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==Election==
 
==Election==
The President is selected every four years by the [[Electoral College]], a few days after their election on [[Election Day]], expect for the 2000 election when the president was appointed by the Supreme Court - meaning we have an unelected president instead we have appointed a person who believes he is king. This process makes the Presidency one of the few non elected political positions in the [[United States of America]].
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The President is selected every four years by the [[Electoral College]], a few days after their election on [[Election Day]], except for the 2000 election when, due to the very close popular vote, rulings by the Florida Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States, had the effect of awarding contested electors in that state to George W. Bush, the loser in the popular vote, leading to his election as President by the [[Electoral College]]. For his first term, many felt that the United States had an unelected president. This process highlights how the Presidency remains the only national office in the [[United States of America]] whose winner is not determined by popular vote.  In the 2004 election, George W. Bush was re-elected by a slender margin, with some contested precincts in [[Ohio]] causing a delay tallying the outcome.
    
==Term Limits==
 
==Term Limits==
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