what are the rules to run for president of the USA?

Answer 1

Remember if you ever really could be a realistic candidate you wouldn't be asking this question on Yahoo. We are just regular ordinary people who are supposed to vote.


Here's the qualifications:

Age and Citizenship requirements - US Constitution, Article II, Section 1

No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.

Term limit amendment - US Constitution, Amendment XXII, Section 1 – ratified February 27, 1951

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

It takes a lot of money to become the Democratic or Republican Nominee. Maybe be a write-in candidate.

Answer 2

If a child is born of American Citizens while in a foreign country, the parents have a certain timeframe (I am not sure how long) to notify the US of the birth and obtain citizenship for the child, if they do not do this then the child is not considered a citizen of the US. My mother was born in Canada and until she was 18 she had dual citizenship, when she was 18 she had to choose what country she wanted to be a citizen of. Now, I don t know if this made her a natural US citizen or not.

Answer 3

A donkey serves as the symbol for the Democratic Party, and an elephant for the Republican Party.


Before you decide to run for President, you will need to decide which political party best suits your ideals.

Political parties are made of people who come together out of a desire to obtain political power and influence public policy. You can be part of any political party you want. Most candidates choose their party depending on the basic purpose or ideology of the party. You'll want to choose a party that best represents your political platform.

For the two major parties, the most important election is the one for President. That's because the nominees lead their parties. The President of the United States leads both the country and the political party. Whoever is nominated as the Democratic candidate in November will represent Democrats in the election.

In the United States, most of our elected officials are Democrats or Republicans. You can also be a third-party candidate, such as candidate for the Green Party. However, "People feel like voting for a third party is throwing away your vote," said Mike Xenos, a researcher for the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement at the University of Washington. Because of that, he said, "It would be very hard for a third-party candidate to run credibly."

According to Xenos, presidential elections are becoming more about what the candidate stands for, rather than for what the party stands for. "The parties as organizations are less involved in the presidential campaign than they used to be," Xenos said. "What we talk about is that it is candidate-centered system rather than party-centered system."

Still an important part of campaigning is based purely on your party affiliation. For example, Republicans might vote for the Republican candidate just because the candidate is a Republican. Many Democrats do the same without looking to see which candidate they feel is more qualified as a person.

But just getting the die-hard party members to vote for you won't win you an election. Whoever captures the most swing voters will be the next President. Swing voters are not loyal to a particular party. These voters also tend to be more moderate, or center of the road. These are the people who usually decide an election, Xenos said.

To win an election, you need core party voters plus enough people in the middle to capture a win. The difficulty in running such a campaign, said Xenos, is that what attracts a core voter is usually not the same thing as what attracts a swing voter.

"There is a fine line of appealing to solid supporters, while at the same time appealing to moderate voters," said Xenos. "If you go too far to the center, extreme people get upset and either do not vote or vote for a third party. If you only appeal to the extreme, the people in the center get turned off and get alienated and are less likely to vote for you."

Answer 4

Born in the United States (or a child of a U.S. military member born overseas is okay too). And atleast 35 years of age, that's it.

Answer 5

It's easy. You have to have:

Little or no intelligence
A great speech writer
No grasp of grammar or the english language
No ability to pronounciate
Supreme arrogance
Opposition who is almost as bad

Oh! A clear uncaring manner when it comes to the death of the country's soldiers and members of foreign armies.

Did i leave anything out?

Answer 6

I don't know them all (and don't feel like looking it up) but I do know you have to have been born in the US, and you must be at least 35 years old.

Answer 7

You need to be a citizen and over 30 i think