How The Election Works:
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• Who
made up the election rules?
• Can
anyone be U.S. President?
• How
do we decide who gets to be President?
• What
are candidates, and what do they do?
• What
is a political party?
• How
do the parties choose candidates?
• How
are the Pres. and Vice-Pres. elected?
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the person with the most votes win?
LOOKING BACK ON ELECTION 2000:
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There are just three rules about who can be President. First, you have to be a natural born citizen or be born in the United States. Second, you have to have lived in the United States for at least 14 years.The Founding Fathers made these two rules to make sure the President was always American and thought of America first. Remember, when they wrote the Constitution, America had just fought the Revolutionary War to free us from being ruled by the King of England.
And the final rule for being President is that you have to be at least 35 years old. That probably eliminates most of the people reading this, but just wait - you'll be 35 some day!
The Founding Fathers made an age limit because they thought the President had to be old and wise and experienced. A person could become king just by being born into the right family - sometimes kings have ruled countries when they were only 5 or 6 years old! Do you think YOU could do the President's job?
