How are presidental elections different from other elections?

How are presidental elections different from other elections?

Thea Brodkin (Voter Service Chair) gives expert video advice on: How are presidential candidates selected?; Can I affect who is selected as a presidential candidate?; What happens at a national convention? and more...

They're exciting because they affect us all. It's something we all talk about together. I mean I can talk to you about my local Santa Monica candidates and you wouldn't care at all, right? But as president, we're all voting for the president of the United States and it's sort of this standard bearer for who we are in the world and what we represent. So I think we all care about who represents us at the national level. And, of course, with foreign policy being so important in world relations, we're all involved in that decision.