By Cat Lindsay Many democracies have elected female leaders, but in the 235-year history of US politics there has never been a female president. Historically US leaders have been white males, with Obama making history as the first African American president in 2009. Obama said to a group of US voters: “Coming up with all…
Who are the candidates and what do they stand for? The two main parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, nominated their presidential candidates by holding a series of votes called state primaries and caucuses. In the Republican Party, former President Trump won his party’s support with a huge lead over his rivals. Trump, who served…
Once the candidate has been declared the winner of a presidential election, so begins the transition of power. The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 sets out the “peaceful transition of power” and allows for the cooperation between outgoing and incoming administrations. Once a candidate’s nomination has been declared by their party, they can then receive…
The role of Vice President is largely determined by the President, the Constitution names the Vice President as the president of the senate and provides them with the power to break a tie in the Senate votes. Other than that the office has grown through precedent and tradition. An often-derided office, Former Vice President to…
Each American state is allocated a certain number of so-called ‘electoral college’ votes based partly on population. Hence, large populous states like California and Texas have 54 and 50 electoral college votes respectively while states like Delaware, Alaska. Vermont and Wyoming have just three each. There is a total of 538 up for grabs across…
