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US election 2020: A really simple guide
One of the world’s most influential persons is the president of the United States of America, who is indirectly elected to a 4-year term by the eligible voters through the Electoral College.
The US political system is dominated by just two parties, so the president always belongs to one of them. One is the Republicans, the conservative political party has stood for lower taxes, free-market capitalism, restrictions on immigration, increased military spending, gun rights, restrictions on abortion, deregulation, and restrictions on labor unions. Support for the party tends to be stronger in more rural parts of America. The other is the Democrats, the liberal political party that supports corporate governance reform, environmental protection, organized labor and social programs, affordable college tuition, universal health care, equal opportunity, consumer protection, LGBT rights, immigration reform, stricter gun laws, abortion rights, and the legalization of marijuana. There have been 19 republican and 15 democrat presidents until Trump, the 45th president.
Their candidates compete to win electoral college votes. This means voters decide state-level contests rather than the national one, which is why it’s possible for a candidate to win the most votes nationally (popular vote) but still be defeated by the electoral college (electoral vote) like in the last election in 2016. Since most states lean heavily towards one party or the other, the focus of the election campaign is usually on a dozen or so battleground states or swing states.
Enjoy reading the article and learn about this complex election system in the world's most influential democratic state.
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