what is going on in elections? what is everyone doing?

Question

hello
im doing a homework about the us elections and i don't even know whats going on now? what is obama doing who is he at all? like who is hilary.
who are the democrats and who is a candidate for preseintal elections?
can u plz start from zero/ thanks and make it simple plz

Answer 1

The next President will be inaugurated in January, 2009.
At this time (14 months before the election), there are many candidates, and some of them are campaigning to win primary elections to be held in various states a few months from now.

The two big parties (Democrat and Republican) don't actually choose their candidates until their conventions next Sumer, but so many delegates are chosen in early primaries that the race for their party's nomination might end as early as this January (ten months before the actual election!!!) In addition to the big parties, there are a few smaller parties (Libertarian, Green, Constitution) that run in most states.

You asked specifically about two Democrats: "what is obama doing who is he at all? like who is hilary."

Obama is a former Illinois legislator who was elected to the Senate three years ago. As far as I know, he has no experience as a manager or executive (in government or in industry), but some people think that voting on bills is good experience for running the country, and he is very, very popular in the Democrat primaries. His full name is Barak Hussein Obama.

Hillary first the first name of Hillary R. Clinton, the wife of a former President. Also originally from Illinois (but later living in Arkansas, where her husband was governor), she was elected in New York as U.S. Senator in 2000.

The other Democrats include other Senators Biden, Dodd, Grtavel, and Edwards (former lawyers with little or no executive experience), Rep. Dennis Kucinich (former mayor of Cleveland), and Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico (formerly an Energy Dept. head and UN Ambassador).

In the Republican primary race, the front runners seem to be Rudy Giuliani (former mayor of New York), Mitt Romney (former governor of Massachussets), and Mike Huckabee (former governor of Massachussets), as well as Senators Thompson and McCain (a former Navy Captain). Other Republican candidates are Senator Sam Brownback, and Congressional Representatives Tom Tancredo and Ron Paul (a former medical doctor, and also a candidate for President in 1988).

There are no obvious front-runners yet in the other (smaller) national parties, but they usually start their campaigns much later:
* Constitution Party - April or May of 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona
* Green Party - July 10-13 in Chicago, Illinois.
* Libertarian Party - May 23–26 in Denver, Colorado.
* Prohibition Party (not yet announced)
* Socialist Party - October 19-21, 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri.

In addition, there are some independent "draft" movements, including one for Michael Bloomberg, current mayor of New York.

Answer 2

There are two main political parties (groups) in this country: Democratic and Republican. Each party has different positions and beliefs on certain issues. People who want to run for a position in government (such as president, congress, senate, etc) generally align with one of these parties depending on what they believe.

Right now, each party is in the process of nominating their candidate for president. Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama are currently the leaders to win the Democratic nomination. Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Rommney are the current leaders to win the Republican nomination. There are some other candidates that still have a shot to win but are generally considered long shots at this point. They include John Edwards or maybe Bill Richardson for the Democrats and John McCain, Fred Thompson, or maybee Mike Huckabee for the Republicans.

Begining soon and continuing into 2008, each of the 50 states will be holding Primary" elections. The purpose of these is to determine which candidate will represent each party. So for now, the candadates are competing within their own party.to be their party's one candidate for President.

The two presidential nominee's (plus any other independant candidates) will campaign through 2008 for the job of US President. In November 2008, voters will vote for their favorate candidate for president. The winner will take over for George Bush (a Republican) in January of 2009.

This whole process happens every 4 years. You may remember names like John Kerry, Howard Dean, or John Edwards from 4 years ago. They were trying to win the Democratic Nomination. The Republicans chose George Bush as their nominee. If you remember, John Kerry won the democratice nomination, but lost in the 2004 General election to George Bush. Therefore George Bush is our current president.

Answer 3

Start from the beginning... OK.

In America, we have Presidential elections every 4 years on the first Tuesday in November. The next Presidential election is in 2008.

There are 2 major political parties, Republican and Democrat. To find out about them and their candidates in an unbiased manner, I suggest you visit their websites:

http://www.democrats.org/
https://www.gop.com/

Currently, we are in the time prior to the primaries and caucuses where many candidates from each party are campaigning to gain their party's nomination for President. The nominees will be selected via primaries and caucuses for each party in each state, followed by the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, where the nominee for President will be officially chosen, and then they will select their running mate for Vice President.
http://www.demconvention.com/
http://www.gop.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=6600

Then the general election campaigning will begin, concluding with the election on the first Tuesday of November, 2008.

There are, of course, many other political parties that influence and effect the system, and this site describes many of them...

http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

In this one you have the most amusing politicians with the most outrageous comments! XD In Sweden ours are not this entertaining. Countries invest in each other and the same goes for US. The US is big and just see how the economics was affected in all other countries when your banks went down. The world have a interest in who leads the US because it affects the economy in all other countries. We are all connected. And frankly - we are sending our men and women to assist in wars the US started so if the US President is into that *coughBUSHcough* we wish you would choose another one. There are reasons the world leaders were rooting for Obama in the last election.

Answer 5

Just vote a straight Libertarian ticket and all will be fine.