Monday, February 1, 2016

5th Period US Government

Welcome again to US Government. Your first blog posting is as follows:

          What is a question you have about the upcoming General Election in November of 2016?

Your question should be posted by the time we have class on Monday Feb. 8th. We will try and answer your questions in class. Be sure to post a unique question. NO DUPLICATES!  If you are 1st to post you will be unique. If you are last to post you will have to read about 20 questions to be sure you haven't asked the same question.

Thanks,
Mr. Thompson

23 comments:

  1. (Nate B.)
    Why do we count a twice elected as one president?

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  2. Who will win? -Hunter N.

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    1. Not a good question Hunter. Good news is though is you still have time to post a question that can be answered before Monday.

      Mr. Thompson

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  3. How many states hold caucuses compared to primaries? -Eric Mehus

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    1. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/primary-calendar-and-results.html?_r=0

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  5. Which states are considered swing states each election and when was the last time an all time dem/rep state changed? Ex. California turns Republican for one election- Hunter N

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  6. What is the significance of some states having a primary and other states having a caucus? Why don't all states have the same thing?- Jay L

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  7. If for whatever reason the President could not be President anymore, and the Vice President could not hold his position anymore either, what happens? - Nicole Ernst

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  8. How much do ads for each candidate roughly cost- Isaac Salex

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    1. How come states like Texas have more electoral votes rather than states like Minnesota who have less?
      -Kenyatta

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  9. Are there more primaries or caucuses?

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  10. Are there more primaries or caucuses?
    -Trell Johnson

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  11. Who chooses to have either a primary or caucus in their state? How do they choose? -Mikaela :)

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  12. Why is the general election held in November? -Chelsey O.

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  13. If a candidate wins the election and is charged with a crime such as treason, could they pardon themselves? Hunter L.

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  14. What is the average percentage of eligible voters for the presidential election, and has it gone down or up in the past couple elections? (Caleb Gee)

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  15. Do all states have either a primary or caucus? If so, Who chooses what cities they are in? - Summer

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  16. How do you think the new president should deal with ISIS and Islamic terrorism? -Alan

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  17. How many people are able to run for president - Jacob

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  18. Kierra asked,
    If majority of voters don't like who was elected to be president , is it possible to have a reelection ??

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  19. What are the differences between democratic & republican caucuses?
    -Trell Johnson

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