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1.) Must be a natural born citizen of the U.S. If a person is born abroad to an American.
2.) Must have attained the age of 35 years.
3.) Must have been a resident in the U.S. for 14 years.

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The first steps for potential candidates include broadening their visibility, testing their appeal nationwide, and developing committees to explore their viability as a candidate. If the results are encouraging, the contender will officially announce his or her candidacy.

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Caucuses are used to  make a variety of decisions in political parties. It is well known that parties hold caucuses to select nominations for presidential races. But caucuses also provide parties with decisions related to party issues, local party leaders and delegates for conventions. Caucuses usually contain long discussions followed by a group decision.
Primaries help decide who the best candidate is to represent the party in an election. The main difference is that voter participation is much higher and it is more of a democratic decision making system.  There is no lengthy discussion. Primaries can be open, closed, top-two, or hybrid.

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National Convention is a political convention held every four years in the United States by most of the political parties who will be fielding nominees in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The formal purpose of such a convention is to select the party's nominee for President, as well as to adopt a statement of party principles and goals known as the platform and adopt the rules for the party's activities, including the presidential nominating process for the next election cycle.

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The candidates' campaign organizations work to show their standard bearers in the best possible light, and negative jabs, to undercut the claims of the opposition. Both campaigns focus much of their effort on swing voters and the battleground states. Both campaigns tend to concentrate their organizational efforts, campaign funds, and candidate appearances in those States.

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The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors who cast votes to decide the President and Vice-President of the United States. The candidate who receives a majority of electoral votes (270) wins the Presidency. The number 538 is the sum of the nation’s 435 Representatives, 100 Senators, and 3 electors given to the District of Columbia. The Electoral College determines the President and Vice-President of the United States. The Electoral College system also distinguishes the United States from other systems where the highest vote-getter automatically wins.

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A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.

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The inauguration of the President of the United States is a ceremony to mark the commencement of a new four-year term of the President of the United States. This ceremony takes place for each new presidential term, even if the president is continuing in office for a second term.