On Tuesday, November 6th, United States citizens will vote for President.

The current President is Barack Obama. He is a Democrat. Mitt Romney, a Republican, is his opponent.

There is a presidential election every four years in the United States. Presidents can only be elected twice – eight years in total.

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About Barack Obama

Barack Obama was elected President in 2008. He beat Republican candidate John McCain.

Obama is 51 years old – he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961. His mother was from Kansas, and his father was from Kenya.

He graduated from Columbia University in New York, and he got a law degree from Harvard Law School. He has worked as community organizer, a lawyer, an Illinois State Senator, and a United States Senator.

He has written two best-selling books, Dreams From My Father and The Audacity of Hope.

He is married to Michelle Obama, and they have two daughters.

About Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney is 65 years old – he was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1947. His father was born in Mexico, and his mother was from Utah.

He graduated from Brigham Young University, and he got a law degree from Harvard Law School and a Masters Degree from Harvard Business School. He has worked as a businessman and he was the Governor of Massachusetts. He also helped organize the Olympic Games in 2002.

Romney started his own investment business called Bain Capital and became a millionaire.

He is married to Ann Romney, and they have five sons.

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