2. So you want to be President…

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

4. Formal qualifications Minimum of 35 years of age

5. Resident of the U.S for 14 years Formal qualifications

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

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

8. Informal Requirements – Voter Preferences Education level College

9. Informal Requirements Gender preference - male

10. Informal Requirements Ethnic Preference Voters want someone like themselves NW European

11. Informal Requirements Occupation Law Or business

12. Informal Requirements Political Experience

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

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

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

17. 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

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

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

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

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

23. Getting delegate votes AND Winning delegates at State conventions

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