Politics is the process of organizing people around common goals and strategies in order to achieve them. A political campaign is a series of public events, often waged through the use of advertising and mass media, designed to win votes and elected officials. Every four years, the United States goes through an election in which each political party selects a candidate for President and Vice President.

To be eligible to run for office, someone must be a citizen of the United States, at least eighteen years old, a registered voter, and reside in one of the fifty US states or in Washington, D.C.