the president and elections

7/30/2019 The President and Elections

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Our President Barack Obama 44TH President of the United States

A Democrat

51 Years Old

Former State Senator of Illinois

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii

First African-American President of the United

States

Since Barack Obama is our current President, he is

the incumbent in the Presidential race

Incumbent: A person who currently holds a

political position.


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The President:

The President of the United States is the head

of the Executive Branch. He is in charge of

overseeing the government and the

bureaucracy.

The bureaucracy is the group of non-elected

officials who work for the government.


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Qualifications:

The President can only serve as President for

two four year terms.

He or she must be a natural born citizen of

the United States.

The President must be at least 35 years old.

Must be a permanent United States forfourteen years before running for President.


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How Presidents are Elected

Candidates belong to political parties: a group

of people who share in the same values and

ideas that wish to influence government.

The two main Political Parties in the United

States are:

Republicans and Democrats


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How Presidents are Elected

When a political party has more than one partymember running for president, Primary Electionsare held to decide which person will run for

president. After a candidate for President has been chosen,

the Presidential candidates pick a running matefor the Vice President.

After each Candidate has chosen a running mate ,the parties hold national conventions to formallychose their nominees for president.


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The 2012 Republican National

Convention


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The 2012 Democratic National

Convention


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Flash Prompt!

After reading and listening to the followingscenarios, write your answers in your notebook,

and then discuss your answer with the person

sitting next to you.

Ready.Set..GO!


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Prompt 1

Anthony Vespuchi, a congressman from New

Jersey wishes to run for President. He is 45-

years-old, has lived in New Jersey for over 20

years, and was born in Genoa, Italy.

Can he run for president? Why or why not?


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Prompt 2

Mary Anna Gilbert wants to run for president.

She is 40-years-old, born in Conway, Iowa but

has lived in Canada for the past five years.

Can she run? Yes or no and why?


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Prompt 3

Roberto Sanchez is campaigning for theDemocratic nomination for President. He wasborn in Chicago, Illinois, is 58 years of age and

has lived in New York City for the past 18years.

How does he meet all the requirements forholding the office of President of the UnitedStates?


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Prompt 4

In this past election between President

Obama and the Republican Candidate, Mitt

Romney, who was the Incumbent?

President Obama was the Incumbent


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Prompt 5

Place the following in order of their occurrence:

1. National Conventions (DNC and RNC)

2. Primary Elections3. Presidential candidates picking a running a

running mate to be their Vice President

4. The Presidential Election

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