PASSIVE FORMS OF VERBS IN SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

In the United States, presidential elections are held every four years. They are always held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The President and the Vice - President of the United States are elected for four years. Only natural born citizens of the United States are allowed to be president. Presidents are required to be at least thirty - five years old.

There are two major political parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, in the United States. The vice - presidential candidates are often selected by the presidential candidates. Both the presidential and the vice - presidential candidates are nomanated by their political parties at a national convention. During the campaign, the candidates give hundreds of speeches and travel all over the the United States. The strengths and weaknesses of each candidate are discussed by most Americans of voting age.

On election day which is always a national holiday, millions of Americans go to polls to vote. The votes are tabulated by computers and the totals are reported on television and on the radio every hour. The winner is usually announced late on election night. The election results are published in every newspaper.