The procedure of Presidential Elections conducted in the US.
                     THE PROCEDURE OF 
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 
CONDUCTED IN THE US
INTRODUCTION
• The United States of America will be 
voting to elect its 46th President this 
year. 
• The Presidential elections of the most 
powerful democracy are observed 
worldwide.
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PROCEDURE
• The US Presidential election can be 
divided into five parts:
• Primaries and Caucuses
• National Convention
• General Election
• Electoral College
• Inauguration
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PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES
• The first step for the political parties in 
the White House race is to nominate a 
leader for the President's post. 
• In order to chose the nominee, parties 
first hold primaries and caucuses in 
different states to pick 'delegates'. 
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NATIONAL CONVENTION
• The National Convention is a large 
gathering, usually held at a stadium or 
a big open space, of all the delegates 
chosen by the states during the 
Primaries and Caucuses. 
• At this gathering, the delegates vote 
and the party announces who is going 
run for the Presidential elections from 
their party.
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GENERAL ELECTION
• The General Election refers to the 
voting process in which every US 
citizen who is at least 18 years of age 
can vote to chose the President.
• Unlike in most elections, the person 
who becomes president is not 
necessarily the candidate who wins the 
most votes on Election Day.
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VOTING PROCESS
• Voting for the president of the United 
States takes place in two-steps.
• First, voters cast ballots on Election Day in each 
state. In nearly every state, the candidate who gets 
the most votes wins the "electoral votes" for that 
state, and gets that number of voters in the 
"Electoral College." 
• Second, the "electors" from each of the 50 states 
gather in December and they vote for president. 
• The person who receives a majority of votes from the 
"Electoral College" becomes President.
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ELECTORAL COLLEGE
• Under the Electoral College system, 
each state is assigned a certain 
number of votes. There are a total of 
538 electoral votes.
• Which state gets how many electoral 
votes depends on the size of its 
population.
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WHAT ARE BATTLEGROUND 
STATES?
• States, where both the Democrat and 
Republican presidential candidates 
have equal chances of winning the 
majority of electoral votes (electors), 
are referred to as battleground states.
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AMERICAN CONGRESS AND ITS 
ROLE
• The US Congress is made up of two 
houses- House of Representatives and 
the Senate. 
• Voters from across 50 states will also 
vote to elect members to Congress.
• These elected members of Congress 
will then be responsible for electing a 
president and a vice-president.
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