Read the text from the U.S. Constitution, and then answer the question. The executive Power shall be vested in a president of th
e United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the vice president, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the president of the Senate. What is being described in this section of the Constitution? A) The process of electing the president of the Senate
B) The process of electing the president of the United States
C)The number of terms a president can hold office
D) The number of electors the presidents can select
The passage is describing the period of time that the US citizen holding the title of President may legally be in the position, as well as the constitution of the Electoral College. An institution that is formed every 4 years with the exclusive purpose of electing the President of the United States. The electoral college currently consists of 538 electors. In order for a candidate to win the Presidency, he or she needs at least 270 votes out of the 538 potential votes that exist.
During the second half of the 1920s, Joseph Stalin set the stage for gaining absolute power by employing police repression against opposition elements within the Communist Party.
