From outrage to drama to the political jabs, the 2016's US Elections have been anything but boring.
Between Donald Trump's controversial comments, Hillary Clinton's email scandal, and the leaked Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails revealing the plot to sabotage Bernie Sanders and his election campaign, there's never a dull moment in this race to the White House.
We are in the final round now, with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton accepting their nomination from the Republican and the Democratic Parties, respectively. Slowly, several presidential candidates were slowly defeated or accepted defeat.
With this, history was created when Clinton became the first woman presidential nominee for the Democrats. While billionaire Trump left a large portion of America and the rest of the world gobsmacked as he emerged victorious by becoming the presidential nominee for the party of Lincoln.
Whether you are a fan of the candidates or not, you must wonder, especially with Trump in the mix; just how does one become President of the United States?
According to the US constitution, to be a candidate you require:
> To be a natural born citizen -- which includes any child born "in" the United States (US), as well as children of US citizens born abroad, and those born abroad of one citizen parent
> Minimum age: 35
> You have to be a US resident for at least 14 years
If you ticked maked these three requirements, then there are four more, lengthy steps to go through
STEP 1 PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES
Caucus: is a substitute for a primary election, where local members of a political party meet to select delegates to the national party convention.
Primary: An election where voters select candidates for an upcoming general election. The winning candidates will have delegates sent to the national party convention as their party's US presidential nominee.
STEP 2: NATIONAL CONVENTIONS
The US Democratic and Republican parties' officially nominate their presidential nominee.
On July 22, Donald Trump officially accepted the Republican party's nomination in Cleveland.
On July 26, Hillary Clinton was officially nominated at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia.
STEP 3 GENERAL ELECTION
On November 8, Americans across all the 50 states will vote to elect their next president.
STEP 4 ELECTORAL COLLEGE
People representing the states of the United States, formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
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In January, America's new elected president and vice president will be inaugurated. Will it be team Clinton-Kaine or Trump-Pence? We'll have to wait and see.
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