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The United States is a federation, with elected officials at the federal (national), state and local levels. On a national level, the head of state, the President, is elected indirectly by the people, through an Electoral College. Today, the electors virtually always vote with the popular vote of their state. All members of the federal legislature, the Congress, are directly elected. There are many elected offices at state level, each state having at least an elective Governor and legislature. There are also elected offices at the local level, in counties and cities. According to political science professor Jennifer Lawless, there were 519,682 elected officials in the United States as of 2012.
State law regulates most aspects of the election, including primaries, the eligibility of voters (beyond the basic constitutional definition), the running of each state's electoral college, and the running of state and local elections. The United States Constitution defines (to a basic extent) how federal elections are held, in Article One and Article Two and various amendments. The federal government has also been involved in attempts to increase voter turnout, by measures such as the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
A guide to the US political system aimed at A Level students, explaining how elections work in the USA. For more educational teaching resources visit UK Parliament's education website http://www.parliament.uk/education Subscribe to UK Parliament for more videos https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=UKParliament Follow @UKParlEducation on Twitter for more resources and information. https://twitter.com/UKParlEducation
This year the president of the United States will be elected. But how does the american election actually work? With this video explainity tries to explain the U.S. presidential election in a simple way. This explainer video was produced by explainity GmbH Homepage: www.explainity.com E-Mail: info@explainity.com If you are interested in an own explainity explainer video, visit our website www.explainity.com and contact us. We are looking forward to your inquiry. You are welcome to use this explainer video for your own purpose and website. Keep in mind that this explainer video must not be altered in regards to content and graphics. If you decide to use it, please credit explainity as the producer and refer to our website at www.explainity.com.
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Every four years the United States of America hold the presidential election. It is a long process until it is finally clear who will be the new president. In the US, Democrats and Republicans are the two big competing parties. As a first step, the Democrats and Republicans chose their candidates in the primaries, who then compete against each other during the election campaign. In this clip we give you a detailed explanation of every step in the presidential election. --------------- This explainer video was produced by explainity GmbH Homepage: www.explainity.com E-Mail: info@explainity.com If you are interested in an own explainity explainer video, visit our website www.explainity.com and contact us. We are looking forward to your inquiry. You are welcome to use this explainer video...
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In this special edition of The Listening Post from New York City we explore how a lack of regulation and absence of a strong public broadcaster in America has impacted the coverage of US politics. As the 2016 presidential election campaign heads into the home stretch, many Americans are accusing their news outlets, particularly on the broadcast side, of not just reporting on the race for the White House - but actually affecting the outcome, through their commercial agendas, prioritising ratings and revenues over journalism and responsible reporting. So how did we get here? Measuring the totality of media coverage over the entire presidential campaign - the content, the tone, the ideology - is near impossible. But what we can do is examine structural issues in the broadcasting landscape t...
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In the Roundtable this week, we discuss the Presidential Elections of United States which are scheduled on 8th of November, 2016. We also focus on how these elections will impact India. The roundtable discussion includes panel of experts: Prof. Madhav Nalapat, Editorial Director of The Sunday Guardian, Meera Shankar, Former US Ambassador, Prof. K.P. Vijayalakshmi, Professor US Studies, and SIS JNU & Jitender Kumar, Leader of the Indo-American Community. The show is anchored by the Senior Executive Editor of NewsX, Priya Sahgal. For More information on this news visit: http://www.newsx.com/ Connect with us on Social platform at: http://www.facebook.com/newsxonline Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/newsxlive
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