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Most candidates never become president.
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The most recent incumbent president is Barack Obama. For the upcoming 2016 presidential election there are no candidates yet.
Candidates for President were chosen by the Congressional Causcus before 1830. The President was the one that received the most votes and the Vice President was the runner up.
The qualifications to become a president are simple. You must be brave, honest, organized, kind, determined, and encouraging. Most presidents encourage younger persons to take after them. A president is also organized because he must keep all of his tasks under order.
Most campaign funding for candidates is privately financed. Public financing is available for qualifying candidates for President during both the primaries and the general election and races for non-federal offices are governed by state and local law which vary.
They can pick who they want. Often the person picked for a job has most of the qualifications listed, but not all of them.
In the recent election, the most popular write-in votes for president were typically for candidates like Bernie Sanders, Kanye West, and Mickey Mouse.
Independent voters are most likely to engage in ticket splitting, as they are not bound to a specific party and may choose individual candidates based on their policies and qualifications rather than party affiliation. Ticket splitting allows independents to vote for candidates from different parties in different races.
Individual state may set any qualifications they choose for voting as long as those qualifications are not in conflict with the United States Constitution or Federal Laws. Most qualifications involve timeliness of registering.
A presidential election is an event in which registered voters vote on candidates that are seeking the office of president. For candidates, it is an all-out effort to win the office of President.
Yes, they have an election every five years. If no one candidate has a majority of votes, a second round of voting is held with the 2 candidates who have received the most votes for president.