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| − | The President is selected every four years by the [[Electoral College]], a few | + | The President is selected every four years by the [[Electoral College]], a few weeks after tthe popular vote on [[Election Day]]. In the 2000 election, however, due to the very close popular vote, rulings by the Florida Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States, had the effect of awarding contested electors in that state to George W. Bush, the loser in the popular vote, leading to his election as President by the [[Electoral College]]. For his first term, many felt that the United States had an unelected president. This process highlights how the Presidency remains the only national office in the [[United States of America]] whose winner is not determined by popular vote. In the 2004 election, George W. Bush was re-elected by a slender margin, with some contested precincts in [[Ohio]] causing a delay tallying the outcome. |
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==Term Limits== | ==Term Limits== | ||
After [[Franklin Roosevelt]] served a little over twelve years in office, [[Congress]] passed a [[Constitutional Amendment]] restricting future Presidents to two terms. | After [[Franklin Roosevelt]] served a little over twelve years in office, [[Congress]] passed a [[Constitutional Amendment]] restricting future Presidents to two terms. | ||
Revision as of 21:55, March 12, 2007
Template:Stub The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of the U.S. Executive Branch and head of state of the United States of America.
Current President
The current President is George W. Bush. He is scheduled to leave office on January 20, 2009. His successor will be elected in 2008.
Election
The President is selected every four years by the Electoral College, a few weeks after tthe popular vote on Election Day. In the 2000 election, however, due to the very close popular vote, rulings by the Florida Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States, had the effect of awarding contested electors in that state to George W. Bush, the loser in the popular vote, leading to his election as President by the Electoral College. For his first term, many felt that the United States had an unelected president. This process highlights how the Presidency remains the only national office in the United States of America whose winner is not determined by popular vote. In the 2004 election, George W. Bush was re-elected by a slender margin, with some contested precincts in Ohio causing a delay tallying the outcome.
Term Limits
After Franklin Roosevelt served a little over twelve years in office, Congress passed a Constitutional Amendment restricting future Presidents to two terms.
However if the Vice President succeeds to the Presidency, with no more than two years left in the prior President's term, they are allowed to to run for two terms, raising the potential time in office to ten years.
Term limits were instituted to prevent one man from being President for life.
Past Presidents
Due to space constraints, the list is at Presidents of the United States
