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Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained - Christina Greer

Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained - Christina Greer

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US election 2020 : All you need to know about the presidential race Image copyright Getty Images The race for the White House has begun in earnest, and the outcome of the 2020 US general election will have an impact around the world. So what stage are we at now and how do you win the presidency? This will be a presidential campaign like no other. Just as the Democratic contest was winding down, and former Vice-President Joe Biden was strengthening his grip on his party's nomination, the US election was derailed by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, and Mr Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, have effectively moved their campaigns indoors, skipping the rallies and rope lines that are typically front and centre in an election season. In the coming months we'll find out who has won over enough voters - in the midst of a pandemic - to clinch the presidency in November. From caucuses to conventions, here's what you need to know about the presidential election. What are the main parties? What about caucuses?

US election 2016: How does it all work? Image copyright Getty Images In January 2017, the most powerful nation on earth will have a new leader, after a drawn out and expensive campaign - but how does a US presidential election work? When the US picks its president, it is not only choosing a head of state but a head of government and a commander-in-chief of the largest military on the planet. It's a big responsibility. Who can be president? Technically, to run for president, you only need to be "a natural born" US citizen, at least 35 years old, and have been a resident for 14 years. In reality, however, every president since 1933 has been a governor, senator, or five-star military general. In this 2016 election, at one stage there were 10 governors or former governors and 10 who are or were senators, although many have since dropped out. One person is nominated to represent the Republican and Democratic parties in the presidential election. How to become the president of the US Who gets to be the presidential pick for each party?

Politics Conversation Questions » PRINT DISCUSS Warm-up Task: How many world leaders can you name? With your group, list as many presidents, prime ministers, and other national leaders as you can. Do you follow politics? Why or why not? How America Elects: Who Can Run For President? Accessibility links Follow Us Languages How America Elects: Who Can Run For President? PreviousNext Breaking News How America Elects: Who Can Run For President? January 23, 2016 Embed How America Elects: Who Can Run For President? The code has been copied to your clipboard. The URL has been copied to your clipboard No media source currently available Direct link Every four years, the citizens of the U.S. elect a president. See TV Programs See Radio Programs Back to top

Blog » Discerning History What Happened at the Battle of Concord? December 9, 2016 with No Comments and Posted in War for Independence, Weekly Video by Joshua Horn Join Discerning History for a brief overview of the Battle of Concord, the first American victory and one of the battles that begun the Revolutionary War. Smuggling a Rare Artifact Out of an Israeli Prison December 8, 2016 with No Comments and Posted in Ancient by Joshua Horn We’re pleased to welcome Ashley Cowie. a Scottish historian, author and filmmaker, for this guest post about one of his experiences – The Editor Artefact recovered from Megiddo Church, the oldest place of Christian worship in the world This unremarkable lump of broken pottery is a 1700 hundred year old religious artefact, last touched by a follower of a mystical and rebellious cult that worshiped Jesus Christ. In August 2012 I was filming a documentary in northern Israel at Megiddo. Tel Megiddo is an important trading station guarding the Jezreel Valley A Royal Palace in North Carolina

2020 United States presidential election 59th United States presidential election The 2020 United States presidential election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2020. It will be the 59th quadrennial presidential election. Voters will select presidential electors who in turn will vote on December 14, 2020, to either elect a new president and vice president or reelect the incumbents Donald Trump and Mike Pence respectively.[2] The series of presidential primary elections and caucuses were held from February to August 2020. This nominating process is an indirect election, where voters cast ballots selecting a slate of delegates to a political party's nominating convention, who then in turn elect their parties' nominees for president and vice president. Trump secured the Republican nomination without any serious opposition alongside incumbent vice president Pence. The winner of the 2020 presidential election is scheduled to be inaugurated on January 20, 2021. Background Procedure Demographic trends Simultaneous elections Primaries

Eight months on, is the world's most drastic plastic bag ban working? Waterways are clearer, the food chain is less contaminated with plastic – and there are fewer “flying toilets”. A year after Kenya announced the world’s toughest ban on plastic bags, and eight months after it was introduced, the authorities are claiming victory – so much so that other east African nations Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and South Sudan are considering following suit. But it is equally clear that there have been significant knock-on effects on businesses, consumers and even jobs as a result of removing a once-ubiquitous feature of Kenyan life. “Our streets are generally cleaner which has brought with it a general ‘feel-good’ factor,” said David Ong’are, the enforcement director of the National Environment Management Authority. “You no longer see carrier bags flying around when its windy. Waterways are less obstructed. Ong’are said abattoirs used to find plastic in the guts of roughly three out of every 10 animals taken to slaughter. In the Mathare community, this is good news.

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United States presidential election Type of election in the United States The election of the president and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not directly for those offices, but instead for members of the Electoral College.[note 1] These electors then in turn cast direct votes, known as electoral votes, for president, and for vice president. The nomination process, consisting of the primary elections and caucuses and the nominating conventions, was not specified in the Constitution, but was developed over time by the states and political parties. A 2016 general election ballot, listing the presidential and vice presidential candidates History[edit] Article Two of the Constitution originally established the method of presidential elections, including the Electoral College. Comparison of the popular vote totals since 1900. Republican Democrat Procedure[edit] The U.S.

US Presidential Election, 7-B1 | WebEnglish.se This theme page presents lesson plans and materials to learn about the US presidential election of 2020 in years 6-9 and above (A2-B1) of the Swedish Compulsory School. Related pages: U.S. Government, The USA Now, The Presidential Inauguration 2021 Last edited Jan 6th, 2021 Post Election Day Follow the Race Background Warm-up Vocabulary Lesson Plans Reading Audiobook Listening Viewing Primaries Electoral College Presidential Elections Exit Polls US President Quizz Interactive This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.Election GlossaryRoad to the White House 2016

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Trump’s RNC 2020 opening speech got things off to a dark start President Donald Trump opened the 2020 Republican National Convention on a very dark note, delivering a rally-style speech in Charlotte, North Carolina, that began with him teasing the idea of serving more than two terms and ended with him warning that Democrats intend to steal the election. “If you really want to drive them crazy, you say ‘12 more years,’” Trump began, as the audience chanted “12 more years!” back at him. “Because we caught them doing some really bad things in 2016. Let’s see what happens.” Trump returned to the theme of a stolen election at the end. “Be very, very careful,” he concluded. "Be very, very careful ... don't let them take it away from you" -- Trump ends his 2020 RNC rally speech in North Carolina on an ominous note pic.twitter.com/xYoCdtD9Xi— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 24, 2020 Trump vowed Sunday night on Fox News that the RNC would be “very uplifting and positive,” yet the speech he delivered on Monday suggested it will be anything but. “12 more years!”

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