文档介绍：United States Presidential election
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Basic introduction
Qualifications of a president
The process of the election
Two-party system of America
United States Presidential election of 2012
outline
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Start with the Constitution(宪法)
The election day is the Tuesday between November 2nd and 8th(the last one: Nov. 4th 2008;the next one : Nov 6th, 2012）
Candidates for President and Vice-President Run Together. (In most cases, the presidential candidate select a vice-presidential candidate himself.)
The Constitution states that suffrage (选举权）cannot be denied on grounds of race , color, sex, or age.
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WHO CAN BE A PRESIDENT?
At least thirty-five years of age at the time of nomination.
He / She should be a natural born citizen of the United states.
The candidate should be a resident of the United States for at least fourteen years
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The process of the election
election预选
process总统选举人提名
Election 全国选举
总统就职仪式
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1: primary election(Feb to June)
Each state starts to conduct popular elections to choose their slate of electors: indirect election system.
Each state has its own electors
大规模的
Each party has its own electoral college(选举委员会）
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2: nominating process(July to Aug.)
The electors from Each State make up the "Electoral College“
The major political parties will officially hold its presidential nominating conventions.
In this nominating conventions, The “Electoral College” Votes for the President.
Normally ,the candidate for president receiving the majority(>50%) of the electoral votes is the elected president.
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3: Running(September to November
The candidates of the major parties will go to many states to win the supporters by means of ：
campaigning trips to different states
addressing TV speeches
showing on TV debates.
These media tools play an important role in running(宣传造势） .
This process costs lots.
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election(November)
On the first Tuesday a