Why do people change president?

One of the big differences between the U.S. president and a king or queen or supreme leader is that the president doesn't stay in power as the leader of the country forever.

A president can only serve two four year terms.

That's it.

Well, technically, the president can only be elected twice.

But they could serve a few more years if they're appointed first.

Like if the president they're replacing has decided to step down or has died while in office.

But generally speaking, a president can only serve two terms.

That's actually only been a rule since 1951.

Before that, there was no official limit on how many times someone could be elected president.

But after the first U.S. president, George Washington, stepped down after two terms.

It became kind of an unwritten rule.

But then one guy named Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected four times in the 1930s and forties.

And after that, an amendment was made to the Constitution, making that rule about only getting elected twice.

Now, the reason we have this whole president thing in the first place is because the U.S. was founded with the idea of democracy, that people have a right to choose their leader, not be ruled by someone who they don't choose.

And if we elect someone new every four or eight years, the idea is no on can become president for life.

I don't know about you, but there are a lot of things I'd like better than a president for life.

How about ice cream for life or puppies for life?

A lifetime supply of puppies.

Now, that's something I'd be happy to vote for.

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