Describe the process used to select our president.?
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Around election time, each party selects a set of electors to represent their party.  The number of electors for each state is determined by the number of congress people in each state.  A state like Wyoming would have 3 electors (2 senators and one representative) while pennsylvania has 21 electors (2 senators and 17 representatives).  Only exception is D.C. who gets 3 electors.\n\nOn election day, as each winner is announced in each state, that means that that party's set of electors gets to go to their state capitol and cast their votes for president and vice-president.  There are a total of 538 electors (100 senators, 435 representatives, and 3 additional electors from Washington D.C.)  You must get at least 50.1% of the total electors, so 270 electoral votes is what is needed to become president.\n\nIf by some chance there is a tie, or no one reaches the 270 mark, the decision goes to Congress, and they decide who the next president and vice-president will be.
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Run for public office.
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I've done it 2x's\nFirst check out the qualifications-i.e. age-residece by area & often time- & often one must be a reg. voter\n\nThen decide under which political party -if any- you're\ngonna file under.\n\nThen simply pay your filing fee & run!\n\nIf your a newbie probably local office-say school board, or city council would be a great place to start.\n\nGood luck!
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elcetions are the best way. Nothing makes you authority more legitimite than beeing chosen by the people. After free elections of course.
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Try candidates or party web sites.
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It will be two more years before the Presidential Election.  John McKane, maybe.  Two years is a long time.  Bush will have served his time.  We will have to find someone to take his place.
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Section 1)  If the President leaves office through either his death or his resignation, then the Vice President becomes president (notice the first section doesn't require him to be sworn in, even though it's customary).  \n\nSection 2)  If there is no Vice President (for whatever reason), then the President nominates someone for Vice President; that person must be confimed by a majority (51%) of the House of Representatives.\n\nSection 3)  If the President signs a letter saying that he is not able to do his job for a time, the duties of the President are performed by the Vice President; he takes his office back by signing a letter declaring that he is able to resume his job.  This section is all about VOLUNTARILY giving up power for a time; it has been invoked on a number of occasions when a president has had to have surgery, for instance.\n\nSection 4)  is about INVOLUNTARILY surrendering power; If the Vice President AND a majority of the cabinet (or another body that Congress selects) determine that the president is incapable of fulfilling his duties, they deliver a letter to the President Pro Tem of the Senate and the Speaker of the House declaring this fact, at which time the Vice President assumes the duties of the President as *acting* president.  If the President later sends a letter to these same parties stating that he is fit to carry out his duties, he will re-assume his duties unless the VP and the majority of the cabinet (or the other selected body) sends another letter to the President Pro Tem of the Senate and the Speaker, saying that the President is not capable of performing his duties (this would be the second letter stating this); if that happens, the Congress assembles, and if a two-thirds vote of BOTH houses agrees with the VP and the Cabinet/ other body, then the VP takes over the duties of the President.\n\nAll this came about after the shooting of John F. Kennedy; had he lived, but been incapacitated, there would have been no constitutional basis for then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to have assumed the powers of the president; this amendment clarified the succession of the presidency in the event that the president was incapacitated but not dead.  It also provided for the appointment of a new vice president (Johnson served as President at least three years without a Vice President after becoming President when Kennedy was killed, thus putting the Speaker of the House 2nd in line for quite some time).
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All citizens but especially politicians get to say they want to run for president.\n\nTheir parties get to decide who they want to support.\n\nOnce the parties decide which one candidate (or more) they want to support, they then go through the process of nominating them \n\n(Remember, there are more than one party-- and citizens get to run too, but they must get petitions saying so many thousands support them)\n\nThen there is a whole process of funding the run for presidency, the ads, travel and speeches and such.\n\nThen there is a primary to narrow each party down to one candidate.\n\nThen the people vote.\n\nThat's Democracy in a nutshell
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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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you have a chance to remove the one you don't like - take it\n\nif you have enough info then vote for the best if you don't then use the limited info you have to choose - even with no info then you should vote at random to vote AGAINST the current office holder\n\nnext time RESEARCH the info is there you just did not make the effort to LOOK for it ( call the campaign HQ and ask questions ! )
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You have to give us more than one candidate.
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YOu need to give more details, such as .... election for what????
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You need to be a natural-born citizen who is at least 35 years old. Constitutionally, that is all that is required. Realistically, you need an established political presence, money and the ability to raise more money, and lots of connections in one of the two major political parties in order to be considered a viable candidate for the presidency.
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We are a representative hypocracy that is controlled by an elite that has it's hands on the bulk of wealth. Elections are formalities where one or the other of owned candidates groups are allowed to assume the appearance of leadership. All important decisions are made by the invisible ruling elite, which always acts in it's own behalf.
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The US President selects a nominee, who is then questioned by the US Senate Judicial Committee, which then votes whether or not to allow a Senate Floor vote on the nominee.\n\nIf the committee does allow for a Senate Floor vote, the Senators vote on the confirmation. If 51 Senators (or 50 Senators and a tie-breaking vote by the Vice President) vote in favor of confirmation, then the President's nominee is confirmed, and the nominee takes a seat in the US Supreme Court.
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Basics like 'how to participate', at least one of his representatives, and who the president is (prob sec. of state too.)\n\nThen there's the history... should know who we got independence from, first president, and a bit about social equality and the fight for rights for blacks and women. (refrencing Rossie the Riviter, Rosa Parks, MLK Jr. and Lincoln)
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If it is a non-partisan election the City Secretary can give you all the information about filing and running.  Get serious first.  You will need to call in every favor of every person you have ever met to win.  You need them as volunteers for about a year.  Good lunk.