Factors Influencing Congressional Leadership Elections
Catholic University politics professor Matthew Green discussed the determining factors in congressional leadership elections.
Description
Catholic University politics professor Matthew Green discussed the determining factors in congressional leadership elections such as Speaker of the House and Majority and Minority Leader. He spoke about the role that professional connections and personal goals play when party members decide these positions.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Why are party leadership positions important to Congress members from that party?
- What ways can members of Congress develop these professional connections?
- How do lawmakers' personal goals and objectives influence their vote in congressional leadership elections?
- What are common goals that members of Congress want to achieve? How can these goals influence party leadership elections?
- Based on the information provided by Professor Green, how can members of Congress increase their chances of winning party leadership elections in Congress?
- How can party leaders help individual members of Congress?
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Participants
Vocabulary
- Committee Assignment
- Ideology
- Majority Leader
- Safe District
- Salience
- Speaker Of The House
- State Delegation
- Swing District
- Whip