1. The Executive Branch The President of the United States

2. Warm-up: Look at Article II of the Constitution and see if you can identify these Formal Qualifications for the President:
Citizenship
Age
Residence

3. Informal Qualifications
Experience
Political acceptability
Personal

4. III. Selecting the President
Original Constitution:
Electors from each state voted for 2 candidates, the person who received the most votes was president.
The candidate with the second most votes became vice president.
12 Amendment
Put the president and vice president on the same ticket.
If no candidate receives the majority of the votes the House of Rep. will vote, 1 vote per state.

5. IV. Presidential Term In Constitution: 22nd Amendment - 1951
4 year term
President Washington started a tradition of only serving 2 terms.
22nd Amendment
President may not serve more than 2 terms.
FDR was elected 4 times

6. Compensation
Salary
Travel budget
Other

7. The Vice President
Qualifications
Duties 1. 2. 3.
Selection

8. VI. The Road to the Presidency
The Primary – direct Primary
2. Closed primary
3. Open primary
Caucus
The Nominating Convention

9. Electoral Votes

10. Election Day- and the Electoral College
History
General Election
Electors
“Winner Takes All” system
Electoral college votes needed to win -
Problems with the system . . .