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Political parties
Topic Started: 3 Jun 2016, 09:01 AM (476 Views)
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As of April 2016, there were at least 28 distinct ballot-qualified political parties in the United States. There were 214 state-level parties. Some parties are recognized in multiple states. For example, both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are recognized in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. These two parties account for 102 of the 214 total state-level parties.

Only parties that have qualified for ballot status in their respective states are included in this tally. In order to become ballot-qualified, a party must meet certain requirements. For example, in some states, a party's candidate for a specific office must win a certain percentage of the vote in order for the party to be ballot-qualified in the state. In other states, a political party must register a certain number of voters in order to achieve ballot status.

Three minor parties were recognized in more than 10 states as of April 2016:

Libertarian Party: 33 states
Green Party: 21 states
Constitution Party: 13 states[edit_reason]needed to[/edit_reason]
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So who gets the votes come time for either a presidential or senator vote, just the Republicans and Democrats?..
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Who gets the votes is who ever is on the ballot for election time, it mainly comes down to democratic and republicans but every now and then you have a libertarian or green party to choose from. The American people go to the polls and vote for who they think is right for the job.

There are what people call die hard democrats and die hard republicans this means this is the way they are going to vote no matter what because that is their party line.
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How do they get on the ballot though?..
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This is who may be a candidate.

This is a list of what you have to have to put your name on the ballot.

United States Citizenship
At least 18 years of age (or older for certain offices)
Satisfy residency requirement for specific office
May not have been convicted of a felony in any court in the United States unless pardoned of the conviction.
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So, that's the start of the process, how do they get as far as both Clinton and Trump have, and further?...
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The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your state's entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators., There will be more to come on this process. It is a long process.
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I remember hearing on the news here that Clinton and Trump needed a set number of delegates to get their parties nomination, is that right?..
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Yes it is, the republican party needs 1,237 of a possible 2,472 delegates and the democratic party needs 2,382 of a possible 4,051.
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Why such a big difference in the amounts of delegates needed?..
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From what I have read the democrats have superdelegates which consist of some elected officials.
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I was just thinking of the presidential elections and thinking if I had to choose between the lesser of 2 evils I'd likely choose Clinton, IMO Trump may be a good businessman, but I don't think he'd make a good president..
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I think that is how a lot of people feel IMO I would rather have Bernie Sanders, but if Hillary is who we are left with then she gets my vote.
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From what I've seen on the news Sanders is fighting a losing battle, so it'll be between Clinton and Trump seeing they have the delegate votes.. It seems to me Clinton is the lesser of the 2 evils, a pity Sanders didn't get the delegate vote really..
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I agree IMO Bernie would have been a good choice but the American people have voted.
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I hope that Clinton gets in as president, IMO she's the lesser of 2 evils, Trump is a good enough businessman, but I don't think he's suited to the job...
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I hope Hillary gets it to I believe that Trump knows business, but I wonder what he knows about foreign policy.
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I see Clinton has Obama's backing now which I think is a good thing, Trump may know how to deal with foreigners in a business sense, but I don't think he has what it takes to be president..
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I seen that on the news this morning as I was getting ready to go. I don't think Trump will get the presidency.
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A lot of people are hoping he doesn't, including politicians from a lot of other countries from what I've seen and heard, it seems he makes a lot of people nervous to say the least..
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Yes and it does seem to be an egg shell situation IMO.
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Well, lets hope that with Obama backing Clinton, she wins enough votes come November..
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We can hope and with the recent events here in the US it is going to put them to the test. Everyone is watching and listening to how they handle it.
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Trump is doing a terrible job at present IMO, from what's been in the news here since Orlando it seems he's more interested in banning Muslims than feeling sorry for the victims and their families and friends..
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IMO that is true, I also think there are so many more issues I don't hear being talked about. Like what about are budget, I would like to know how they are going to fix it.
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And what he's going to do about guns, it seems he's more interested in giving people guns than tightening gun laws from what's been on the news here, one comment of his was along the lines of 'if staff in Orlando had had guns on them the disaster wouldn't have happened...
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IMO if everyone in there would have had a gun there would have been a lot more deaths, I don't think anyone had a clear eye on the shooter in the beginning, but you are right gun control is becoming a big part of the campaigns here.
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I think even if the club staff had guns it may have been worse than it was, violence begets violence and such...
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I think you are right and both sides have to be looking at gun control.
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The law needs tightening a lot in my opinion, something needs doing with the amendment that gives the right to bear arms..
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