Question 39: President of the usa

Plan:

-Head of state and head of government, highest political

-Leads the executive branch of the federal government

-Article Two of the Constitution

-The President is elected indirectly through the United States Electoral College to a four year term

- The 22 Amendment limits president’s administration to 2 terms.

Origin

The Treaty of Paris in 1783

The Second Continental Congress

Qualification a presidential candidate must:

be a natural-born citizen of the United States;

be at least thirty-five years old;

have been a permanent resident in the United States for at least fourteen years.

Every president has had prior experience as a Congressman, Senator, Cabinet Secretary, Governor, General in the U.S. Army,

Election

-270 electoral votes are required for a majority out of 538 overall

-Presidents are elected indirectly in the United States.

-A number of electors (US Electoral College) select the president instead.

-Each state is allocated a number of electors, equal to the size of its delegation in both houses of Congress combined.

-Election Day, set by law as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November

-A simple majority of electoral votes is needed to become President; if no candidate receives that many votes, the election is thrown to the House of Representatives, which votes by state delegation.

-The president's term of office begins at noon on January 20 of the year following the election. Before assuming office, the president-elect is constitutionally required to take the presidential oath.

Articles One and Two of the Constitution allow the House of Representatives to impeach high federal officials, including the president, for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors"

The only president to resign was Richard Nixon on August 9, 1974. Watergate scandal

NB: The Constitution states that the vice president is to be the president's successor in the case of a vacancy. If both the president and vice president are killed or unable to serve for any reason, the next officer in the presidential line of succession, currently the Speaker of the House, becomes acting president.

Question 40: Political Parties and Elections in the usa

Plan:

Historically – Democratic-Republican and Federal Parties

Constitution Party

is a conservative party. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers Party in 1992.

CP advocates a platform that purports to reflect the Founding Fathers' original intent of the U.S. Constitution, principles found in the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and morals taken from the Bible.

Democratic Party

One of two major parties

This party tends to be more liberal. It has support of working-class

Traces its origins to the Democratic-Republican Party, founded by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison

Franklin D. Roosevelt has shaped much of the party's economic agenda since 1932.

The civil rights movement of the 1960s has continued to inspire the party's liberal principles,

Green Party

In the United States, the Green Party has been active as a third party since the 1980s. Greens emphasize environmentalism, non-hierarchical participatory democracy, social justice, respect for diversity, peace and nonviolence.

Libertarian Party

The Libertarian Party is an American political party founded on December 11, 1971. It is one of the largest continuing Third parties in the United States,

The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects that group's particular brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, noninterference markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration across borders, and non-interventionism in foreign policy that respects freedom of trade and travel to all foreign countries.

Republican Party

Founded in 1854 by anti-slavery expansion activists and modernizers, Republican Party rose to prominence with the election of Abraham Lincoln.

RP supports a conservative platform with further foundations in economic liberalism, fiscal conservatism, and social conservatism.

Election

-270 electoral votes are required for a majority out of 538 overall

-Presidents are elected indirectly in the United States.

-A number of electors (US Electoral College) select the president instead.

-Each state is allocated a number of electors, equal to the size of its delegation in both houses of Congress combined.

-Election Day, set by law as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November

-A simple majority of electoral votes is needed to become President; if no candidate receives that many votes, the election is thrown to the House of Representatives, which votes by state delegation.

-The president's term of office begins at noon on January 20 of the year following the election. Before assuming office, the president-elect is constitutionally required to take the presidential oath.