government unit 3 Flashcards
🌟Chief citizen
He represents the people
🌟Commander in chief
Commands armed forces
🌟Chief executive
Holds executive power
🌟What are the qualifications for being president?
35 yrs old, citizen, and a resident for 14 yrs
🌟Presidential disability
The vice president and the cabinet make the decision that the president is too unwell to serve in office
🌟22nd amendment
This prevents the president from holding office more than twice
🌟Platform
A political parties standpoint, where their principles stand
Primary❔❔❔
A delegated selection process and/or a candidate preference election
🌟Electoral college, Winner take all.
Group of people who elect the president/vice presidentPerson who has the most preference vote automatically wins the support of all the delegates
General election❔❔❔
Regularly scheduled elections where the voters make a final selection of office holders
🌟What is the order for a presidential election?
Declaration of candidacies, primaries and caucuses, convention, ejection, and electoral college
🌟Chief diplomat
The main architect of American foreign policy and head speaker to the rest of the world
🌟Order of succession
Vice presidentSpeaker of the housePresident pro tempore of the senate Secretary of the state Secretary of the treasury
