Who gets to run for president?

Civics 101

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History, Government, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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What does the Constitution say about who is allowed to be president? And why is the answer to that question still a little unclear? Brady Carlson, host of All Things Considered at Wisconsin Public Radio and author of Dead Presidents. explains the formal and informal rules that govern who is allowed to become Commander-in-Chief. CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nick, have you ever wanted to run for president?
0:05.8	Absolutely not.
0:06.8	I think the very fact that I don't know how to tweet about anything is reason enough.
0:12.2	You know, I can't be like, I'm doing this, everybody.
0:15.6	Because that feels too self-promotionally to me.
0:17.5	It grosses me out, which is ridiculous.
0:19.9	So I couldn't be a politician of any kind.
0:24.8	This is what the people want, then I will do that.
0:30.0	Let's just be straight about it.
0:31.3	Are you considering running for president yourself?
0:34.0	I want everybody to be absolutely clear.
0:36.8	I'm not running for vice president.
0:38.6	I'm running for president of the United States of America.
0:42.3	I'm running for president.
0:43.4	I'm running for president.
0:44.2	I'm running for president.
0:45.3	I am running for president.
0:46.5	I am running for president of the United States.
0:50.6	You're listening to Civics 101.
0:57.8	I'm Hannah McCarthy.
0:58.8	I'm the cabodiche.
0:59.8	And today we are talking about who gets to run for president and who doesn't.
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