Transcript Elections - Ms. Martinez's Fourth Grade Class Webpage

Presidential Election – 2008
V. Martinez
What are primaries?
 Wikipedia says :
 A primary election (nominating
primary) is an election in which
voters in a jurisdiction select
candidates for a subsequent election.
In other words, primary elections are
one means by which a political party
nominates candidates for the
following general election.
Caucuses and Primaries
 http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/st
udentnews/01/03/one.sheet.caucus.p
rimary/
 This site gives some more
information.
Here’s how it works:
Political parties send delegates
(members) to choose a nominee for
president. They “represent” the party
members in their state.
Political Parties use 2 ways to let
the people in their state have a
voice in who runs for office.
 1. the primary or caucus system
 (This help to narrow down the
number of people who run for office.)
 People in the states actually elect
“delegates” to vote for them at their
party’s national convention.
Iowa & New Hampshire caucuses
and primaries
 “You often hear more about the Iowa
caucuses and the New Hampshire primary
than those of any other states. That's
because they are held first, in early
January. Most states will hold their contests
in February, and others will hold them as
late as June. The results of early primaries
and caucuses tend to influence those held
later by narrowing down the candidate field
and lending momentum to top candidates,
momentum the party hopes will build into
November.”
Who is running for President?
 http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2
008-presidential-candidates/
 Some of the democrats
 Hillary Clinton
 Barack Obama
 John Edwards
When will the presidential elections
be held?
 November 4, 2008
 It will be the 55th consecutive election
for president.
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http://www.answers.com/topic/united-states-presidentialelection-2008
Some of the Republicans:
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Rudi Giuliani
Mike Huckabee
John McCain
Mitt Romney
The symbol of the Democratic party
is the donkey
 “Presidential candidate Andrew
Jackson was the first Democrat ever
to be associated with the donkey
symbol. His opponents during the
election of 1828 tried to label him a
“donkey" for his populist beliefs and
slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson
was entertained by the notion and
ended up using it to his advantage on
his campaign posters.”
Republican Party
 “The Republican Party is one of the
two major contemporary political
parties in the United States of
America, along with the Democratic
Party. It is often referred to as the
Grand Old Party or the GOP.”
The symbol for the Republican
party is the elephant.
 “Political cartoonist Thomas Nast was also
responsible for the Republican Party
elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in
Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a
donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away
all the animals at the zoo. One of those
animals, the elephant, was labeled "The
Republican Vote." That's all it took for the
elephant to become associated with the
Republican Party.”
How often is a president elected?
 Elections for the office of President of
the United States are held every 4
years.
What are the qualifications
needed to run for president?
 Age and Citizenship requirements
- US Constitution, Article II,
Section 1
 1.Must be a natural born citizen
of the U.S.
 2. Must be at least 35 years old
 3. Must have lived in the U.S at
least 14 years
How many times can someone be
elected to the office of President?
 No person shall be elected to the office of
the President more than twice
 and no person who has held the office of
President, or acted as President, for more
than two years of a term to which some
other person was elected President shall be
elected to the office of the President more
than once.
 http://www.presidentsusa.net/qualifications
.html
Who is the current president of the
U.S.?
 George W. Bush
 Richard Cheney is the vice president.