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What are the three qualifications you must have to be a presidential candidate in the US?

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Answer:

The Constitution requires that

"No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."

It is very specific:
35 years of age
natural born citizen
lived 14 years in the US

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