1、,What is the United States presidential electoral system,The United States is a presidential system of national and presidential elections are held every four years. The election is a complex and lengthy process,Aug.,Nov.,Jan.,Jan.,Jun.,Jul.,Aug.,Nov.,Jan.,Jan.,Jun.,Jul.,Inaugural address,Aug.,Nov.,

2、Jan.,Jan.,Jun.,Jul.,The Primary election,National Representatives Conference,election campaign,Election,The Primary election,someone who will run for president should do these before the election.,1.The Primary election（預(yù)選） is the first stage ，usually starts from the beginning of the election year a

3、nd ends at the mid-year. 2.The form of a primary is universal suffrage（直接選舉）, a state of the two parties (民主黨和共和黨) voters to vote “pledged delegates” （承諾代表）who would attend the National Convention of the Party, and pledge to support the party candidate.,Super Tuesday,In the United States, Super Tues

4、day , in general, refers to the Tuesday in February or March of a presidential election year when the greatest number of states（多數(shù)的州） hold primary elections to select each partys presidential candidates（各政黨的總統(tǒng)候選人。）.,National Representatives Conference(全國(guó)代表大會(huì)),the two parties will always hold the Nat

5、ional Convention of the Party respectively in July or August.,2012年8月2730日共和黨全國(guó)代表大會(huì)召開(kāi),2012年9月36日民主黨全國(guó)代表大會(huì)召開(kāi),election campaign,The first debate （ 2012年10月3日）,The second debate （2012年10月16日）,The third debate,（2012年10月22日）,meet voters (接見(jiàn)選民）and give press conferences（新聞發(fā)布會(huì)）,2012年10月3日 In the first deba

6、te, Obama was defeated by Romney,Before the 2nd debate（2012年10月16日） Obama for his campaign volunteers pizza,2012年10月4號(hào),2012年10月12,The second debate,President Obama and his wife try to make voters happy,Romney lovingly holding a children show people, unfortunately the baby burst into tears.,Romney pl

7、ay with students,2012年10月2日,2012年10月10日,Election: General electionthe voters across the nation go to the polls. (2012年11月6日，各州選民選舉選舉代表,全國(guó)共選舉出538個(gè)選舉人) thenumberofelectorsisequaltothetotalnumberofcongresssenators（全國(guó)選舉人數(shù)與國(guó)會(huì)眾參議院人數(shù)相等）,538 electors,100 Senators (參議院）,435 Congressmen （眾議院）,3 electors Washington D.C,535 electors,Electoral College（選舉人團(tuán)）winner-take-all feature(勝者全得 ), majority of elector