Reid Wagner's presentation to explain the American election system.

1. USA ELECTIONS
Subtitle

2. WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN
THE UNITED STATES IN 2016?

3. PRIMARIES
• January to June (Feb. 1, first day in Iowa)
• Each political party, in each of the 50 states, holds a primary or
caucus to determine who they want to nominate as their official
candidate
• Eventually, the two nominees will face each other in the national
election for president (election day Nov. 8th this year)

4. WHO CAN VOTE?
• All American citizens over the age of 18
• EXCEPTIONS:
• You can’t be living in a US Territory
• You can’t be in jail

5. WHAT SEEMS UNFAIR?
• Primaries happen on set dates. So this means that states that
hold their primaries elections first have greater influence on states
that hold theirs closer to June.

6. WHAT ARE ELECTORAL VOTES
• Each state has 2 Senators and a set number of Representatives,
based on the number of districts/population in the state.
• 2 Senators + # of Representatives = ## of electoral votes per
state. There are 538 electoral votes in total across the U.S., so
the president who receives 270 or more wins.
• The winner is not determined by the actual number of votes
received from the people!