Presidentval nästa år

Presidentval i USA om ett år. Hur det kan komma sig att det är ett val som alltid har intresserad mig vet jag inte.
Först s.k. primärval i februari då delegater ska nomineras. I Iowa hålls det första valet och den 14 juni det sista i Washington D.C (presidentkandidaterna nomineras på partikonventen). På partikonventet därefter ska den utsedde presidentkandidaten välja en vice president kandidat.  Både republikanerna och demokraterna håller sina konvent i Juli: republikanerna i Cleveland (Ohio) och demokraterna i Philadelphia (Pen.). Sedan  är et dags för de olika staternas utsedda delegater att rösta på favoritkandidaten. Den som får de flesta rösterna blir resp partis presidentkandiat. Presidentvalet hålls den 8e november. Man röstar fram elektorer och varje stat har ett antal elektorer beroende på sin folkmängd.  Elektorsystemet kan medföra att en president blir val trots att hen inte fått en majoritet av rösterna (minns farbror Georg W Bush år 2000).


Favoriter/demokraterna:
Bernie Sanders (bilden -74 år) och Hilary Clinton

Favoriter/republikanerna:
Ben Carson (bilden t.v. - 64 år), Donald Trump, Carly Florina, Jeb Bush och Marco Rubio.

Carly Florina (61 år)



  Donald Trump

Wikipedia om valet (rekommenderas); www.sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidentvalet_i_USA_2016

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2015-2016 U.S. ELECTION CALENDAR NOVEMBER 6, 2015: Alabama - Filing Deadline NOVEMBER 9, 2015: Arkansas - Filing Deadline NOVEMBER 21, 2015: Louisiana - Gubernatorial & Statewide Run-Off (if needed) DECEMBER 14, 2015: Texas - Filing Deadline (Major Parties) DECEMBER 16, 2015: Ohio - Filing Deadline (Major Parties) FEBRUARY 1, 2016: Iowa - Presidential Caucuses FEBRUARY 9, 2016: New Hampshire - Presidential Primary FEBRUARY 20, 2016: South Carolina - Presidential Primary FEBRUARY 23, 2016: Nevada - Democratic Presidential Caucuses MARCH 1, 2016:Alabama - Presidential & State Primary Alaska - Republican Presidential Caucuses Arkansas - Presidential & State Primary Colorado - Democratic Presidential Caucuses Massachusetts - Presidential Primary Minnesota - Presidential Caucuses North Dakota - Republican Presidential Caucuses Oklahoma - Presidential Primary Tennessee - Presidential Primary Texas - Presidential & State Primary Vermont - Presidential Primary Virginia - Presidential Primary Wyoming - Republican Presidential Caucuses MARCH 5, 2016:Kansas - Presidential Caucuses Louisiana - Primary Election Maine - Presidential Caucuses Nebraska - Democratic Presidential Caucuses Washington - Republican Presidential Caucuses MARCH 8, 2016:Hawaii - Republican Presidential Caucuses Idaho - Republican Presidential Caucuses Michigan - Presidential Primary Mississippi - Presidential & State Primary MARCH 13, 2016: Puerto Rico - Primary Election MARCH 14, 2016: Ohio - Filing Deadline (Independents) MARCH 15, 2016: Florida - Presidential Primary Illinois - Presidential & State Primary Missouri - Presidential Primary North Carolina - Presidential Primary Ohio - Presidential & State Primary MARCH 22, 2016:Idaho - Democratic Presidential Caucuses Arizona - Presidential Primary Arkansas - Primary Runoff Utah - Presidential Caucuses MARCH 26, 2016: Alaska - Democratic Presidential Caucuses Hawaii - Democratic Presidential Caucuses Washington - Democratic Presidential Caucuses MARCH 29, 2016: Mississippi - Primary Runoff APRIL 5, 2016: Wisconsin - Presidential Primary APRIL 9, 2016: Wyoming - Democratic Presidential Caucuses APRIL 12, 2016: Alabama - Primary Runoff APRIL 13-16, 2016: Constitution Party Presidential Nominating Convention - Salt Lake City, Utah APRIL 19, 2016: New York - Presidential Primary APRIL 26, 2016: Connecticut - Presidential Primary Delaware - Presidential Primary Maryland - Presidential & State Primary Pennsylvania - Presidential & State Primary Rhode Island - Presidential Primary MAY 3, 2016: Indiana - Presidential & State Primary MAY 10, 2016: Nebraska - Republican Presidential & State Primary North Carolina - State Primary West Virginia - Presidential & State Primary MAY 17, 2016: Idaho - State Primary Kentucky - Presidential & State Primary Oregon - Presidential & State Primary MAY 24, 2016: Georgia - Presidential & State Primary Texas - Primary Runoff Washington - Republican Presidential Primary MAY 27-29, 2016: Libertarian Party Presidential Nominating Convention - Orlando, Florida JUNE 7, 2016: California - Presidential & State Primary Iowa - State Primary Montana - Presidential & State PrimaryNew Jersey - Presidential & State Primary New Mexico - Presidential & State Primary North Dakota - Democratic Presidential Caucuses South Dakota - Presidential & State Primary JUNE 14, 2016: District of Columbia - Presidential & District Primary Maine - State Primary North Dakota - State PrimaryNevada - State Primary South Carolina - State Primary Virginia - State Primary JUNE 28, 2016: Colorado - State Primary New York - Federal Offices Primary Oklahoma - State Primary South Carolina - Primary Runoff Utah - State Primary JULY 12, 2016: North Carolina - Primary Runoff JULY 18-21, 2016: Republican Presidential Nominating Convention - Cleveland, Ohio JULY 26, 2016: Georgia - Primary Runoff JULY 25-28, 2016: Democratic Presidential Nominating Convention - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania AUGUST 2, 2016: Kansas - State Primary Michigan - State Primary Missouri - State Primary Washington - State Primary AUGUST 4, 2016: Tennessee - State Primary AUGUST 4-7, 2016: Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention - Houston, Texas AUGUST 6, 2016: US Virgin Islands - Territorial Primary AUGUST 9, 2016: Connecticut - State Primary Minnesota - State Primary Vermont - State Primary Wisconsin - State Primary AUGUST 10, 2016: Ohio - Filing Deadline (Minor Parties) AUGUST 13, 2016: Hawaii - State Primary AUGUST 16, 2016: Alaska - State Primary Wyoming - State Primary AUGUST 23, 2016: Oklahoma - Primary Runoff AUGUST 25, 2016: Ohio - Filing Deadline (Write-Ins) AUGUST 27, 2016: Guam - Territorial Primary AUGUST 30, 2016: Arizona - State Primary Florida - State Primary SEPTEMBER 13, 2016: Delaware - State Primary Massachusetts - State Primary New Hampshire - State Primary New York - State Offices Primary Rhode Island - State Primary NOVEMBER 8, 2016: Election Day - Nationwide NOVEMBER 22, 2016: US Virgin Islands - Gubernatorial Runoff (if needed) NOVEMBER 25, 2016: US Northern Marianas Islands - Gubernatorial Runoff (if needed) DECEMBER 10, 2016: Louisiana - Federal Office Runoffs (if needed) JANUARY 10, 2017: Georgia - 2016 Federal Office Runoffs (if needed)

 
 
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Million-Dollar Donors in the 2016 Presidential Race /N Y Times

Mexico (N Y Times)

From Oct. 27th to Oct. 29thVenus, Jupiter and Mars will fit together inside a circle only 5^o wide (sky maps:#1, #2, #3). Super-bright Venus and Jupiter are visible even after the black pre-dawn sky turns cobalt blue. Once you find them, you will have little trouble locating the dimmer red planet Mars. 

Deep Dive into Enceladus Plume

NASA's Cassini spacecraft will sample the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wednesday, Oct. 28, when it flies through the moon's plume of icy spray.

Read more: www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/seven-key-facts-about-cassinis-oct-28-plume-dive

Pluto System
Scientist Pick: This image shows off Hubble’s resolution. This is the Pluto system — Pluto, Charon, and the four moons around them (Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, and Styx). Hubble is the only telescope that has such fine resolution to be able to see these tiny little dots around Pluto, way at the outer edge of our solar system. We have known about Pluto and Charon since 1986, but all four of those moons were discovered by Hubble within the last decade. Learn more --> www.hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/32/image/a/

PS (Swedish)
Pluto och Charon har passerats av rymdsonden New Horizons (bilden), som sändes iväg 19 januari 2006. Den närmaste punkten innanför Charons bana nåddes den 14 juli 2015. Sonden gjorde en genomflygning av systemet, utan att gå in i omloppsbana, för att under omkring 10 timmar ta bilder och data från Pluto och Charon. Fotografier från de tidiga stadierna av genomflygningen har tolkats av NASA som att det kan finnas raviner och klippbildningar på Charon, vilket eventuellt kan avgöras med hjälp av ytterligare data från genomflygningen./Wikipedia

The New Horizons science payload consists of seven instruments – three optical instruments, two plasma instruments, a dust sensor and a radio science receiver/radiometer. This payload was designed to investigate the global geology, surface composition and temperature, and the atmospheric pressure, temperature and escape rate of Pluto and its moons.
If an extended mission is approved, the instruments will probe additional Kuiper Belt Objects that the spacecraft can reach.
The payload is incredibly power efficient – with the instruments collectively drawing less than 28 watts – and represents a degree of miniaturization that is unprecedented in planetary exploration. The instruments were designed specifically to handle the cold conditions and low light levels at Pluto and in the Kuiper Belt beyond.

Härligt med Hammarbys publikrekord i allsvenskan.

Tack och grattis från en icke-Hammarbyare.

Glöm inte Norrköpings Astronomiska Klubbs hemsida. Proffsklass.
www.nak.se/Default.aspx?sida=Artikel&id=133

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MORNING SKY SHOW

 /SpaceWeather/
Set your alarm for dawn. Venus, Jupiter and Mars are gathering for a three-way close encounter in the early morning sky.



The morning planet show is a worldwide event.  Pictured above is the view from Yading, China (credit: Jeff Dai).

"At 6 am, Venus, Jupiter and Mars were rising just above the Xianuodukji peak at Yading national natural reserve in the province of Sichuan," says Dai. "The view was spectacular."

It's about to become even more spectacular. From Oct. 24th to Oct. 29th the converging planets will fit together inside a circle only 5^o wide. This means you can see all three planets at once using typical binoculars. Of course, you can also see the three planets with the naked eye. It is extra-cool, however, to frame the planets in a single binocular field of view. Wake up early and check it out.