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Chapter 13 The Presidency - Denton Independent … 13 The Presidency SECTION 1 The President’s Job Description The Constitution grants the President six of is eight roles. •ch

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Page 1: Chapter 13 The Presidency - Denton Independent … 13 The Presidency SECTION 1 The President’s Job Description The Constitution grants the President six of is eight roles. •ch

Chapter 13

The Presidency

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SECTION 1

The President’s Job Description

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The Constitution grants the President six of is eight roles.

• chief of state

• chief executive

• chief administrator

• chief diplomat

• commander in chief

• chief legislator

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Two presidential roles are not defined by the Constitution.

• chief of party

• chief citizen

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To become President, a person must . . .

• be born a citizen

• be at least 35 years old

• have lived in the United States for at least the last 14 years

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SECTION 2

Presidential Succession and the Vice Presidency

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Presidential Succession

• The 25th Amendment says that the Vice President will become President if the President dies, resigns, or is removed from office

• The 25th Amendment says that the Vice President will become President if the President dies, resigns, or is removed from office.

• The 25th Amendment also outlines what happens if the President becomes disabled.

• Other than helping to decide about presidential disability, the Constitution assigns the Vice President only one role: presiding over the Senate.

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SECTION 3

Presidential Selection: The Framers’ Plan

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The Electoral College

• The Framers decided that a body of presidential electors, known as the electoral college, should choose the President and Vice President. Each of these electors cast two electoral votes, each one for a different candidate.

• The candidate with the most votes became President, and the runner-up became Vice President

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Problems with the Original Plan

• 1796

• 1800

• Passage of the 12th Amendment (1804)

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SECTION 4

Presidential Nominations

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The National Convention

• Many States use presidential primaries, or party elections, to help decide which delegates will go to the national conventions.

• Each party adopts a platform, or statement of its principles and objectives.

The party delegates also vote for presidential and vice-presidential candidates.

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SECTION 5

The Election

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Election Day

• every four years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November

• the electorate—the voters—are really voting for electors pledged to support a particular candidate

– 48 States use a winner-take-all system; the candidate with the most votes all of the State’s electoral votes

– Maine and Nebraska use a district system to allot electoral votes

• Congress counts the electoral votes and declares a winner

• if no candidate receives a majority of the votes, the House of Representatives elects the President

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Problems

• it is possible for the winner of the popular vote not to become President

• nothing forces a State’s electors to vote for the candidate who wins the State’s popular vote

• a strong third-party candidate could win enough votes to prevent any candidate from winning a majority

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Solutions

• must be done by constitutional amendment

• district plan

• proportional plan

• direct popular election

• national bonus plan