All About Electing a President of the United

7/29/2019 All About Electing a President of the United

1/29

All about electing a President of

the United States of America


2/29

Every four years the people of the United

States choose a President. An election takes

place on the first Tuesday after the first

Monday in November. In 2008, Americans

went to the polls on November 4.


3/29

The job of President is a very important one.The President picks many of the people whohelp run the country including judges. He or

she is in charge of the Army, Navy, Air Force,and Marines. He or she represents the UnitedStates and decides how we work with othercountries. The President suggests laws and

signs laws. Sometimes he or she even rejectslaws. He or she works to help other countriesget along.


4/29


5/29

Not just anyone can be President. You have to

be born in the United States and be at least 35

years old. You can only be President for eight

years (that's two four-year terms.) Franklin

Delano Roosevelt was the only person to be

President for more than two terms. He was

elected four times. The President can be aman or a woman of any race or any religion.


6/29

CHECKLIST

35 YEARS OLD

BORN IN THE U.S

LIVED IN THE U.S. FOR 14 YEARS OR MORE


7/29

In 2008, there were several people running forPresident but the two major candidates were

Arizona Senator John McCain and Illinois

Senator Barack Obama.

DEMOCRATREPUBLICAN


8/29

Arizona Senator John McCain was the

Republican Party Presidential Candidate. His

Vice Presidential running mate was Sarah

Palin, governor of Alaska.


9/29

Illinois Senator Barack Obama was the

Democratic Party Presidential Candidate. His

Vice Presidential running mate was Senator

Joe Biden of Delaware.


10/29

It takes a lot of work and many months to be

elected president. People vote during the

state primaries and assemblies. That helps

each party decide who to choose as their

candidate.


11/29

The candidates try to get people to vote for

them by giving speeches, shaking hands,

giving interviews, and paying for ads on TV,

radio, in newspapers, and on the internet. In

2008 the candidates used the internet to get

donations of money for their campaign.


12/29

The political parties choose a candidate at

their conventions. The candidate then picks

their Vice Presidential running mate. The

members of the party choose the ideas they

think are important and the candidates begin

to campaign.


13/29

The candidates really campaign hard. They

march in parades, shake more hands, give

more speeches, and talk on TV shows.

Volunteers put up signs, banners, posters, andmake phone calls to convince people to vote

for their candidate. The post videos online and

use websites to share their ideas.


14/29

The candidates have debates where they

answer questions about the issues that are

important to the people in our country. The

debates are shown on television and lots ofpeople watch. The debates help voters decide

who to vote for.


15/29

On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in

November, people all over the United States

go to a polling location and vote their choice

for President. On the next slide is a picture ofone of the ways people vote. Some people

vote by punching a hole in a card, some use

computers with touch screens, some peoplestill vote using paper ballots or by putting an X

in a box next to the candidate's name.


16/29


17/29

You have to be at least 18 years old to vote,

you must be a United States citizen, and you

must be registered to vote. A person who is in

jail or who is on probation for committing afelony (serious crime such as murder or

robbery) cannot vote.


18/29

Each state has a certain number of electoralvotes. The more people that live in your state-themore electoral votes your state gets. In 48 of the

states, the candidate that gets the most votesgets all the electoral votes for thatstate. Nebraska and Maine, do not follow thewinner-take-all rule. In those two states there

could be a split of electoral votes among thecandidates. The first candidate to win 270electoral votes becomes the President!


19/29


20/29

The 2008 election was a historic election. Can

you tell from the map who won?


21/29

The winner was..............? There was no

waiting in 2008. Even with two states too

close to call the winner was Senator Barack

Obama.

Candidate # Of States Electoral Votes % Vote Popular Vote

McCain 21 163 46% 56,499,986

Obama 27 349 53% 64,058,702

Undecided 2 29


22/29

In 2008, Barack Obama became the first

African American to be elected President of

the United States. Senator Obama and

Senator Biden got to work right away planningfor their transition.


23/29

The President elect picks many of the people

who help run the country. He or she has to

choose the people who would help the

President run their office at the White House.They help plan who will be nominated for

Cabinet positions.


24/29

On January 20, the President is sworn in, in

Washington, D.C. He recites an oath: "I do

solemnly swear that I will faithfully executethe Office of President of the United States,

and will, to the best of my ability, preserve,

protect, and defend the Constitution of the

United States."


25/29


26/29

After the inauguration, the President

nominates people for the jobs he or she wants

them to be in charge of in the different

departments of the federal government. Theheads of the departments of the federal

government make up the President's

cabinet. There are many jobs to be filled andthey are all important. The Senate must

approve each nominee.


27/29


28/29

The new President and his family move into

the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

in Washington, D.C. That's when the hard

work really started. They will live there andwork there for the next four years.


29/29

REFERENCE

http://www.pocanticohills.org/election/presid

ent.htm
http://www.pocanticohills.org/election/president.htmhttp://www.pocanticohills.org/election/president.htmhttp://www.pocanticohills.org/election/president.htmhttp://www.pocanticohills.org/election/president.htmhttp://www.pocanticohills.org/election/president.htmhttp://www.pocanticohills.org/election/president.htmhttp://www.pocanticohills.org/election/president.htmhttp://www.pocanticohills.org/election/president.htm

Date post:	03-Apr-2018
Category:	Documents
Upload:	esteban
View:	221 times
Download:	0 times

All About Electing a President of the United

Documents