1. What do these people have in common?

2. Enquiry Question: What do you need to be presidential candidate?

3. Learning Outcomes
To explain the constitutional and extra-constitutional requirements for a presidential candidate

4. Review Point: Who can be president?
YOUR TASK;
How would each of these factors help someone become president?
Which are “constitutional”?
Which are expectations or “the norm” outside of the constitution?
Prioritize the factors in order of importance to the electorate.
Age?
Citizenship?
Residency?
Name recognition?
Political Experience?
Education?
Political Party?
Personal qualities?
Other?

5. Who can run for President?

6. Review Point: Who can be president?
The factors that are the most important or appealing to the electorate that make the election of a candidate a reality
The factors that make the election of a candidate more likely but still not certain
The constitutional requirements that create the possibility of someone being president

7. What do people want in a presidential candidate?
What qualifications (meaning life experiences) would you like to see a candidate have on his or her résumé to be deemed worthy of consideration for the American presidency?
What kind of vocational experience is best suited from the job?
What educational level? What kind of volunteer service record (if any)?
What about previous political experience?
Should they have military experience?
COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRE IN THE ARTICLE INDIVIDUALLY.

10. ANALYSIS:
Donald Trump had significant business experience – how did this influence his campaign and the way he portrayed himself to voters?
How significant do you think his business experience was in voters’ decisions?
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11. YOUR TASK:
Read the article “What Education Do I Need If I Want to Be President?”.
Does the content of the article agree with the public vote?
What are the similarities?
What are the differences?
How can you explain these?

12. ANALYSIS:
Neither Clinton nor Trump served in the military (2016), nor had Obama or Romney (2012) although McCain (2008) had. GWB had some military experience (although this received criticism for being based in the USA during Vietnam) and Clinton (1992, 1996) also had no military experience.
However every president from 1945 to 1992 had some military experience.
How significant do you think military experience is in voters’ decisions?
Why has military experience become rarer in presidential candidates?

13. ANALYSIS:
What type of qualities would extensive community involvement highlight?
How significant do you think this experience is in voters’ decisions?
What type of international experience might be useful?
What qualities and skills would be gained from this?

15. Review Point: Who can be president?
The factors that are the most important or appealing to the electorate that make the election of a candidate a reality
The factors that make the election of a candidate more likely but still not certain
The constitutional requirements that create the possibility of someone being president
Having now explored the public’s perceptions and expectations of presidential candidates – does this change your earlier evaluation of the importance of factors?

16. YOUR TASK: Considering the criteria you have discussed this lesson, complete the worksheet to identify the extent to which Clinton and Trump were “ideal” presidential candidates.

17. Learning Outcomes
To explain the constitutional and extra-constitutional requirements for a presidential candidate

18. There is an exception to every rule.
(Proverb)
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19. Homework
Application Task: Presidential Selection (Singh p ) Preparation Task: Presidential elections and their significance (Pearson p ) Stretch & Challenge Task Example Bank Builder - Extra-constitutional requirements of Presidential Candidates