2008 Presidential Campaign

Thomas Jefferson won the 1800 presidential election defeating John Quincy Adams, Aaron Burr, Charles Pinckney, and John Jay. In 1800 electors voted for two individuals and did not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices until the passage of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1803. The recipient of the most electoral votes in 1800 would become president and the runner-up vice-president. Thomas Jefferson received 73 electoral votes, his running-mate Aaron Burr received 73 electoral votes, John Quincy Adams received 65 electoral votes, Charles Pinckney received 64 electoral votes, and John Jay received 1 electoral vote. Running-mates Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr received the same number of electoral votes. The election was decided in the House of Representatives, with 10 State delegations voting for Jefferson, 4 voting for Burr and 2 making no choice. Thomas Jefferson became President and his running-mate Aaron Burr became Vice President.

It would be a mistake to think that there is just one thing wrong with the economy of the USA. There are a number of serious problems. One very big problem is that the financial sector (banks, insurance companies, stock brokerages, investment managers) has made grave errors in recent years, in terms of what are known as sub-prime mortgages (which means, financing home purchases by people who can't actually afford to buy homes) because they sought short-term profit at the expense of long-term viability. This was allowed to happen essentially because in a free market economy, we just let people do as they wish and either reap the rewards or suffer the consequences. But in this case, the consequences affect everybody. The US economy has also suffered in recent decades because of increasingly effective competition from other countries, many of whom can offer cheaper labor than the US, and/or lower taxes.

Women's suffrage in the United States was achieved gradually, at state and local levels, during the late 19th century and early 20th century, culminating in 1920 with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provided: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."

Children had to do lots of tough jobs. the main ones were:

-Chimney sweeping

- Textiles, rubbing pieces of cloth together until their hands were bloody and sore

- Crawling underneath machines and picking up bits of waste

This was particularly dangerous because the workers would just on the machine while they were cleaning.

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George Walker (Dubya) Bush (born July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut) served as the forty-third President of the United States, serving between January 20, 2001 and January 20, 2009, including the whole of 2006. He was succeeded by Barack Obama.

The Popular Vote is the vote of the sum of all votes cast by registered voters in every state & D.C. Since the U.S. does not hold National Elections, the popular vote DOES NOT determine the out come of the election. Rhianna Berriman

The electors in the Electoral College are selected by the popular vote of the people in each state. The people in each state vote to choose the electors that will represent the people of that state in the Electoral College.

The entire Electoral College does not meet together in one place. Electors meet in their respective state capitals (electors for the District of Columbia meet within the District) on the Monday after the second Wednesday in December, at which time they cast their electoral votes on separate ballots for president and vice-president. Each state then forwards the election results to the President of the U.S. Senate, the Archivist of the United States, the state's Secretary of State, and the chief judge of the United States district court where those electors met. A joint session of Congress takes place on January 6 in the calendar year immediately following the meetings of the presidential electors. The electoral votes are officially tabulated at the joint session of Congress and the winner of the election is officially declared. The sitting vice-president is expected to preside at the joint session. In several cases the President pro tempore of the Senate has chaired the proceedings.

Liberal democracy is a form of government in which representative democracy operates under the principles of liberalism, i.e. protecting the rights of the individual, which are generally enshrined in law.

There were 35 US Senate seats voted upon in the November 2008 elections including 33 normally scheduled seats, 1 seat open by retirement, and 1 seat open due to the death of the seat's previous occupant.

Some explanations include political efficacy, increase media coverage, election frequency.

In plain English - the presidential election is a higher profile election as the job is higher profile and it's a position people more often are exposed to. The president is the international representative of the American people. In addition, the media is hyped over presidential elections. More money is spent and there is more at stake. The executive branch of the government - essentially, the president - is perceived as being on an even level with the legislative branch (Congress) and judicial (Supreme Court). Also, one congressman is important for one state, essentially. There are 438 of them for the whole country. However there is one president who is chosen by all and serves all.

It depends on the state.

Since he gave a dynamic speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, Barack Obama had been gaining a lot of fans in the Democratic Party. He was a US senator who was eloquent, an excellent politician, and capable of inspiring crowd of people. In 2007, he announced he wanted to run for president. But first, he had to defeat other Democratic candidates who wanted the nomination, including his chief rival Hillary Clinton. Once he defeated her during an intense and often contentious primary process, Mr. Obama earned the nomination of his party, and he became the Democratic presidential nominee in 2008.

Virginia has 11 representatives in the US House and two Senators in the US Senate. The number of electoral votes a state has matches the number of its representatives and senators, so Virginia has 13 electoral votes.

There is always a congressional election held at the same time as the presidential election. However, since Congressmen serve for only a two-year term and the president serves for four years, there is a another Congressional election in the middle of the president's term. ( I am talking about the lower house of Congress. The senate elects one-third of its members every two years, so one-third of the senators are also elected at the same time as the President. )

True. He is an American citizen over 18.

"Take care that the laws be faithfully executed"

Nominate officials as provided for by Congress and with the agreement of a majority of the Senate

Request written opinions of administrative officials

Fill administrative vacancies during congressional recesses

James Garfield won the 1880 presidential election defeating Winfield Hancock.In the presidential election James Garfield received 214 electoral votes (58%) and Winfield Hancock received 155 electoral votes (42%). The popular vote totals were Garfield 4,446,158 (48.27%) and Hancock 4,444,260 (48.25%).

There is no minimum. I think I know what you want to know. But the number of people represented by one electoral vote varies from one state to the next. If you live in Wyoming 174,277 people make one electoral vote. In California it takes 664,604 to make one electoral vote. So if you live in Wyoming your vote is 3.8 times more powerful than it would be if you lived in California.

In the UK a party needs at least 326 seats to gain the majority. In 2010 general elections the Libdem only got 57 seats & conservatives 306 seats & 258 seats to Labour. Libdems & conservaties had to join together, this is called a "coalition government".

they cant make laws/they cant destroy laws/and they cant have more power. they cant make laws/they cant destroy laws/and they cant have more power.

The people who didn't vote for the final people in the race will then have a chance to become president.They are also called faithless voters.

It was, once upon a time. Unfortunately, with the locking of the House of Representatives at 435, that means the electoral college is also locked (at 538 electors) and smaller states are disproportionately favored. The system is no longer functioning as originally intended.