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1 The American presidential election takes place every odd year / every eight years / every four years.
2 You can vote if you are an adult/ You can vote provided you are 18 / You must be an 18- year- old American citizen to vote.
3 The popular vote does not count / The total of the popular vote gives out the president’s name. / The popular vote is not the only criterion in the election.
4 People vote for a candidate / People vote for a ticket / people vote for a president and vise-president.
5 The candidate who was elected by people in a state becomes president. / The candidate people voted for in a state gets the support of this state.
6 To know who the president is, they add up the number of states that voted for one or the other, and the one who gets the most states wins./
They add up the number of the electors’votes across the United states.
7 All the states are equal /All the voters are equal / All the states have the same number of electors / All the states have a minimum of 6 electors. /Each state has two senators and district representatives / The number of district representatives corresponds to the number of inhabitants in each state.
8 The more electors there are, the more influential a state is./ When a candidate wins the votes in a state, he wins the electors in that state. /When a candidate wins the votes in a state, the electors have to vote for him.
9 When a candidate wins the popular vote, he wins the election./ When a candidate wins a majority of states, the electors vote for him and he is elected president./ The candidate wins provided he wins at least 270 electors’ votes.
10 The president starts leading the country in November. / The president elect officially becomes president on January 20th / To become the president, the president elect must take part in a ceremony.