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The United States Presidential Election 2016

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Presidential Elections ~ 4 years The 2016 Presidential election - 8th of November Primary elections and Caucuses ~ Debates Nominating convention Campaigning To win the election- majority of electoral votes

Overview

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Spring 2015 – Candidates announce their intentions to run

March – August ~ Primary and caucus debates

January to June of election year – States and parties hold primaries and caucuses

July to September – Nominating conventions

September and October – Presidential debates

Presidential Election Process

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Early November – Election Day In Kansas

December – Electors cast their votes in the Electoral College

Early January of the next calendar year – Counting

20th, January , 2017 – Inauguration Day

Presidential Election Process

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Natural-born citizen of the United States

At least 35 years old

Resident of the United States for 14 years

Registeration With Federal Election Commission (FEC)

Constitutional Requirements for Presidential Candidates

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Total of 538 electors ~ 270 votes needed to win

States No. of electors = No. of US Senators + US Representatives

State’s Electoral Votes ~ Majority in 48 States

U.S. territories are not represented in the Electoral College.

Parties involved : Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green Party, Constitution Party & others

Electoral College

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Donald Trump v Hillary Clinton

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Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas Law School 1975

Attorney, Rose Law Firm (1976-1992)

Author

Books : “It Takes A Village : And Other Lessons Children Teach Us” (1996) , “Living History”(2003)

Former Board Member Of Wall Mart

Hillary Clinton Chairman, Trump hotels and

casino resorts incorporated

Founder/Chairman/President/Chief Executive Officer, The Trump organization since 1975

Donald TrumpProfessional Background

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Elective office in 2001

Elected official for 8 years

Secretary of state (2009-2013)

Senator, in United States senate (2008)

Candidate for US president (2008)

Hillary Clinton Never held an elective office

No such political experience

Donald Trump

Political Experience

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Campaign $264.4M

Super PAC’s $121.7M

Total Raised To Date $386.1M

Democratic National Committee $118.2M

Joint Fund Raising $141M

TOTAL BURN RATE 83%

Hillary Clinton Campaign $89.0M

Super PAC’s $5.2M

Total Raised To Date $94.2M

Republican National Committee $178.5M

Joint Fund Raising $6.7M

TOTAL BURN RATE 77%

Donald Trump

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Support & expand free trade

Points of Disagreement

Public Sphere

Higher Taxes

Voter registration process

Points Of Agreement

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

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Trump leads in Florida

11 point shift in just 3 weeks

Trump ~ Republican convention ~ Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio

Hillary Clinton selects senator Tim Kaine as running mate

Recent Events

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Outrageous candidates

Large field of selection

Future Nominations

One should not be a socialist

Individual Rights ~ Domestic ~ Economic ~ Defense

Lesson We Learn From US Elections

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I. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/United-States-presidential-elections

II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election

III. http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/2016-us-presidential-election

Bibliography

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