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That's why actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former governor of California, couldn't run for president because he was born in Austria.

In the United States it's 4 years, in France it's 5: a quinquennium.

By definition, a quinquennium is a period of five years.

Under the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a president is limited to serving two elected four-year terms.

This provision was introduced in 1951, following Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four terms in office.

In the United States, these state-level elections are generally referred to as the “presidential primaries” (often paired with caucuses in states that use those instead). During these primaries (and caucuses), voters select delegates who will then formally nominate each party’s presidential candidate at the national party conventions.

In order to win a U.S. presidential election, a candidate must earn a majority of the votes in the Electoral College—currently, 270 out of the total 538 electoral votes.

Each state has a different number of electoral votes:

In 2020: e.g. 29 for Florida, Alaska 4, 55 in California

- restricted, if it is limited to a category of population according to its income (censal suffrage) or its level of knowledge (capacitive suffrage);

- universal, if all adult citizens vote;

- direct, if the elector himself votes for a candidate;

- indirect, if the candidate is elected by an electoral college, itself designated directly by the citizens.

In the context of a U.S. presidential election, if two candidates end up tied in the Electoral College vote—or if no candidate achieves the required majority of 270 electoral votes—the Constitution provides a clear procedure:

1) The House of Representatives Chooses the President

2) The Senate Chooses the Vice President

This process is outlined primarily in the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official, serving directly under the President. They act as President of the Senate and can cast a tie-breaking vote when necessary. Additionally, the Vice President assumes the presidency if the President becomes unable to serve.

Maine and Nebraska distribute their electoral votes in proportion to the statewide vote.
The other states are winner-take-all, meaning that the party of the candidate who comes out on top in a state wins all the electors in that state.

There is no constitutional requirement in the United States that a president use the Bible when taking the oath. While it is traditional for most presidents to be sworn in on a Bible, each incoming president is free to choose any sacred text—or no text at all—for their oath of office.

For instance, a Hindu or Muslim president could opt to use a copy of their own sacred scripture if they wished.

John Quincy Adams (1825) placed his hand on a law book, Theodore Roosevelt (1901) did not use a Bible and Lyndon B. Johnson (1963) was sworn in aboard Air Force One using a Roman Catholic missal that was on hand, rather than a Bible.

In theory, black men have been able to vote since 1870, but in practice, in the south of the country, many blacks were excluded from the right to vote until 1965.

Legally, Black women in the United States gained the right to vote in 1920 with the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which prohibited denying the right to vote on the basis of sex.

However, in practice—especially in many Southern states—racist laws and intimidation tactics barred most Black women (and men) from actually voting until the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which provided federal enforcement to protect their suffrage rights.