8 de Noviembre de 2016.
An election for President of the United States occurs every four years on Election Day, held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The 2016 Presidential election will be held on November 8, 2016.
- 2016 Presidential Election Results (Politico)
- Resultados de las elecciones presidenciales 2016 – (Univisión)
- 2016 election results (CNN)
- State Election Results (CBS NEWS)
- Florida Department of State’s Election Reporting System (Florida Department of State)
- Presidential Election Process (Official Guide to Government Information and Services)
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The election process begins with the primary elections and caucuses and moves to nominating conventions, during which political parties each select a nominee to unite behind. The nominee also announces a Vice Presidential running mate at this time. The candidates then campaign across the country to explain their views and plans to voters and participate in debates with candidates from other parties.
During the general election, Americans head to the polls to cast their vote for President. But the tally of those votes—the popular vote—does not determine the winner. Instead, Presidential elections use the Electoral College. To win the election, a candidate must receive a majority of electoral votes. In the event no candidate receives the majority, the House of Representatives chooses the President and the Senate chooses the Vice President.
U.S. Constitutional Requirements for Presidential Candidates
The President must:
Be a natural-born citizen of the United States
Be at least 35 years old
Have been a resident of the United States for 14 years
Any person who meets these requirements can declare his or her candidacy for President at any time. Candidates must register with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) once they receive contributions or make expenditures in excess of $5,000. Within 15 days of reaching that $5,000 threshold, candidates must file a Statement of Candidacy with the FEC authorizing a principal campaign committee to raise and spend funds on their behalf.
The 2016 United States elections will be held (for the most part) on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. During this presidential election year, the President of the United States and Vice President will be elected. In addition, elections will be held for all 435 voting-member seats in the United States House of Representatives (as well as all 6 non-voting delegate seats) and 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate. Twelve state governorships, two territorial governorships, and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested.
Presidential election
The United States presidential election of 2016 will be the 58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election. The current electoral vote distribution was determined by the 2010 census. Presidential electors who will elect the President and Vice President of the United States will be chosen; a simple majority (270) of the 538 electoral votes are required to win the election. The incumbent president, Democrat Barack Obama, is ineligible to be elected to a third term due to term limits established by the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Businessman and reality television personality Donald Trump of New York became the Republican Party’s presidential nominee on July 19, 2016, after defeating Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Ohio Governor John Kasich, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, and several other candidates in the Republican primary elections.
Former Secretary of State and New York Senator Hillary Clinton became the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee on July 26, 2016 after defeating Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and others in the Democratic primary elections. This is the first election with a female candidate from a major political party. It is also the first election since 1944 that had major party candidates from the same home state. Assuming Barack Obama serves out his full term, the winner of this election will become the 45th President of the United States.
Congressional elections
Senate elections
All seats in Senate Class III will be up for election. Additionally, special elections may be held to fill vacancies in the other two Senate Classes. Democrats may be better positioned to make gains in this cycle, due to the number of Republican Senators in Democratic-leaning states.
House of Representatives elections
All 435 voting seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election. Additionally, elections will be held to select the Delegate for the District of Columbia as well as the delegates from U.S. territories. This includes the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, who serves a four-year term.
HILLARY CLINTON & DONALD J. TRUMP
- HILLARY CLINTON
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/
- DONALD J. TRUMP
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/
Why did Congress (in 1845) select the first Tuesday in November as Election Day?
“. . . For much of our history, America was a predominantly agrarian society. Law makers therefore took into account that November was perhaps the most convenient month for farmers and rural workers to be able to travel to the polls. The fall harvest was over, (remember that spring was planting time and summer was taken up with working the fields and tending the crops) but in the majority of the nation the weather was still mild enough to permit travel over unimproved roads.
Why Tuesday? Since most residents of rural America had to travel a significant distance to the county seat in order to vote, Monday was not considered reasonable since many people would need to begin travel on Sunday. This would, of course, have conflicted with Church services and Sunday worship.
Why the first Tuesday after the first Monday? Lawmakers wanted to prevent election day from falling on the first of November for two reasons. First, November 1st is All Saints Day, a Holy Day of Obligation for Roman Catholics. Second, most merchants were in the habit of doing their books from the preceding month on the 1st. Apparently, Congress was worried that the economic success or failure of the previous month might prove an undue influence on the vote!”
REFERENCIAS:
- United States elections, 2016 (Wikipedia)
- Presidential Election Process (Official Guide to Government Information and Services)
- Why did Congress (in 1845) select the first Tuesday in November as Election Day? (infoplease)
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