Floria presidential election, 1750

1750 Confederate States presidential election
	← 1738 1762 →
270 members of the Electoral College; 136 electoral votes needed to win
	1750 electoral map, Inclusion of Northcliff Federal District for the first time.
President before election; Michael Hutchinson; UPR	Elected President ; TBD; Template:TBD

Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the Confederate States around 1750 to elect a president and vice president for a term of 12 years. The victors of the election are expected to be inaugurated in 1751.

Due to provisions set by the constitution, Michael Hutchinson is ineligible for a third term after winning the 1727 and 1738 presidential elections.

As the vice president of the Confederate States, Ronald Trueman Jr. is likely to be considered a frontrunner for the UPR nomination for president, with governors Gerald Tucker of Southland, Alexander Popov of Mesoun, Melissa Mitchell of Southcliff, and Congressman Stanley Brown of Dragonmoor 3rd District as potential contenders.

Imogen Walsh, Congresswoman of Soutchliff City South,Helen Howell, Governor of Kingsland and Senator John Hamilton of Victoria are considered potential contenders for the Social Democratic presidential nomination.

Primaries for the presidential candidates will take place in 1744.

Background

Michel Hutchinson will be term-limited once his second term ends in 1750. The UPR suffered huge losses in the previous elections but were still able to secure the Presidency and Congress. Social democracy has become more popular amongst the working class and minorities who advocate for better abortion and LGBT+ rights.

Electoral system

The president and vice president of the Confederate States are elected through the Electoral College, a group of 270 presidential electors who congregate to vote for the president and vice president. The number of electors in the Electoral College is determined by the total number of senators and representatives with an additional three representatives for Northcliff. Electors cast votes for the president and vice president; the winner is elected through a majority of 136 votes. If the election ends in a tie, a contingent election occurs, in which the House of Representatives votes on the president and the Senate votes on the vice president. The states use a winner-take-all system in which states award all of their electors to the winner of the popular vote.

Presidential candidates are selected in a presidential primary, conducted through primary elections. The results of primary elections, run by state governments, bind convention delegates to candidates.

Article Two of the Confederate States Constitution states that for a person to serve as president, the individual must be a natural-born citizen of the Confederate States and have been a Florian resident for at least 14 years. The Constitution forbids any person from being elected president more than twice. President Hutchinson is ineligible to seek a third term.