Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Day 1

Review Tweets about Congress and motivators that show participation vs. factors of disenfranchisement.  How do we see this in the two recent tweets?

Interest Groups: Dr. Evil
What's an interest group?
List two functions of an interest group.
How/Why are the good and bad for politics?

Interest Group-Elections Simulation
Candidates: Choose a campaign Manager
Interest Groups (everyone else): get your assignment


a.  Interest Groups-who are you officially endorsing and WHY?
b.  Candidates-who received the most money?  Why?
c.  Candidates-who received the least money?  Why?
d.  What if we eliminated campaign financing and candidates had to spend their own money on their campaigns?  Effects on the political system?

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