So you want to be president?

Want to be president? It's easy, all you need is to fulfill three simple requirements. 

1. You must be a natural born citizen of the United States. 

2. You must be a resident of the United States for fourteen years or more.

3. You must be 35 years old or older. 

Technically that's all you need. But clearly it takes much more than that. 

Working hard and appealing to the public is very important, but once it's voting time there are some factors that are out of your hands.

Some of the factors we take into consideration when voting are logical, like voting for the candidate that agrees with you on issues that are important to you. Other factors we think about are very illogical though, and maybe made subconsciously.

We take the physical appearance  of each presidential candidate more to heart than we realize. Our brains independently watch each persons behavior, from their clothes to their body language and their tone of voice. If one candidate holds themselves more confidently, or looks more kind, you are more likely to favor them. 

Besides physical appearance, we also have more specific personal bias's that vary between us that may influence our voting. This bias can be about gender, race, sexuality, or religion, among other things. 

http://www.gallup.com/poll/155285/Atheists-Muslims-Bias-Presidential-Candidates.aspx?

Younger generations are less likely to have strong biases about the above topics, but the biases are still there. 

So, back to your dreams of becoming president. I mean, this is America right? You can achieve anything if you put in the hard work... As long as you are an old straight, white Christian man.