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Amerikanernes valg

30 oktober 2012 af Sune Hundebøll
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6. november går amerikanerne til stemmeurnerne. Valget står mellem fire år mere med Obama eller fire år med udfordreren Romney. Resultatet af valget er afgørende for den kurs USA sætter fremad og har betydning langt ud over landet grænser.

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Find "U.S. Presidential Election 2012" under sektionen "Government, Politics, And Law".

Encyclopædia Britannica Online: United States Presidential Election of 2012
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"American voters will go to the polls on November 6, 2012, to determine—for the 57th time—who will be the country's president for the next four years. Incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama's reelection bid is expected to be closely contested as the United States faces a number of challenges, most notably a struggling economy. After tumultuous primaries, Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, was nominated by the Republican Party as its presidential candidate."

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Barack Obama

Barack Obama
"President Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4th, 1961, to a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas. Growing up, he was also raised by his grandfather, who served in Patton’s army, and his grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to become middle management at a local bank."
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online: Barack Obama
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"44th president of the United States (2009– ) and the first African American to hold the office. Before winning the presidency, Obama represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate (2005–08)."

Wikipedia [da]: Barack Obama
"Barack Hussein Obama II (født 4. august 1961 i Honolulu på Hawaii, USA) er en amerikansk politiker og USA's 44. præsident."

Wikipedia [en]: Barack Obama
"Barack Hussein Obama II; born August 4, 1961, is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office."

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney
"Mitt was born in Detroit on March 12, 1947. His mother, Lenore, gave up an acting career when she met and married his father, George. Mitt's father came from humble origins and never graduated from college. He apprenticed as a lath and plaster carpenter and sold aluminum paint before beginning a career that brought him to the head of American Motors and then the governorship of Michigan."
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online: Mitt Romney
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"American politician, who served as governor of Massachusetts (2003–07) and who was the Republican Party's presidential nominee in 2012."

Wikipedia [da]: Mitt Romney
"Willard Mitt Romney (født 12. marts 1947 i Detroit i USA)[1] er en amerikansk forretningsmand og politiker tilhørende Det republikanske parti. Han var delstaten Massachusetts' 70. guvernør fra 2002 til 2007."

Wikipedia [en]: Mitt Romney
"Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 election. From 2003 to 2007, he served as the 70th Governor of Massachusetts."

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Encyclopædia Britannica Online: Constitution of the United States of America
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"The fundamental law of the U.S. federal system of government and a landmark document of the Western world."

Encyclopædia Britannica Online: Presidency of the United States of America
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"Chief executive office of the United States. In contrast to many countries with parliamentary forms of government, where the office of president, or head of state, is mainly ceremonial, in the United States the president is vested with great authority and is arguably the most powerful elected official in the world."

Encyclopædia Britannica Online: United States
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"Officially  United States of America , abbreviations  U.S.  or  U.S.A. , byname  America.
Country of North America, a federal republic of 50 states. Besides the 48 contiguous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean."

Encyclopædia Britannica Online: White House
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"Formerly known as the  Executive Mansion (1810–1902).
The official office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. The White House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres (7.2 hectares). Since the administration of George Washington (1789–97), who occupied presidential residences in New York and Philadelphia, every American president has resided at the White House."

The White house
"The White House isn’t simply a home to First Families or meeting space for world leaders, it’s also known as ‘The People’s House,’ a place that should be open to everyone. And that’s why President and Mrs. Obama have made it a priority to invite young people, military families, and Americans of all ages to join them here at the White House."
The Presidents

Wikipedia [da]: Amerikanske præsidenter
"Dette er en liste over amerikanske præsidenter siden USA's forfatning trådte i kraft i 1789. Listen viser også deres regeringstid, parti og vicepræsidenter. Farverne symboliserer partiet de tilhørte."

Wikipedia [en]: List of Presidents of the United States
"Under the United States Constitution, the President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States. As chief of the executive branch and head of the federal government as a whole, the presidency is the highest political office in the United States by influence and recognition. The president is also the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces."

Wikipedia [en]: President of the United States
"The President of the United States of America (acronym: POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces."

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