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Presidential Election Process
BECOMING THE U.S. PRESIDENT By: Candice Martonik & Alexis Kollar Mod 10.
*CAMPAIGN -In two-party system, candidates usually support their party's platform -Third-party candidates usually run to raise awareness about an issue -bases on money, organization & public image -goal is to raise large sum of money, especially early on in the race. -Not raising a lot of money results in political donors to stop funding. -touring and interviews -Meet with voters so that people get a better idea of who candidate is *Debates *ELECTION DAY/ VOTING -Held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November -Early predictions -Voting can start weeks before actual election day. *PRESIDENT IS SELECTED -New president is announced -Inaugurated Jan. 20
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek" -Barack Obama
Vocab *platform- plan of action the government plans to take in the next four years *balanced ticket- candidates that come from two different backgrounds *delegation- represent the voters
REQUIREMENTS -Must be a natural born citizen of the U.S. -At least 35 -Have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years. PRIMARY ELECTIONS -Run by state and local governments -Indirect Election; it determines how many delegates to each party's national convention each candidate will receive from that state. NATIONAL CONVENTION -Delegates vote for candidate perferred in their state -Number of delegates is based mostly on population -"Platform" -Choose final candidate for president
