Étude anglophone sur l'élection du président

Every four years, citizens of the U.S. go to the polls to elect their president.

Election Day is traditionally the first
Tuesday in November. It is the final of a long and complex electoral
process. Politics in the U.S is dominated by two political parties :

*the Democrats whose symbol is a donkey, and

*the Republicans whose
symbol is an elephant.

Politicians, who usually have experience in
Congress or in state government, decide if they want to run for
president.

Then, the states hold primaries. They
determine how many delegates to each party's national convention will
vote for a given candidate. The candidate with the most votes becomes
the official nominee.

An incumbent president running for re-election
automatically receives the support of this party. Each candidate
chooses a running mate to run for the office of vice president.

The
official campaign lasts until Election Day. The president is not
elected directly by the people. Voters in fact elect members to the
electoral college. Each state has a number of college votes equal to
the number of senators and representatives it has. The candidate with
the most electoral college votes wins the election.