Teachers of the social studies department want to do a mock election for President of the United States in October. My recommendation for students is to research and discovery the following:
1. the various political parties that will be on the California November ballot and their core beliefs and ideas,
2. the various candidates for President from those parties and their core beliefs and ideas,
3. the U.S. Constitutional idea of "checks and balances", that is the limits on the powers of the presidency.