美国选举制度概述.pptx

American Presidential ElectionPrepared by: MayBasic introductionStart with the Constitution(宪法) /wiki/quadrennialquadrennial ?/wiki/Election_Day_(United_States)The Election Day is the Tuesday between November 2nd and 8th(the last one: Nov. 4th 2008;the next one : Nov 6th, 2012）Candidates for President and Vice-President Run Together. (In most cases, the presidential candidate select a vice-presidential candidate himself.)The Constitution states that suffrage cannot be denied on grounds of /wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitutionrace ,color,/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitutionsex or /wiki/Twenty-sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitutionage.ContentPresidential Job DescriptionPresidential Election SystemProcess of presidential electionFactors influencing turnoutNegative impact of American presidential electionWhat we can learn from American presidential electionTerms:No more than two terms or ten yearsPresidential Job DescriptionRewards of president$200,000 a yearLiving in White HouseCamp David as a retreatFleets of aircraft and carsA generous pensionMoney for an office and staff after retirement国内政策的领导党间领导行政领导对外政策的领导象征性的领导军事能力（四） 总统选举程序procedure1月20日宣誓就职next Jan国会两院联席会议上计票(electoral votes counting) 、宣布大选结果declare election resultsDec选举人投票(electoral voting) 12月份第二个星期三后的第一个星期一 Nov大选日选民投票(voting on Election Day) 11月份第一个星期一后的第一个星期二 总统候选人竞选正式选举(general election)SepAug党的全国代表大会JulyJuneprimary elctionnomination（1）1790-1824年的国会党团会议提名制（2）1831-1968年的全国代表大会提名制（3）1968年至今的预选提名制提名程序(nomination process)FebPresidential Election SystemElections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President. Presidential Election SystemMost state laws establish a winner-take-all system, wherein the ticket that wins a /wiki/Plurality_voting_systemplurality of votes wins all of that