’s Candidates:
For the Democrats: Kamala Harris as president,
she is 59 years old.
She is currently Vice-President for Joe Biden since
2021. She is the first woman in this role.
She was Senator for her home state: California from
2017 to 2021.
She used to be Attorney General of the state for six
years. She campaigned for the presidential Elections in 2020.
Tim Walz as Vice-President,
he is 60 years old.
A former high school social studies teacher.
He was a former American football coach in Nebraska.
He has been Governor for the state of Minnesota for 12
years. Minnesota is his wife’s home state.
For the Republicans: Donald Trump for
President. He is 78 years old. HE used to be president from 2017 to 2021. He
was a rich businessman. He lost the election against Joe Biden in 2020 and
contested the results.
John David (JD) Vance, Vice-President. He is 40 years
old.
He had a difficult childhood in Ohio. He used to work
in finance. He went to law school. In 2016 he published a successful memoir. It
interesting to note that he used to criticize Trump before accepting his
support to be elected as a Republican Senator in Ohio in 2022.
The Election:
It takes place every 4 years.
The traditional date is the
first Tuesday after the first Monday of November (This year it will be
on November 5th)
The Voting Process:
In each state Citizens
vote for a ticket. è
the popular vote
Each state has a fixed number of
votes in the Electoral College.
Nationally, the Electoral
College votes for the President è The official winner.
What is paradoxical is that a candidate can receive
more votes from the citizens, however, in the
end, lose the elections because the states they won have fewer Electoral College
votes.
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