How is the vice president chosen?
He or she is chosen by the presidential candidate themselves, usually at their national convention or soon after. There is an unwritten rules for the Presidential candidate to choose a Vice Presidential person that in general, the people would not want to succeed them to the oval office. As in Nixon, Agnew, Bush 1, and the tomatoes or potatoes guy, and yes, even Johnson, This is to lessen the chances for assassination or impeachment.
Which job is more like the President? Governor or Senator?
It depends on what is currently happening and the overall talents of the person holding the office. In some periods of history we have been served well by Generals who have the brains and competence of extensive responsible military leadership. At times it has been a Senator or Governor. It has usually been more tied to background and ability than experience in any one branch of government. Plus what is going on in the world. Sometimes it has been a General Eisenhower Sometimes it has been a Governor of a State Reagan if you liked him Sometimes it has been a Senator JFK There are incompetent people in all these areas. General Grant was not a sterling President. Nixon was not so great either. Some liked Carter, some did not. We have had a two very bad Governors. One who went to prison. One who was into creationism and an embarrasment for all his weird idealogies and what seemed acceptable just became a circus. We impeached one, the other went to jail. So I am not big on labling one or the other as the best. There is nothing wrong with voting present. I sometimes wonder if anyone gets basic training in Government. In order to vote on a matter, there needs to be a quorum. That usually means a majority of the total membership needs to be present or taking a vote has to be cancelled. So if a member likes part of the Bill but has strong objection to some amendment added, they vote present so everyone can move on and not reschedule the vote. To me having served on many committees some which insist on a yes or no vote some which allow a present or pass vote. I find intelligent people who read the entire legislation vote present more frequently than those who simply follow Party or group lines. Because they have thoroughly read the legislation and thought about it. At least that is how I think and vote .
How are US presidents elected?
Election Day outcomes are per customary vote, and once each and every state closes their polls and positioned up their count number, then it will be proclaims on the records. we are able to not listen from each and every of the states till Wed nov fifth or maybe later b/c of absentee ballots and different complications. yet there is also an electoral college that are representatives of each and every state. they have an inclination to forged their votes depending on the customary vote winner of their state. it really is the electoral college who finalizes the vote casting procedure for determining on the president! This procedure occurs in December. The winner of the presidential race is formally presented in late December-January, and inaugurated on Jan twentieth. The candidate who wins the customary vote is maximum likeley to be elected as president, yet as we've considered interior the 2000 election w/bush and Al gore, that is not consistently the case. human beings ignore about the potential of the electoral college. desire that facilitates!
How many past presidents have been re-elected with 9.1% unemployment?
only one in the past 100 years with unemployment over 7.5%....and there is no way obama will get it down to 7.5%, even with tons of job growth in the next year. but that doesn't mean he can't get re-elected with it somewhere in the 8's, considering most people know this is one of the 2 or 3 worst recessions in the past century. And especially with the weak republican field so far....and if they nominate a crazy extreme candidate like a bachman or palin, it would be a blowout for obama....so a lot depends on the quality of the republican nominee. obama can win if it's in the 8's, but if it goes back up into the 9s, he is done, unless it's bachman or palin against him.
How many US presidents were not elected into office?
First I will address the fact that George Washington was the first president, to anyone who may have been confused. Anyone prior was the President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation (a completely different office than the current office of President). There are technically five presidents who never won a Presidential election. There are eight presidents to ascend to the office when a president died in office, holding the position of vice-president: 10. John Tyler (1841 - 1845); William Henry Harrison died 13. Millard Fillmore (1850 - 1853); President Taylor died 17. Andrew Johnson (1865 - 1869); Abraham Lincoln assassinated 21. Chester A. Arthur (1881 - 1885); James Garfield assassinated 26. Theodore Roosevelt (1901 - 1909); William McKinley assassinated, elected to own term in 1904 30. Calvin Coolidge (1923 - 1929); Warren Harding died, elected to own term in 1924 33. Harry S. Truman (1945 - 1953); Franklin Roosevelt died, elected to own term in 1948 36. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963 - 1969); John F. Kennedy assassinated, elected to own term in 1964 Gerald Ford (#38, 1974 - 1977) ascended to the office of President in 1974 when President Nixon resigned. He was appointed vice president the year before, making him the only president to never be elected nationally in some capacity. Ford later appointed vice-president Nelson Rockefeller, making a President/Vice President duo never elected by the people. So, in the above nine presidents who ascended to the office, four of them were elected to their own term. This means that five presidents were never elected to their own term as president: John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, and Gerald Ford. Also, four presidents lost the popular vote, but were elected by the electoral college: John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, and George W. Bush (for his first term).