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American Presidential Election;Start with the Constitution(宪法) quadrennial ? The Election Day is the Tuesday between November 2nd and 8th(the last one: Nov. 4th 2008;the next one : Nov 6th, 2012） Candidates for President and Vice-President Run Together. (In most cases, the presidential candidate select a vice-presidential candidate himself.) The Constitution states that suffrage cannot be denied on grounds of race ,color,sex or age. ;Content; Terms: No more than two terms or ten years ; Rewards of president $200,000 a year Living in White House Camp David as a retreat Fleets of aircraft and cars A generous pension Money for an office and staff after retirement ;党间领导;（四） 总统选举程序;Presidential Election System;Most state laws establish a winner-take-all system, wherein the ticket that wins a plurality of votes wins all of that states allocated electoral votes, and thus has their slate of electors chosen to vote in the Electoral College. ;“Winner-take-all”;08年美国选举人分布;538 electors;50 states 538;4.General Election 全国选举 ;Each state has its own electors; The electors from Each State make up the Electoral College“ The major political parties will officially hold its presidential nominating conventions. In this nominating conventions, The “Electoral College” Votes for the President. Normally ,the candidate for president receiving the majority(50%) of the electoral votes is the elected president. ;The candidates of the major parties will go to many states to win the supporters by means of ： campaigning trips to different states addressing TV speeches showing on TV debates. These media tools play an important role in running(宣传造势） . This process costs lots. ;总统大选电视辩论2012 第一场;turnout in 2008;National Representatives Conference ;二、打造形象（04年为例） ;Time: the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November ; Purpose: select electors; ;5. Inauguration: January in the next year;Factors influencing turnout;Negative Impact of American presidential election; In the fierc