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    This document outlines the 4 main steps to become President of the United States: 1) Winning primaries and caucuses to become a political party's nominee, 2) Gaining the party's nomination at their national convention, 3) Competing in the general election where citizens vote for electors who then vote, 4) Winning the electoral college vote where electors' votes are counted and the candidate with over half the votes wins. Constitutional requirements are also noted such as being a natural born citizen over 35 years old who has lived in the US for at least 14 years.

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    HOW TO BECOME

    PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES


    U.S. CONSTITUTIONS
    REQUIREMENTS FOR A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NATURAL BORN CITIZEN MINIMUM AGE 35 YEARS U.S. RESIDENT 14 YEARS

    STEP 1

    PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES


    PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR IDEAS BELONG TO THE SAME POLITICAL PARTY, THIS IS WHERE PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES COME IN CANDIDATES FROM EACH POLITICAL PARTY CAMPAIGN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO WIN THE FAVOR OF THEIR PARTY MEMBERS

    THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE PRESIDENT, EACH WITH THEIR OWN IDEAS ABOUT HOW GOVERNMENT SHOULD WORK

    START

    NATIONAL CONVENTIONS STEP 2


    THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO WIN THE SUPPORT OF THE GENERAL POPULATION AT EACH CONVENTION, THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CHOOSES A RUNNING MATE (VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE) EACH PARTY HOLDS A NATIONAL CONVENTION TO SELECT A FINAL PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE

    IN A PRIMARY PARTY MEMBERS VOTE FOR THE BEST CANDIDATE THAT WILL REPRESENT THEM IN THE GENERAL ELECTION

    IN A CAUCUS PARTY MEMBERS SELECT THE BEST CANDIDATE THROUGH A SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS AND VOTES

    VOTE
    VOTE

    VOTE VOTE PRESIDENT

    ...
    VP

    ?!

    CM

    MY

    CY

    CMY

    ...AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE.

    STEP 3

    GENERAL ELECTION
    WHEN PEOPLE CAST THEIR VOTE, THEY ARE ACTUALLY VOTING FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS ELECTORS

    STEP 4

    ELECTORAL COLLEGE
    THE NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT ARE INAUGURATED IN JANUARY

    PEOPLE IN EVERY STATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY VOTE FOR ONE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT

    IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM, EACH ELECTOR CASTS ONE VOTE FOLLOWING EACH STATE GETS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF ELECTORS THE GENERAL ELECTION, AND THE CANDIDATE BASED ON ITS REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS WHO GETS MORE THAN HALF (270) WINS

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    DESIGNED BY: Ifrah Syed SOURCES: http://answers.usa.gov http://www.kids.gov/president/ http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/election/president.html

    ELECTORAL VOTES

    538

    270 VOTES

    DEFINITIONS
    Caucus: A meeting of the local members of a political party to select delegates to the national party convention. A caucus is a substitute for a primary election. Delegate: A person authorized to represent others as an elected representative to a political party conference. Elector: A member of the electoral college. Electoral College: The voters of each state, and the District of Columbia, vote for electors to be the authorized constitutional members in a presidential election. Natural Born Citizen: Someone born with U.S. citizenship includes any child born "in" the United States, the children of United States citizens born abroad, and those born abroad of one citizen parent. Primary: An election where voters select candidates for an upcoming general election. Winning candidates will have delegates sent to the national party convention as their partys U.S. presidential nominee.

    Printed: August 2012

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