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be learning more about how United States
presidential elections work who is it
that rules this great nation you do
every four years you decide who it is
it’s going to give the State of the
Union address who will set the course
for the country
who will be the commander in chief u.s.
presidential elections take place every
four years on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November who can
vote in general every US citizen aged 18
and over can vote in a presidential
election as long as they have registered
to do so who can run presidential
candidates must be at least 35 years old
must have been a permanent US resident
for at least 14 years and must be
considered a natural born US citizen no
one can be elected president more than
twice those convicted of impeachment and
those who have rebelled against the
Constitution are also not eligible
barring congressional intervention what
are the primaries and the caucuses
primaries and caucuses are where the
presidential candidates for the two main
political parties are chosen they occur
between January and June of election
year Ohio has evolved essentially into a
race between Hubert Humphrey and George
McGovern some states use only primaries
others use only caucuses and some use
both these systems are quite different
primaries are government-run and are
decided by secret ballot there are two
kinds of primaries in a closed primary
you can only vote for a candidate in
your political party in an open primary
you can vote for the candidate in any
party New Hampshire is one state that
uses the primary system caucuses are
organized by the parties themselves
party members meet and break into groups
based on which candidate they support
and try to sway undecided voters to
support their candidate
at the end whoever has the most
supporters at the caucus wins Iowa and
Texas are examples of two states that
hold caucuses what is the National
Convention the national convention is
the event at which each party’s nominees
for President and Vice President are
officially announced and their platforms
are discussed with a deep awareness of
the responsibilities conferred by your
trust I accept your nomination for the
presidency of the United States today it
is mainly a big pep rally for the two
parties the chosen candidates then
campaign by traveling the country to
meet the public and give speeches they
also participate in televised debates
leading to Election Day what happens on
Election Day eligible voters head to the
polls to cast their ballots however
instead of voting directly for president
and vice president the popular vote
chooses members of the Electoral College
what is the Electoral College the
Electoral College is the group that
officially elects the president and vice
president candidates for the Electoral
College are nominated by the political
parties and are voted on by the public
on election day this is called an
indirect vote each state is assigned a
number of electors based on how many
Senators and Representatives it has in
Congress the exact number of electors
for each state is decided every 10 years
based on the results of the u.s. census
most states use the winner-takes-all
method which means that if a candidate
wins the majority of votes in his or her
state that candidate will win all of
that state’s electoral seats the
certificate of the electoral vote of the
state of Colorado seems to be regular
inform and authentic and it appears
there from that Barack Obama of the
state of Illinois received nine votes
for president however in some states the
votes can be split among multiple
candidates based on the proportion of
votes they receive president the
certificate of the electoral vote of the
state of Nebraska appears to be regular
in four
and a headache and it appears they’re
from the John McCain of the state of
Arizona received four votes for
president that Barack Obama of the state
of Illinois received one vote for
president this is called the
congressional district method the
electoral college system was chosen as a
compromise between those who wanted
Congress to elect the President and
those who wished it to be done by
popular vote
how does someone win the election
someone wins the election by earning an
absolute majority of electoral college
votes and CNN can now project that
Barack Obama 47 years old will become
the president-elect of the United States
the Electoral College members chosen by
the public on election day meet on the
Monday after the second Wednesday in
December in their States Capitol to cast
ballots for president and vice president
on January 6 the following year the
winner of that vote is announced Barack
Obama of the state of Illinois has
received for president the United States
365 votes if no candidate earns a
majority of electoral college votes the
decision is made by the House of
Representatives this has only happened
twice in US history once in 1800 when
Thomas Jefferson was elected next in
1824 when John Quincy Adams took office
in most cases the Electoral College and
the population choose the same candidate
for president however a famous case
where the popular vote and the electoral
college results did not match was the
2000 election between George W Bush and
Al Gore while Gore received more popular
votes Bush earned more electoral votes
and thus won the presidency once the
candidate is officially announced he or
she is inaugurated president on January
20th and serves the next four years in
the White House and with eyes fixed on
the horizon and God’s grace upon us we
carried forth that great gift of freedom
and delivered it safely the future
generations thank you god bless you
and God bless the United States of
America
be learning more about how United States
presidential elections work who is it
that rules this great nation you do
every four years you decide who it is
it’s going to give the State of the
Union address who will set the course
for the country
who will be the commander in chief u.s.
presidential elections take place every
four years on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November who can
vote in general every US citizen aged 18
and over can vote in a presidential
election as long as they have registered
to do so who can run presidential
candidates must be at least 35 years old
must have been a permanent US resident
for at least 14 years and must be
considered a natural born US citizen no
one can be elected president more than
twice those convicted of impeachment and
those who have rebelled against the
Constitution are also not eligible
barring congressional intervention what
are the primaries and the caucuses
primaries and caucuses are where the
presidential candidates for the two main
political parties are chosen they occur
between January and June of election
year Ohio has evolved essentially into a
race between Hubert Humphrey and George
McGovern some states use only primaries
others use only caucuses and some use
both these systems are quite different
primaries are government-run and are
decided by secret ballot there are two
kinds of primaries in a closed primary
you can only vote for a candidate in
your political party in an open primary
you can vote for the candidate in any
party New Hampshire is one state that
uses the primary system caucuses are
organized by the parties themselves
party members meet and break into groups
based on which candidate they support
and try to sway undecided voters to
support their candidate
at the end whoever has the most
supporters at the caucus wins Iowa and
Texas are examples of two states that
hold caucuses what is the National
Convention the national convention is
the event at which each party’s nominees
for President and Vice President are
officially announced and their platforms
are discussed with a deep awareness of
the responsibilities conferred by your
trust I accept your nomination for the
presidency of the United States today it
is mainly a big pep rally for the two
parties the chosen candidates then
campaign by traveling the country to
meet the public and give speeches they
also participate in televised debates
leading to Election Day what happens on
Election Day eligible voters head to the
polls to cast their ballots however
instead of voting directly for president
and vice president the popular vote
chooses members of the Electoral College
what is the Electoral College the
Electoral College is the group that
officially elects the president and vice
president candidates for the Electoral
College are nominated by the political
parties and are voted on by the public
on election day this is called an
indirect vote each state is assigned a
number of electors based on how many
Senators and Representatives it has in
Congress the exact number of electors
for each state is decided every 10 years
based on the results of the u.s. census
most states use the winner-takes-all
method which means that if a candidate
wins the majority of votes in his or her
state that candidate will win all of
that state’s electoral seats the
certificate of the electoral vote of the
state of Colorado seems to be regular
inform and authentic and it appears
there from that Barack Obama of the
state of Illinois received nine votes
for president however in some states the
votes can be split among multiple
candidates based on the proportion of
votes they receive president the
certificate of the electoral vote of the
state of Nebraska appears to be regular
in four
and a headache and it appears they’re
from the John McCain of the state of
Arizona received four votes for
president that Barack Obama of the state
of Illinois received one vote for
president this is called the
congressional district method the
electoral college system was chosen as a
compromise between those who wanted
Congress to elect the President and
those who wished it to be done by
popular vote
how does someone win the election
someone wins the election by earning an
absolute majority of electoral college
votes and CNN can now project that
Barack Obama 47 years old will become
the president-elect of the United States
the Electoral College members chosen by
the public on election day meet on the
Monday after the second Wednesday in
December in their States Capitol to cast
ballots for president and vice president
on January 6 the following year the
winner of that vote is announced Barack
Obama of the state of Illinois has
received for president the United States
365 votes if no candidate earns a
majority of electoral college votes the
decision is made by the House of
Representatives this has only happened
twice in US history once in 1800 when
Thomas Jefferson was elected next in
1824 when John Quincy Adams took office
in most cases the Electoral College and
the population choose the same candidate
for president however a famous case
where the popular vote and the electoral
college results did not match was the
2000 election between George W Bush and
Al Gore while Gore received more popular
votes Bush earned more electoral votes
and thus won the presidency once the
candidate is officially announced he or
she is inaugurated president on January
20th and serves the next four years in
the White House and with eyes fixed on
the horizon and God’s grace upon us we
carried forth that great gift of freedom
and delivered it safely the future
generations thank you god bless you
and God bless the United States of
America
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