What experience qualifies someone to be president?
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How cynical and apathetic are we becoming!\n\nIt is the electorate that determines who will have the credentials.\n\nIf the system seems that money, name and power is all it takes, we have ourselves to blame!
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The elected offices of the executive branch are president and vice president. They both must be a natural born citizen, be 35 years old, and have been a resident of the country for the past 14 years. A president can be elected to two terms of 4 years each, while the vice president serves 4 years and has no term limit. If the vice president succeeds to the office of president due to the president's death, resignation, or impeachment, and serves in that capacity for less than two years, he/she can then be elected to two terms as president, meaning that 10 years is the maximum possible.\n\nAside from those two positions, there are the several cabinet members and heads of various departments, all of which are appointed. There are thus no qualifications per se, as each administration decides what they should be.
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There are three qualifications \n\n1---He must be a citizen of India\n2---He must be older than 35 years\n3---He must be the head of the leading party of the Lok Sabha ( House of People)\n\nHe is NOT elected by voting
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Someone who has been born on a US Territory, such as Puerto Rico, is considered a US citizen.  They can run for presidency if they are at least 35 and be a resident of the US for at least 14 years.
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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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Typically speaking-- executive abilities, leadership abilities, and popularity.\n\nYou need someone who knows the people/understands them (often this means they're from their state, but not always).\n\nNeed someone who has experience in managing, aka being an executive (some legislators make the absolute worst Governors).\n\nNeed someone who is liked enough to be able to craft an agenda for the people and an agenda that can get passed.\n\nA good example is Governor Robert Ehrlich in Maryland.  Maryland is a 2:1 Democrat to Republican state, but as a popular moderate legislator, he succeeded in becoming Governor in 2002.
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anyone can run for office and hold a position as an elected official.No schooling is required.It is up to the person running to campaign for the position and presuade the people of the town,city,state or wherever he is running that he/she can do the job and is the best person for the job.It is up to the people to make their decision on who they want to vote for.This is one of our freedoms.
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I seriously hope she couldn't. People NEED to have experience working in politics before they should be allowed to run for president. At the very least, she should have to work her way up. Then, I believe she would have a very good chance.
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Anyone can run for most public offices. Check your local laws. National offices have certain requirements that must be met. For example, to run for Senator the Constitution states:\nNo person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.\n \nThe Constitution is a very interesting and informative document. Every American should read it.
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Your chances may be encouragingly minuscule if you qualify (you must possess all of the listed criteria below).\n\n1) You are an American citizen born in the United States.\n2) You are white.\n3) You are male.\n4) You are at least six feet tall.\n5) You will be above the age of 50 when you announce your candidacy.\n6) You have served in some branch of the Military or as a civil servant (i.e. Policeman, Judge, etc.).\n7) You are unapologetically partisan.\n8) You are reasonably religious (acceptable religions include any denomination of Protestant and, should you be a Catholic, a faith with enough independence so that America will not consider you at the beckon call of the Vatican).\n9) You received a college education from a highly respectable institution.\n10) You look like an average American man with a recent makeover that made you slightly more handsome.\n\nShould you posses all these traits, you are qualified to be President.  So, try running for office.  If you don't fail miserably in a City Council, Mayoral, or even State Assembly election, then you might get lucky.  I wouldn't quit your day job though.
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qualifications maybe??\n\nIt's not that anyone should want a man or a woman as a president, we want the best candidate to be president, ... period.
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To run for Governor, you have to be 30, be a US citizen, and have lived in Colorado for 2 years.
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In order to be elected President you must br at least 35 years old and be a citizen born in America. The 2 major political parties Democrats and Republicans hold a convention and nominate their choice for President. This is done by having "Primary" elections where the people vote and whom ever has the most votes gets the delegates (people who represent a State at Conventions)Each State has a number of delegates, the number depends on the states population. So after the promary the delegates from each state meet for a nominating convention. The person that has the most delegates will repersent that party in the general election. He or she chooses a running mate who will become Vice President. Meanwhile their is a group called the electorial college. Each State has a number of electorial college votes. When we vote for President we are really voting for the electorial college members...Example: Lets say Arizona has 6 electorial college votes then whomever wins the election gets those votes. Soon after the election the electorial college meets and tallys up the electorial college votes and the winner is elected President.\n\nConfusing?? It can be and I hope this helps
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US Constitution section 1 article 2 states:\nNo 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\nYou don't have to be born in the U.S. or on U.S. soil, or your parents be on vacation, they just need to be U.S. citizens at the time of your birth and have you in the country before they become citizens of another.
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years of experience\n\nreputation \n\nsucess with staff\n\nknowing when business is good and nots\n\nand having social graces
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It's C.  he has to be a citizen for 7 years and be age 25.  He has to be 30 for Senate and a natural born citizen.
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US Constitution Article 1, Section 2 lists requirements.\n\nBasically, 25 years of age, and seven years a citizen.\n\nTo become a rep get involved locally, probably with one of the parties. Establish contacts, who know of your ambition.