Under the constitution, the president can be native-born citizen, instead of the naturalized- citizen of the USA of 35 years age and living безвыездно in limits of the USA not less then 14 years. It is established also, that the president and vice-president cannot be inhabitants of the same state. Alongside with the qualifications (constitutional requirements) showed to the candidate on a post of the president, in practice there was a lot of other requirements, major of which is the requirement that the applicant for a presidential armchair in the White House was first of all the large politician of one of two main bourgeois parties.
The president of the USA is elected for 4 years by an electoral college, that is by indirect elections. Each state selects so much electors, how many and representatives it sends senators to the Congress. The general(common) number of electors, thus, is equal to the general(common) number of members of both chambers of the Congress. (435+100=535) .Each party in state puts forward the list of electors; that party which has collected the majority of voices, takes away all electors of state. It is necessary to notice, that in some states during the election……..?, and voters vote simply for that party, the candidate in presidents from which they prefer. Electors select on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November of leap-year. Being elite, electors gather in capitals of corresponding states on the first Monday after the first environment of December and voices for candidates for presidents and vice-presidents submit. Then results of their voting are sent to Washington and there are counted up. Procedure of election of the president under the constitution is those. However actually presidential campaign passes differently. Preparation for presidential elections begins approximately for one and a half year before voting electors when parties start to prepare for the candidates on the maximum(supreme) state post. The future candidate for presidents will drive about on the country, says tens speeches, broadcasts, to TV, is photographed. It is only propaganda stage of election campaign which purpose consists in creation of advertising to the possible(probable) applicant for a post of the president.