Pols 101 1st Edition Lecture 4Outline of Last Lecture I. Early Government of The United States & The Articles of Confederation,II. Problems of Articles of Confederation,III. Mayo’s 4 Necessary But Not Necessary Sufficient Conditions for Democracy (1st Condition Only)Outline of Current Lecture I. Mayo’s 4 Necessary But Not Necessary Sufficient Conditions for Democracy (2-4)II. Presidential ElectionIII. Historical Context of Electoral CollegeIV. Constitutional PrinciplesCurrent LectureI. Mayo’s 4 Necessary But Not Necessary Sufficient Conditions for DemocracyA. Condition 2: Political EqualityB. Condition 3: Freedom to Choose (Civil liberties)- participate and vote without fear or coercionC. Condition 4: Majority rule with protection of minority rightsII. Presidential ElectionA. Plurality Vote: Who gets the most votes, largest number.B. Majority Vote: 50% of all voters plus one more percent C. The Presidential election is a majority vote, each state chooses electors to electoral college by the number of representatives a state has plus the 2 senators, which that equals the number of electoral votes each state has.III. Historical Context of Electoral CollegeA. Founding fathers started electoral college, they did not trust the common citizen.B. What Mayo left out of his democracy theory- Rule of law, promotion of public good, widespread participation of citizensIV. Constitutional PrinciplesThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.A. The Federalist papers- impact on framingB. Decentralization of Power- used by founding fathers to limit government
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