US Presidential Elections - questions

Make sure you can answer the questions below. Most of the answers are included in the videos but in some cases (e.g. funding or individual candidates) you need to do your own research.

Questions

1.       How are presidential elections in the US organised: how are the candidates selected, who votes, how are votes counted?

2.       Are presidential elections in the US democratic, i.e. does every vote count?

3.       What are presidential primaries? What is their aim? How are they organised?

4.       Why is Iowa an important state in Democratic primaries?

5.       What is Super Tuesday? Why is it an important day?

6.       What can you say about the candidates who have so far taken part in the run for the Democratic nomination: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elisabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg? Who are they? What are their political views?

7.       How do presidential candidates in the US fund their campaigns?

8.       What is impeachment? When can a president of the US be impeached? What does the process of impeachment look like?

9.       Which presidents have been impeached after World War II? On what grounds were they impeached? Why was none of them removed from office?