Elections of the USA

The 4th of november were celebrated the elections of the USA.
The elections in the United States are different from Spain, in the United States the president is not chosen directly.
The elections are divided in primary and general, the primary ones are celebrated before and in them it is decided who will be the candidate to the general elections, a primary election means that the candidate will be named by that political party for the general election.
In the general election, the voters make the final decision , choosing between the candidates of the parties that appear in the vote .
In the lists of the general election they can also appear independent candidates (those who aren’t affiliates to any political party)
The general election of the president of the United States is placed every four years , the first Tuesday following to the first Monday of November. Before that general election, the United State celebrates primaries elections that take place between January and june. This year the candidates for the general elections have been Obama and John Mccain, but in primary in the democratic party the candidates were: Mike Gravel, Dennos Kucinich, chris dodd, joen biden, Hill Richardson, john Edwards
But the more named were Barack Obama & Hillary clinton these two last ones were the change, because he was or the first president of colour in the United States, or the first woman president, at the end Obama gained the elections



CREDITS:

www.elpais.com/especial/elecciones-eeuu/
www.rtve.es/noticias/elecciones_eeuu_08/
http://obama-mccain.info/index-obama-mccain.php