Hello there everyone! Let me just sit and take a breather... I am having an issue with my career choice. I want to be the President of the United States of America as my career when I turn 35 so I have many many questions. I am not planning on changing my mind about my career, but I do have some questions. I am 15 years old and in the 10th grade. I am planning on going to the U.S. Marines Officer Academy after high school and after I graduate from the Marines I am planning on going to Harvard School of Law to study to become a lawyer. Then after my totally long 4 years or more of College I am going to run for Mayor of Orange County, then after I am elected and run my course I am planning on running for the Governor of a State or a Senator of one of the States. Then... if time permits I would love to run for Mayor of Washington DC (District of Columbia). After me working up my political career I want to run for President of the United States in the Election of 2028. My questions are that if I am 15 now... and my Birthday is on August 26th that means I will turn exactly 35 on August 26th 2028... Now, do I have to be 35, as required by the constitution, to run in the election do I have to be 35 when I sign up to run in the election or be 34 to sign up and then be 35 when I run on November 4th 2028... or do I have to be 35 when I sign up to be in the election? Another thing is HOW DO YOU GET ON THE BALLOT? One last question is if I have done some Internet searches, picture postings, and blog posts that most of the hormonal teenagers in America do... will it affect my chances in running? I have no police records or anything but will this stuff come back to bite me in the butt whenever I run?! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND I WILL AWARD BEST ANSWER!!!!!! ------- President Zachary J. Downs
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I should think the world would have ended by then.
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you've got to contact congress to get on the ballot. good luck! i think you can do it
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Those internet postings just might come back to haunt you someday. It depends on how 'hormonal' they are. If you clean up your act now, you just might make it. Good luck!
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Article Two of the US Constitution says that by the time of their inauguration, the President and Vice President must be natural born citizens, be at least thirty-five years old, and lived in the Unites States for at least fourteen years. According to this, you can run for president as long as you will be 35 by January 20th. I am not sure how you get on the ballot but I do not think that will be a problem after you have had lots of experience in politics. I wouldn't worry about your internet searches. I have never heard of a presidential candidate being harmed by something they did as a child, ie under 18.
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====================================== How to Become a Presidential Candidate ====================================== Money, money, and lots more money. Years of preparation and gaining experience (i.e., running for and sitting in office elsewhere, such as city board member, a court position, city, county, and state offices.). Start your experience by running for school offices. With being elected, you start to learn what work is involved for that position and gather an understanding of how politics operates. How to Become a Presidential Candidate By eHow Careers & Work Editor http://www.ehow.com/how_2092689_become-presidential-candidate.html -- Abbreviated 'hit' list. ############### President of the United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia -- Wealth of information, but does not provide step-by-step instructions on how to become President. ############### What are the steps for presidential candidates? OnTheIssues http://www.ontheissues.org/askme/Complete_Steps.htm -- JesseGordon gave this response on 10/3/2000: Here's my FAQ on the process of getting elected: 1) The candidate announces his candidacy and works toward public awareness, fund-raising, and developing a set of issue stances. This occured last spring and summer (1999). 2) The primary season (which went from Januray until June) is characterized by the candidates battling each other within their parties. You can see most of the debates from this process at http://www.issues2000.org/archive.htm. The debates ended in March, when the main contenders (Bush & Gore) beat their main rivals (McCain & Bradley) by garnering sufficient primary delegates to win the convention. 3) The primaries decide the number of delegates for each candidate at the convention, where the candidate wins his party's nomination. Bush & Gore were formally nominated at their conventions in July and August; the third parties had conventions from June to August. 4) The candidate also selects his running mate around the time of the conventions. 5) The "general election" season is characterized by battling between the Democrats and Republicans (i.e., Bush attacking Gore and vice versa). The debates between them will begin in a couple of weeks. 6) The general election is on Nov 7. Whoever wins the most electoral votes becomes president. ############### United States presidential election, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2008 -- Provides info on the two primary party candidates as well as the other party candidates that made it to the ballot ############### D.C.'s Political Report http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/pres08.htm -- Provides a list of all the parties with presidential candidates. At one point, there were over 300 presidential candidates. I think the ballot had 3 or 4 to chose from including Obama and McCain. Bob Barr, Libertarian Party, was a strong 3rd choice on the ballot. The people of this country never got the opportunity to hear about the other candidates because they lacked the funds to advertise themselves. I believe the most intriguing party name that struck me was "Boston Tea Party." Before the election, I saw that on another website. ############### Politics1 The Most Comprehensive Guide to U.S. Politics ... since 1997 Presidency 2008 http://www.politics1.com/p2008.htm by Ron Gunzburger -- Since the election, this became an ARCHIVED PAGE. It's another list of the multitude of Presidential candidates. There is also a wealth of other information and links to other sites.
