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All about electing a President of
the United States of America
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Every four years the people of the United
States choose a President. An election takes
place on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November. In 2008, Americans
went to the polls on November 4.
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The job of President is a very important one.The President picks many of the people whohelp run the country including judges. He or
she is in charge of the Army, Navy, Air Force,and Marines. He or she represents the UnitedStates and decides how we work with othercountries. The President suggests laws and
signs laws. Sometimes he or she even rejectslaws. He or she works to help other countriesget along.
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Not just anyone can be President. You have to
be born in the United States and be at least 35
years old. You can only be President for eight
years (that's two four-year terms.) Franklin
Delano Roosevelt was the only person to be
President for more than two terms. He was
elected four times. The President can be aman or a woman of any race or any religion.
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CHECKLIST
35 YEARS OLD
BORN IN THE U.S
LIVED IN THE U.S. FOR 14 YEARS OR MORE
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In 2008, there were several people running forPresident but the two major candidates were
Arizona Senator John McCain and Illinois
Senator Barack Obama.
DEMOCRATREPUBLICAN
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Arizona Senator John McCain was the
Republican Party Presidential Candidate. His
Vice Presidential running mate was Sarah
Palin, governor of Alaska.
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Illinois Senator Barack Obama was the
Democratic Party Presidential Candidate. His
Vice Presidential running mate was Senator
Joe Biden of Delaware.
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It takes a lot of work and many months to be
elected president. People vote during the
state primaries and assemblies. That helps
each party decide who to choose as their
candidate.
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The candidates try to get people to vote for
them by giving speeches, shaking hands,
giving interviews, and paying for ads on TV,
radio, in newspapers, and on the internet. In
2008 the candidates used the internet to get
donations of money for their campaign.
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The political parties choose a candidate at
their conventions. The candidate then picks
their Vice Presidential running mate. The
members of the party choose the ideas they
think are important and the candidates begin
to campaign.
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The candidates really campaign hard. They
march in parades, shake more hands, give
more speeches, and talk on TV shows.
Volunteers put up signs, banners, posters, andmake phone calls to convince people to vote
for their candidate. The post videos online and
use websites to share their ideas.
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The candidates have debates where they
answer questions about the issues that are
important to the people in our country. The
debates are shown on television and lots ofpeople watch. The debates help voters decide
who to vote for.
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On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, people all over the United States
go to a polling location and vote their choice
for President. On the next slide is a picture ofone of the ways people vote. Some people
vote by punching a hole in a card, some use
computers with touch screens, some peoplestill vote using paper ballots or by putting an X
in a box next to the candidate's name.
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You have to be at least 18 years old to vote,
you must be a United States citizen, and you
must be registered to vote. A person who is in
jail or who is on probation for committing afelony (serious crime such as murder or
robbery) cannot vote.
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Each state has a certain number of electoralvotes. The more people that live in your state-themore electoral votes your state gets. In 48 of the
states, the candidate that gets the most votesgets all the electoral votes for thatstate. Nebraska and Maine, do not follow thewinner-take-all rule. In those two states there
could be a split of electoral votes among thecandidates. The first candidate to win 270electoral votes becomes the President!
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The 2008 election was a historic election. Can
you tell from the map who won?
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The winner was..............? There was no
waiting in 2008. Even with two states too
close to call the winner was Senator Barack
Obama.
Candidate # Of States Electoral Votes % Vote Popular Vote
McCain 21 163 46% 56,499,986
Obama 27 349 53% 64,058,702
Undecided 2 29
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In 2008, Barack Obama became the first
African American to be elected President of
the United States. Senator Obama and
Senator Biden got to work right away planningfor their transition.
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The President elect picks many of the people
who help run the country. He or she has to
choose the people who would help the
President run their office at the White House.They help plan who will be nominated for
Cabinet positions.
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On January 20, the President is sworn in, in
Washington, D.C. He recites an oath: "I do
solemnly swear that I will faithfully executethe Office of President of the United States,
and will, to the best of my ability, preserve,
protect, and defend the Constitution of the
United States."
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After the inauguration, the President
nominates people for the jobs he or she wants
them to be in charge of in the different
departments of the federal government. Theheads of the departments of the federal
government make up the President's
cabinet. There are many jobs to be filled andthey are all important. The Senate must
approve each nominee.
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The new President and his family move into
the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
in Washington, D.C. That's when the hard
work really started. They will live there andwork there for the next four years.
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