How to become President of the United States

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The Constitution Require the following from aPresidental Candidate:

Caucuses and Primaries

National and Convention

General Election

Electoral College

• Citizenship as a Natural Born Citizen

• Minimum Age Requirement is at least 35 years old

• Residency requirement is atleast 14 years US resident

• Compete with others like you who areinterested in the nomination of your

party

• You need to set yourself apart by presentingyour own policies, ideas, priorities, causes,

and style on how things should be done

• Your party will hold anational convention

to select, announce, andcelebrate your nominationas the party’s presidential

candidate.

• You will announce yourchoice of a Vice Presidential

candidate as yourrunning mate.

• Caucuses are local party events wherethe partychooses a candidate and

select delegates for the convention.

• Primaries are state-widepartyevents where the

party memberscast votes for theirchosen candidate.

• You’ll campaign throughout the countryseeking the interested populace to give

you and your running matetheir vote of support.

• But wait! Winning the popular peoplesvotes is not enough to

win the presidency.

• The Electoral College is determinedby the samenumber of staterepresentative in congress.

There are a total of 538 electoral votes. The Presidential candidate, along with his Vice President, who receives more than 270 electoral votes will be declared the winner of the US Election.

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