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This Module we will talk about the President of the United States and everything that the Constitution states in Articles II with Presidential Power.
This Module we will talk about the President of the United States and everything that the Constitution states in Articles II with Presidential Power.
All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
~ Harry S. Truman
The President of the United States is considered one of the most powerful political figures in the world. To the world, he speaks for the country and symbolizes America. At home, he suggests the political agenda for Congress and serves as the leader of his party. Americans want their president to be strong and yet not so strong as to be able to abuse that power and infringe on the people's rights.
Unlike Article I that is very detailed about what the legislative branch is allowed to do, must do, and must not do; Article II, which broadly describes the presidential duties is half the length and therefore considerably less detailed about the duties and responsibilities of the executive branch. When you have finished these lessons, you should be able to explain the president's constitutional responsibilities and how the office of the president has evolved.
The United States presidential election of 2016 was the 58th quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. In a surprise victory, the Republican ticket of businessman Donald Trump and Indiana Governor Mike Pence defeated the Democratic ticket of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator from Virginia Tim Kaine. Trump took office as the 45th President, and Pence as the 48th Vice President, on January 20, 2017. Concurrent with the presidential election, Senate, House, and many gubernatorial and state and local elections were also held on November 8.
Voters selected members of the Electoral College in each state, in most cases by "winner-takes-all" plurality; those state electors in turn voted for a new president and vice president on December 19, 2016.[a] While Clinton received about 2.9 million more votes nationwide, a margin of 2.1%, Trump won 30 states worth a total of 306 electors, or 57% of the 538 available. He won the four perennial swing states of Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Iowa, (only North Carolina was won by Romney in 2012) as well as the three "blue wall" stronghold states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, which had not been won by a Republican presidential candidate in decades. Leading up to the election, a Trump victory was considered unlikely by almost all media forecasts.
In the Electoral College vote on December 19, seven electors voted against their pledged candidates: two against Trump and five against Clinton. A further three electors attempted to vote against Clinton but were replaced or forced to vote again. Ultimately, Trump received 304 electoral votes and Clinton garnered 227, while Colin Powell won three, and John Kasich, Ron Paul, Bernie Sanders, and Faith Spotted Eagle each received one.
Trump is the fifth person in U.S. history to become president while losing the nationwide popular vote.[b] He is the first president without any prior experience in public service or the military, as well as the wealthiest and the oldest at inauguration, while Clinton was the first woman to be the presidential nominee of a major party (the Democratic Party) and the first woman to win the popular vote.
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