So you want to be President… Formal qualifications Natural born citizen – Jus Solis – by soil –Jus Sanguineous – by blood.

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So you want to be President…

Formal qualifications Natural born citizen – Jus Solis – by soil –Jus Sanguineous – by blood

Formal qualifications Minimum of 35 years of age

Resident of the U.S for 14 years Formal qualifications

Constitutional Restrictions 22 nd Amendment –Limits any individual to two full terms – Or ten years.

Legal Restrictions No convicted felons may be President Convicted felons lose their rights to hold public office

Informal Requirements – Voter Preferences Education level College

Informal Requirements Gender preference - male

Informal Requirements Ethnic Preference Voters want someone like themselves NW European

Informal Requirements Occupation Law Or business

Informal Requirements Political Experience

How does a qualified individual gets to be President ?? A candidate receives a majority of presidential electors votes

Electoral College Each state has electors equal to the representation a state has in Congress House + Senate +D.C. = Electorial vote

Electoral College To win electoral votes a candidate must get popular votes to get all of a states’ electoral votes.

Electoral College Maine and Nebraska do not use the “winner take all” method. Both states use the district method. 1st 2nd 2 for state winner

How to get on the ballot? Either be a major party (Dem or Rep) candidate

How to get on the ballot? Or – meet every states individual election laws.

Getting the party nomination. To get the party nomination a candidate must receive a majority of delegate votes at the Presidential Nominating Convention

Getting delegate votes A candidates gets delegates by winning state held primary elections

Getting delegate votes AND Winning delegates at State conventions

State Convention Delegates to state convention are selected at local meetings called caucuses.

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