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Pearson Edexcel A Level Politics US Revision - Coggle Diagram
Pearson Edexcel A Level Politics US Revision
US Constitution and Federalism
US Congress
Structure of Congress
Distribution of Power
House Powers
Senate Powers
Concurrent Powers
Creating Legislation
Oversight of the Executive Branch
Overriding the Presidents Veto
Initiating Constitutional Amendments
Declaring War
Confirming an appointed Vice President
Functions of Congress
How Effective does it carry out its functions
Comparison to the UK System
The Presidency
Supreme Court and Civil Rights
US Democracy and Participation
Electoral System
Elections and Their Significance
Constitutional Requirments
Natural Born US Citizen
At least 35 Years Old
US Resident of 14 Years
Invisible Primary
Period before the election where candidates attempt to gain name recognition, gain funding, and build a following
Primaries
An election where a party chooses their candidate (Formal)
Open
Closed
Caucuses
A meeting to decide what a parties candidate is (Informal)
National Conventions
choose the presidential candidiate
Choosing the VP Candidiate
Deciding the parties platform
promoting Party Unity
Enthuse the party faithful
Enthuse ordinary voters
Electoral College
Popular vote doesnt matterRace to 270 seats, each state given certain amount of seats, 1 for each congressman and each Rep in the house
Campaign Finance
McCain-Feingold Act
NPC's were banned from donating soft money
Labour unions and corporations were forbidden to directly fund issue advertising
Individuals were capped at $2,300 for single donations
Contributions from foreign rnationals was banned
all campaign advertisements had to have verbal endorsement from the candidate
Citizens United vs FEC
Ideas of Both Democrats and Republicans
Democrats
Key Ideas
Factions
Major Figures
Republican
Factions
Key Ideas
Major Figures