What does it take to become the president of the united states?
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Well the basic requirements are:\n\n1. Be 35 years old.\n2. Have lived in the country for at least 15 years.\n3. Be a US Citizen.\n\nOther than that, it helps to have had some government experience. Most presidents come from the Senate or have been Governor of a state. It helps to have been political for a number of year, the more the better.\n\nThe last two requirements are more difficult. You have to be popular within your party, have great ideas and know how to implement them. You also need to be financially independent to some extent. Most presidential campaigns are funded by a combination of contributions and personal wealth.
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You will have to have a brief interview in English with the officer. You will also have to take a simple History and politics Quiz, with questions like:\nWho was the first president of US.\nName some right guaranteed by the bill of rights etc etc.\nYou can find as sample list of questions at:\n\nhttp://www.uscis.gov/graphics/citizenship/flashcards/Flashcard_questions.pdf
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U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5:\n\n"No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."\n\nThose are all the requirements.
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Officially there are no requirements.  The President can nominate anyone except a Congressman, anyone at all, even you.  Then the Senate has to confirm the nomination.  That is where politics enters.  If they do not feel you arew qualified, you will not be confirmed.  Generally, secretaries are not military personnel, but rather civilians, usually businessmen accustomed to management.  Perhaps even from various defense industries.  Often nominations are politicians the party wishes to keep friendly.
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The person who becomes the President is an ordinary human being. He/she is fallible and often unsure.  \nThe head of a country can't let that show. They must present to the country what the people expect of a leader. Confidence, authority, an aura of always being in control. \nThey must learn lines (speeches, responses, etc) like an actor and deliver them as a larger than life character "The President"\n\nActing is just an ordinary person assuming a role and being convincing in that role. Same with The President. He must act the part.\n\nHope that made sense :-)
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by participating in the government\nvoting to make changes
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Right now our laws do not allow a naturalized citizen to become president.  However you can become any other elected official.  Some senators and governors are immigrants and have emmense power and influence within the government.\n\nGood luck on your citizenship process and don't give up.  It took my friend 10 years before he finally became a citizen.  But it is worth it,  you have better job opportunities and more compreshensive rights as a citizen.
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House of Representatives\n\n    * twenty five years of age\n    * a citizen of the United States for at least 7 years\n    * at the time of election, be a resident of the state\n\nU.S. Senate\n\n    * 30 years of age\n    * a citizen of the United States for 9 years\n    * at the time of election, be a resident of the state\n\n\nI don't think there are any educational requirements, but in order to be elected, you have to be intelligent enough to get a majority of people to vote for you.
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To be governor or mayor a candidate does not have to be a U.S. citizen.  Case in point, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria.  However, in order to run for U.S. president a candidate must be 35 years or older, he must be born in the United States and be a resident of the United States for a minimum of 14 years.
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In order to work for the US government, you must be a US citizen.
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You can't, USA is a monarchy, Only people who come from elite family can involved in and elected as a politician.
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No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.\n\nThis is straight from the document!
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no, only if you want to become president. trust me i am right i learned this in my history class.
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There is nothing in the Constitution that says the Vice President must be a "natural born" citizen. It only states that for the President. But, originally, the President and Vice President were not on the ballot together. The person with the most electoral votes became President, and the person with the second most electoral votes became Vice President. So both were running for President, and both would need to fulfill the requirements. That was changed when the 12th Amendment was ratified in 1804. Since then, the electors vote for a President and a Vice President. \n\nIf it did happen (extremely unlikely), the order of succession would have to skip over the Vice President then, and the second in line would then be the Speaker of the House. You can't overrule the Constitution just because the Vice President was not born a citizen.
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Your question has a very large scope and could be answered in a book.\n\nIn USA people have the ultimate power.\nPeople vote to elect :-\nPresident, vice president of the country.\nCongressmen and senators from thier states in the legislature of the country.\nGovernors for their states.\nMayors of their cities\nSherifs for their towns.\nCouncil members for community councils.\nMost of the elected people belong to eother one of the two big poilitcal parties in USA. All the decisions in these parties are made by a majority vote. Hence any person can become a member of any political party if he is able to get enough vote.
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Everybody gets there a different way.  The only actual restrictions that I can think of off-hand is that you must be at least 35 years old and you must have been born in the United States.\n\nAlthough all of our past Presidents have been white males, they have had many different backgrounds, but perhaps the most popular aside from being born into wealth is probably being a lawyer or a general in the military.
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Who can or cannot run for president is governed by the US Constitution.  Article II Section 1 states: \n\n"No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."\n\nPeople born in American Territories can run for president provided they are US Citizens by birth.