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8 November 2016, the Americans will elect the president of the United States.

In America, the electoral system is complicated and complicated, but if in brief, the vote is indirect, and ordinary Americans do not vote for the candidates, but for the electors who represent each state.

The debate between presidential candidates from two major US political parties - the Democratic and Republican - was a very important part of the electoral process. The Americans had the time to draw serious conclusions from the way policy debates behave.

What is and why need caucuses

Caucuses are The new stage of the election campaign, the meeting of members of the Republican and Democratic parties. The main goal: to find out how many delegates from the Democrats and Republicans in the state will support this or that candidate.

Each party eventually selects one candidate who has a better chance of winning. Such internal party elections are called primaries.

Previously ForumDaily wrote a cycle of materials how to understand the intricacies of the US electoral system.

Caucus start in Iowa at 19: 00 EST. They differ from the debate in that they do not have a single venue. They will pass in the buildings of schools, libraries and in private homes and will last about two hours.

It is worth noting that Republicans and Democrats express their support in different ways. So, Republicans raise their hands or mark the name of the candidate in the ballot. Democratic voters are divided into “support groups” and can even persuade each other to go from group to group, before they decide who is more popular.

However, besides the election of a candidate for the presidency in both parties, they also consider the program of the parties and elect the leadership of local party organizations.

Rivals in the Republican Party

Donald Trump: billionaire and real estate mogul. He achieved results in a few months by breaking the rules of traditional agitation: he criticized prisoners of war, mexicans, Muslims и Women. Very few experts predicted his success. Now in Iowa his support 27% Republican voters according to surveys conducted by 1 in February, writes NY Times.

Ted Cruz: A fierce conservative senator from Texas made a name for himself as an outsider to Congress in 2013. He is a serious opponent of Trump. AT polls it is only 4% behind.

“His biggest problem is Canada. He was born in Canada, and many say he couldn't even run for the primary. I think this is a huge problem, because even if he is elected, he will not be able to participate in the elections, as many say,” said about Ted Cruz Trump.

Marco Rubio: a senator from the state of Florida who showed his ability to work with Democrats. More than once he was attacked by his rival and former colleague Jeb Bush, but with dignity stand fights and showed his best side. According to a poll published in the newspaper The New York Times, 17% of voters in Iowa are ready to vote for him.

Democrats as always

Hillary Clinton: I planned this campaign from 2008, when I lost the primaries to Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton leads the last polls. 49% of voters in Iowa are ready to vote for her.

Bernie Sanders: Vermont senator with socialist views. Some Democrats consider him too “left”to win the national election. In the latest polls Sanders inferior Hillary Clinton 7%.

Why Iowa and New Hampshire are so Important

The Iowa championship is a tribute to tradition. The state, with a population of about three million people, has been the first to vote since 1972.

The caucuses are big tests that Americans are starting to watch. Historically, events in Iowa and New Hampshire are watched more closely than all stages of the presidential campaigns combined. As a result, the importance of these states also increases.

Winning the caucus is also a great chance to establish yourself as a serious candidate for the presidency.

For example, in 2008, a little-known Illinois senator Barack Obama was ahead of the leader of the presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton, after which she lost the presidential election.

Therefore, the candidate who won the caucus in Iowa and in New Hampshire, in fact, becomes an obvious candidate for the presidency. At least there are no other examples in history.

What will happen next

February 1 - caucuses of the Democratic and Republican parties in Iowa.

February 9 - the primaries of the Democratic and Republican parties in the state of New Hampshire.

March 1 is a “super Tuesday” when the 14 voters of the states in the southeast of the country will have to decide on their inner-party preferences.

June 14 - Final meetings of Democrats and Republicans, which will be held in the District of Columbia.

18-21 July - Republicans will announce a single party candidate at a convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

July 25-28 - Democrats will announce a single party candidate at a convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

November 8 The 2016 of the year is a presidential election.