1. The Executive Branch Article II of the Constitution
President Donald Trump
45th President of the United States

2. Qualifications to be President
35 Years Old
Natural Born Citizen
Resident of the United States for 14 years

3. Natural Born Citizen?
Currently, Title 8 of the U.S. Code fills in the gaps left by the Constitution. Section 1401 defines the following as people who are "citizens of the United States at birth:“

4. Anyone born inside the United States *
Any Indian or Eskimo born in the United States, provided being a citizen of the U.S. does not impair the person's status as a citizen of the tribe
Any one born outside the United States, both of whose parents are citizens of the U.S., as long as one parent has lived in the U.S.
Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year and the other parent is a U.S. national
Any one born in a U.S. possession, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year
Any one found in the U.S. under the age of five, whose parentage cannot be determined, as long as proof of non-citizenship is not provided by age 21
Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a citizen of the U.S. who lived in the U.S. for at least five years (with military and diplomatic service included in this time)
A final, historical condition: a person born before 5/24/1934 of an alien father and a U.S. citizen mother who has lived in the U.S.
* There is an exception in the law — the person must be "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States. This would exempt the child of a diplomat, for example, from this provision.
Anyone falling into these categories is considered natural-born, and is eligible to run for President or Vice President. These provisions allow the children of military families to be considered natural-born, for example.

5. Voting for the President and VP
First elected President of the United States?
John Hanson

6. In November 1781, Hanson became the first President of the Continental Congress to be elected for an annual term as specified in the Articles of Confederation

7. Can you receive a degree from the Electoral College?
No – it’s the process for Electing the President
538 Total Electors today
100 to represent each Senator
435 to represent each Representative
3 to represent the District of Columbia
27 0 is the magic number for election
Eliminates direct election of the President
Winner takes all!!! (not mandated by the Constitution)
But Why???

8. What is Winner take All?
When one candidate of a state wins the popular vote, they win all of the electoral votes

9. Why?
Fear of mob rule
Insurance – the electors could rectify a poor decision
Small States vs. Large States
Technology
Imminent Death

10. First President Under the Constitution
Election of 1788
Each elector had two votes – one for President and one for Vice President – at least one vote was required to be for a person outside of the elector’s State
34 Votes
69 Votes
9 Votes

11. Election of 1792 Washington again elected unanimously
Growth of partisan politics
Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans
132 Votes
77 Votes
50 Votes

12. Washington Leaves Washington tired – wanted to retire
Declined a third term (setting an important precedent)
Washington’s Farewell Address
Avoid political Parties
Avoid entangling alliances
Maintaining the Union – avoiding discussion of secession

13. Washington’s Popularity and Partisan Politics
"If ever a nation has been debauched by a man, the American nation has been debauched by Washington. If ever a nation has been deceived by a man, the American nation has been deceived by Washington. Let his conduct, then, be an example to future ages. Let it serve to be a warning that no man may be an idol.”
Aurora – Philadelphia 1797

14. Election of 1796 Federalists Democratic-Republicans 68 Votes Jefferson
Adams
30 Votes
Burr
59 Votes
Pinckney

15. Election of 1800
65 Votes
73 votes
73 votes
Hamilton
64 Votes

16. How was the election decided?
As per the Constitution, the election decision was thrown into the House
Jefferson vs. Burr
36 Ballots over 5 days
Federalists (who controlled the lame duck Congress) originally supported Burr to defeat Jefferson
Hamilton (powerful in the Federalist Party) convinced members of Congress to back Jefferson

17. The Twelfth Amendment
Under the Twelfth Amendment, each elector must cast distinct votes for President and Vice President, instead of two votes for President
The Twelfth Amendment explicitly precluded those constitutionally ineligible to be President from being Vice President
Ratified on June 15, 1804

18. What if there is not a majority vote? Elections of 1824 and 2000
U.S. House of Representatives

19. Candidates in the Election of 1824
Disintegration of Federalists Prior to this election
William Crawford
Democratic-Republican
Henry Clay
Independent
John Quincy Adams
Independent
Andrew Jackson
Independent
(Dem-Rep)

20. Election of 1824 - Votes John Quincy Adams – 84 electoral votes
113,122 popular vote
30.9% of popular vote
Andrew Jackson  
 99 Electoral Votes
151,271 popular vote
41.3% of popular vote
William Crawford
41 Electoral Votes
40,856 pop vote
11.2% of pop vote
Henry Clay
37 Electoral Votes
47,531 pop vote
13% of pop vote

21. How did Adams Win? Decision went to the House
Only the top three candidates could be considered
This left out Henry Clay who said of Jackson
“I cannot believe that killing 2,500 Englishmen at New Orleans qualifies for the various, difficult, and complicated duties of the Chief Magistracy.”
Henry Clay threw his support behind Adams and the House of Reps gave the election to Adams
Adams then selected Clay as his Secretary of State
Jackson called it the “corrupt bargain”

22. House Vote Adams – 13 Electoral Votes Jackson – 7 Electoral Votes
Crawford – 4 Electoral Votes

23. Other Elections where the Candidate who won the popular vote lost the election
1876 – Tilden (Democrat) v. Hayes (Republican)
51% of popular vote vs. 48%
Electoral College 184 vs 165
20 votes undecided
An unprecedented commission was set up (8 republican and 7 democrats voted on who should receive the disputed votes)
Tilden only needed one vote to win; Hayes needed all 20
Hayes won

24. Samuel Tilden
"I can retire to public life with the consciousness that I shall receive from posterity the credit of having been elected to the highest position in the gift of the people, without any of the cares and responsibilities of the office.“
After losing the presidency by 889 votes

25. 1888 – Harrison vs. Cleveland
Grover Cleveland –
50.8% of popular vote
170 Electoral Votes
Benjamin Harrison
49.2% of popular vote
233 electoral votes

26. 2000 Election – Bush vs. Gore George W Bush Republican
50,456,002 pop vote
47.9% of pop vote
271 Electoral Votes
Al Gore
Democrat
50,999,897 pop vote
48.4% of popular vote
266 electoral votes

27. Hanging Chads and Butterfly Ballots
Most of the post-electoral controversy revolved around Gore's request for hand recounts in four counties as provided under Florida state law. Florida, Secretary of State, Katharine Harris announced she would reject any revised totals from those counties if they were not turned in by November 14, the statutory deadline for amended returns. The Florida Supreme Court extended the deadline to November 26, a decision later vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court.

28. Terms and the 22nd Amendment
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Elected 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944