Presidential Requirements
You must be at least this age to be POTUS.
What is 35?
These people pick the presidential nominees.
Who are delegates?
This presidential nomination system usually attracts die-hard politics enthusiasts, like you guys!
What are caucuses?
You must have been a resident of the US for this many years to be POTUS.
What are 14 years?
These events often include citizens voting for presidential nominees by moving around a room.
What are caucuses?
This state's early primary can help set the tone for the rest of the nomination campaign.
What is New Hampshire?
You must be a natural-born this to become POTUS.
What is a citizen?
This particular election night often grants candidates the most delegates in the entire election.
What is Super Tuesday?
This presidential nomination system allows citizens to simply walk in to a polling place and cast their vote.
What is a primary?
The requirements to become POTUS were written in the Constitution, which was written in this year.
What is 1787?
This is the phrase used to describe presidential candidates strategically selecting their vice presidents.
What is "balancing the ticket?"
The final step of the nomination process, this event is where candidates are formally nominated.
What is a national convention?
The requirements to become POTUS were laid out in this article of the Constitution.
What is Article II?
These are the "smoke-filled" rooms where party leaders used to meet to select their candidates without any say from the people.
What are national conventions?
Months before they're actually nominated, presidential candidates often know whether or not they'll be nominated because they've usually won over half of these.
What are delegates?