The United States Presidential Election 2012 will be the 57th quadrennial presidential election, to be held on 06 Nov 2012, in which the presidential electors elects the President of US on 17 Dec 12. In this election, the Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Barack Obama nominates himself for the second and the final term. His main contender is former Massachusetts Governor, Republican Mitt Romney. Other than that, the Liberaterian Party nominee Gary Johnson, a former new Mexico Governor and the Green party nominee Jill Stein are also contesting the elections.
The modern nominating process of this election is Primary and caucuses process. These processes are spread out in between the month of January and June before the Federal Elections.
Primary Elections are run by State and Local Government whereas the Caucuses are to be done by the political parties. The candidate wins with the maximum number of votes becomes the Presidential nominee of that party. Each party’s presidential nominee votes for Vice Presidential nominee to run with them on the same ticket. This choice of vice presidential nominee needs to be rubber stamped by the conference.
The entire process of Presidential election will take about two years. The presidential nominee of each party needs to engage in a debate. The topics discussed in the debate are the most important issues of the time. The main aim of this debate procedure is to enlighten public about their views on main issues.
A candidate needs at least 270 votes of electoral college to become President. It is likely that President Barack Obama will win this election.
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