Yes that is true to some extent. But what es even more important is to have the press behind you and the ability to pay for it.
In a presidential government, the president is both chief executive and head of state.
President Roosevelt won a large majority of the electoral Vote
I suppose it is a doctrine articulated by the President. A doctrine is a statement of belief used to define policy, usually foreign policy.
The annual State of the Union address is a likely way of revealing presidential policy.
a presidential statement that changes government policy
electors from each state officially select the next president each party's presidential candidate uses speeches, debates, and advertising to try to win support from voters
No US president qualifies for this statement, unless you count Barack Obama defeating himself. George Walker Bush was the president before Barack Obama. John McCain, senator from Arizona was defeated by Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.
The canidate with the most votes would become president, and the second runner up would become vice president
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President Jefferson did not free his slaves and owned a good number of them when he issued his statement condemning slavery. Unfortunately Jefferson's increasing financial problems and the hardening of his Virginia neighbors against manumission of slaves, forced him to keep his slaves. This in no way detracts his official presidential position on slavery.
Five days before the 1968 presidential election, along with his statement of refusing to run for office; as President of the United States.