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1、The presidential election system in the United States,- 臧华,Outline:,Part I: Introduction (the tradition of election and the qualification of being a president) Part II: The process of the election * the first stage: nomination of candidates * the second stage: the campaigning * the third stage: Appo
2、intment of Electors * the electoral college * The fourth stage: electors casting votes Part III: Comment: the merit and flaws of American presidential election,The tradition of electing a president:,Part I: Introduction (the tradition of election and the qualification of being a president) Part II:
3、The process of the election * the first stage: nomination of candidates * the second stage: the campaigning * the third stage: Appointment of Electors * the electoral college * The fourth stage: electors casting votes Part III: Comment: the merit and flaws of American presidential electionAmericans
4、elect their president through a combination of custom, state law, and constitutional requirement such as the Electoral College as specified in Article II, Sections 2 and 4 and Amendment 12. Furthermore, Article II, Section 5 plus Amendments 20 and 23 of the United States Constitution pertain to elec
5、tion of the president.,The qualification of being a president:,A president must be at least 35 years old, a natural born citizen, and a resident of the United States for a minimum of 14 years. The president is elected for a four-year term, and any individual is limited to serving two consecutive ter
6、ms as president. (Exception; Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to four consecutive terms.),“No 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 elig
7、ible 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.“,Four stages of the presidential election,The first stage: the major parties hold conventions (national party conventions(全国党代会) held in late July or August)
8、to choose candidates for President and Vice President and to determine the parties platforms(党纲).,The second stage:,Once the presidential candidates of the major parties are selected, the general election comes to the second stage, the campaigning stage. By early fall of the election year, the presi
9、dential race is on. From the time to Election Day, voters are bombarded from all sides by radio, television, newspapers, and personal communications with political materials. There are whistle stop tours by train, by plane, and by car. The candidates deliver countless speeches and shake countless ha
10、nds. This is a very important stage in the general election.,布什常抱婴儿作秀 意在表现亲和力,The third stage:,Appointment of Electors: Election Day. (A president is elected by delegates to the Electoral College (i.e., electors), not directly by the people.) The United States Constitution provides that each state “
11、shall appoint“ electors (who make up the Electoral College) for President and Vice President in the manner directed by its state legislature (Art. II, Sec 1, cl. 2), on the day which may be determined by Congress (Article II, Sec. 1, cl. 3). Congress has determined in Federal law that the “electors
12、of President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State“ on Election Day, that is, the “Tuesday next after the first Monday in November“ every fourth year.,Though on Election Day, voters cast their votes to presidential candidates, what they actually choose are presidential electors. The p
13、opular votes will determine which party will make up the Electoral College. Take Florida as an example; there are altogether 27 electoral votes. If the Republican candidate (Bush) wins more popular votes than the Democratic candidate (Gore), then the 27 persons making up the Electoral College are fr
14、om the Republic.,. The fourth stage:,Although the result is already known, the electors still meet in their state capitals and cast their votes for President and Vice President on the 1st Mon. after the 2nd Wed. in Dec. They vote very strictly. The Democratic electors vote for the Democratic preside
15、ntial candidates and the Republican electors vote for the Republican ones. When the new congress assembled on Jan.6, the electoral votes are formally counted in a joint session of the two houses and the President of the Senate announces the “state of the vote“. Then the fourth stage comes to its end
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