HOW TO RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY - AND WIN.
STEP ONE: Be qualified (35 years old, natural born, 14 years US resident)
STEP TWO: Primaries & Caucuses (you have to win the party elections in each state)
STEP THREE: National Convention (the Presidential candidate and VP are formally nominated by their party)
STEP FOUR: Campaigning & Debating (kissing babies and shaking hands - and looking good)
STEP FIVE: General Election Day (when the people come out to vote for the - popular vote)
STEP SIX: Electoral College (the electors cast their votes)
STEP SEVEN: Inauguration Day (swearing the new president in to office)
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