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How the American President is elected
The United States election is approaching, and there have been ongoing debates between
Republican and Democrats to highlight their development agendas and policies if elected to
office. The whole election process is quite complicated and different from other countries. This
is because the electorates cast their votes for their House members who in turn elect the
president. A presidential term also takes four years after which a sitting president is reelected.
This is a constitutional mandate, and once the two terms in office expire, he is not being obliged
to contest again. The last election was held on November sixth and will be held again next year
the same time. The entire election and campaign process is moderated by both federal and state
laws whereby every state is allocated a specific number of Electoral College proportional to its
senators and representatives in the Congress. Further, the capital, Washington, D.C is allocated
