- Campaign Launch
- Announcement of candidates: Candidates announce their intention to run months or even years before the election.
- Political parties: Political parties choose their candidates through primaries and caucuses.
- Primaries and Caucuses
- Primaries: Voters in each state vote to choose their party's candidate.
- Caucuses: Voters participate in public meetings to discuss and vote for their preferred candidate.
- Goal: To win delegates who will support the candidate at the national convention.
- National Convention
- Role: Each party holds a convention to officially nominate their candidate.
- Vice-president pick: The presidential candidate chooses their running mate, the vice-presidential candidate.
- Campaign speech: The candidate gives a speech to present their program.
- Presidential Campaign
- Strategies: Candidates launch a campaign to persuade voters using advertisements, debates, speeches, and visits to key states.
- Debates: Televised debates between the candidates allow voters to compare their ideas.
- Popular Vote
- Election day: The first Tuesday of November, voters cast ballots for a president and vice-president.
- Voters: Although every citizen can vote, the outcome depends on the states and the electoral votes.
- Electoral College
- Mechanism: Each state has a number of electors based on its population. The candidate who wins a state takes all its electors, except in Maine and Nebraska.
- Required majority: A candidate needs a majority of the Electoral College votes (270 out of 538) to win.
- Certification of Results
- Electoral vote: In December, electors meet to cast their official vote.
- Certification by Congress: In January, the results are certified by Congress, confirming the winner.
- Inauguration
- Taking office: The president-elect takes the oath of office on January 20 and officially begins their term.
A retenir :
Key Definitions:
- Primaries: Elections in which voters choose their party’s candidate.
- Caucuses: Public meetings where voters discuss and vote for their preferred candidate.
- Delegates: Representatives who support a candidate at the national convention.
- Vice-president pick: The candidate chosen to run as the president's second-in-command.
- Campaign speech: A speech given by the candidate to explain their plans and vision.
- Key states: States that are crucial in determining the outcome of the election due to their number of electoral votes.
- Ballots: The official papers or electronic systems used for voting.
- Electors: Representatives who cast official votes in the Electoral College.
- Majority: The number of votes needed to win (270 out of 538).
- Certification: The official confirmation of the election results.
- Inauguration: The formal ceremony where the president-elect officially takes office.
- Campaign Launch
- Announcement of candidates: Candidates announce their intention to run months or even years before the election.
- Political parties: Political parties choose their candidates through primaries and caucuses.
- Primaries and Caucuses
- Primaries: Voters in each state vote to choose their party's candidate.
- Caucuses: Voters participate in public meetings to discuss and vote for their preferred candidate.
- Goal: To win delegates who will support the candidate at the national convention.
- National Convention
- Role: Each party holds a convention to officially nominate their candidate.
- Vice-president pick: The presidential candidate chooses their running mate, the vice-presidential candidate.
- Campaign speech: The candidate gives a speech to present their program.
- Presidential Campaign
- Strategies: Candidates launch a campaign to persuade voters using advertisements, debates, speeches, and visits to key states.
- Debates: Televised debates between the candidates allow voters to compare their ideas.
- Popular Vote
- Election day: The first Tuesday of November, voters cast ballots for a president and vice-president.
- Voters: Although every citizen can vote, the outcome depends on the states and the electoral votes.
- Electoral College
- Mechanism: Each state has a number of electors based on its population. The candidate who wins a state takes all its electors, except in Maine and Nebraska.
- Required majority: A candidate needs a majority of the Electoral College votes (270 out of 538) to win.
- Certification of Results
- Electoral vote: In December, electors meet to cast their official vote.
- Certification by Congress: In January, the results are certified by Congress, confirming the winner.
- Inauguration
- Taking office: The president-elect takes the oath of office on January 20 and officially begins their term.
A retenir :
Key Definitions:
- Primaries: Elections in which voters choose their party’s candidate.
- Caucuses: Public meetings where voters discuss and vote for their preferred candidate.
- Delegates: Representatives who support a candidate at the national convention.
- Vice-president pick: The candidate chosen to run as the president's second-in-command.
- Campaign speech: A speech given by the candidate to explain their plans and vision.
- Key states: States that are crucial in determining the outcome of the election due to their number of electoral votes.
- Ballots: The official papers or electronic systems used for voting.
- Electors: Representatives who cast official votes in the Electoral College.
- Majority: The number of votes needed to win (270 out of 538).
- Certification: The official confirmation of the election results.
- Inauguration: The formal ceremony where the president-elect officially takes office.
