Culture Bridge 20161030

United States presidential election, 2016 Welcome to Culture Bridge! This is…. (Free Talk)Have you guys heard about “The United States presidential election of 2016”? Which candidate do you prefer, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump? Great, but it makes no differences to me. The series of presidential primary elections and caucuses took place between February and June 2016, staggered among the 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. The 2016 election will determine the 45th President and 48th Vice President of the United States. Whether you are interested in the presidential election or not, being familiar with it is not a bad thing. So, here comes the brief introduction of it . Eligibility requirements Article Two of the United States Constitution stipulates that for a person to serve as President, the individual must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, at least 35 years old, and a resident of the United States for a period of no less than 14 years. A candidate may start running his or her campaign early before turning 35 years old or completing 14 years of residency, but must meet the age and residency requirements by Inauguration Day. The Twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution also sets a term limit: a President cannot be elected to more than two terms. Nominating process The modern nominating process of U.S. presidential elections currently consists of two major parts: a series of presidential primary elections and caucuses held in each state, and the presidential nominating conventions held by each political party. This process was never included in the United States Constitution, and thus evolved over time by the political parties to clear the field of candidates.The primary elections are run by state and local governments, while the caucuses are organized directly by the political parties. Some states hold only primary elections, some hold only caucuses, and others use a combination of both. Election process Like the general election, presidential caucuses or primaries are indirect elections. The major political parties officially vote for their presidential candidate at their respective nominating conventions, usually all held in the summer before the federal election. Unlike the general election, voters in the U.S. territories can also elect delegates to the national conventions. Furthermore, each political party can determine how many delegates to allocate to each state and territory. At the end of today’s program, we will bring the excerpts of the first debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to you. Round One: Achieving Prosperity Host: Why are you a better choice than your opponent to create the kinds of jobs that will put more money in the pockets of American workers? Hillary: First, we have to build an economy that works for everyone not just for those at the top. That means we need new jobs, good jobs, with rising incomes. I want to invest in you. I want us to invest you in your future. That means jobs in infrastructure, in advanced manufacturing, in innovation, in technology, clean renewable energy and small businesses. We also have to make the economy fairer. That starts with raising the minimum wage and guarantee finally equal pays for women’s work……I also want to see more companies do profit sharing. Trump: “Our jobs are fleeting the country.” You look at what China is doing to our country in terms of marketing our product. They are de-valuing their currency and there is nobody in our government to fight them. They are using our country as a piggy back to build China. We are losing our good jobs. So many of them. Under my plan, I’ll be reducing taxes, tremendously from 35% to 15% for company, small and big businesses. We have to renegotiate our trade deals and we have to stop these countries from stealing our companies and jobs. Hillary: The kind of plan that Donald is put forward would trickle down economy all over again. And that would be the most extreme version. That is not how we grow the economy. What I believe is that the more we can do for the middle class , the more we can invest in you, your education, your skills, your future, the better we’ll be off and better we grow. Host: How would you force companies to bring jobs back to U.S.? Trump: Secretary Clinton? Yes? Is that OK? I want you to be very happy. When she started to talk about this, it was really very recently. She’s been doing this for thirty years and why hasn’t she made the agreement better? Hillary: We are 5% of the world’s population. We have to trade with the other 95%. Eight years ago, we had the worst financial crisis, the great recessions, the worst since 1930s. That was in large part because of tax policies that slash taxes on the wealthy and failed to invest in the middle class. Donald was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis. He said, back in 2006,I hope it does claps. Cuz, I can go in and buy some and make some money. Trump: That ‘s called businesses by the way. Hillary: 9 million people lost their jobs. 5 million people lost their homes. Here is what we can do. We can deploy a half billion more solar panels. We can have enough clean energy to power every home. We can build a new modern electrical grid. That’s a lot of jobs. That’s a lot of new economic activity. Trump: She talked about solar panels. We invested in a solar company. That was a disaster. We lost plenty of money on that one. Our energy policies are disasters. Our country is losing so much in terms of energy, in terms of paying off our debt. Hillary: I think you’ve just seen another example of bait and switch here. I have no reason to believe that he’s ever going to release his tax returns because there’s something he’s hiding. And we’ll guess, we will keep guessing at what he’ll hiding. Trump: I will release my tax returns against my lawyers wishes when she releases her 33,000 emails that have been deleted. As soon as she releases them, I will release my tax returns. Hope you enjoy this debate. See you next time.