When is the 2024 US election?
The US presidential election 2024 takes place on November 5. Election Day always falls on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, which means that the American people always vote sometime between November 2nd and 8th.
Before 1845, it varied between the states of the United States when election day fell, but in 1845 a law was passed that said they would have a common election day. The fact that it happened at the beginning of November is due, according to Britannicathat many Americans at the time were farmers. In November, when the harvest was finished, the work load was less and it was therefore easier for large parts of the people to vote.
In addition to the presidential election, local and congressional elections are also held on the same day.
How often are there presidential elections in the United States?
In the USA is organized presidential election every four years. The last election, there Joe Biden was appointed the country’s 46th president, in other words took place in 2020.
Joe Biden was appointed the 46th president of the United States in 2020. Photo: Susan Walsh/AP/TTHow many people vote in the US presidential election?
Voter turnout in the US is not as high as in Sweden, for example, where 84.2 percent of all eligible voters voted in the 2022 parliamentary election. But voter turnout in the US in 2020 was the highest ever. Then just over 66 percent of all eligible voters went to the ballot box, according to Pew Research Center.
Bipartisan Policy Center states that approximately 244 million Americans are eligible to vote in 2024. If turnout is higher than in 2020, that would mean over 162 million Americans vote in the election.
Voter turnout was at a record high in the 2020 US presidential election. Photo: Nam Y. Huh/AP/TTVWho can become president of the United States?
Just anyone can’t be president of the states. To run for President of the United States, you must meet these criteria:
What is the “lame duck” period?
The time between the election and the presidential installation is called the “lame duck” period. During this period, which in the case of the 2024 US election thus extends from November 5 to January 20, 2025, the incumbent president usually has less political power due to the short time he has left in office.
Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP/TT Dates to watch during the 2024 presidential election
In addition to election day on November 5, there are a number of other dates that may be worth keeping an eye on during the election period.
On January 20, 2025, the 47th president of the United States will be sworn into the White House. Photo: Susan Walsh/AP/TTWhich parties are there between in the 2024 US election?
In modern times, no president has sat in office without belonging to America’s absolute largest parties: the Republicans or the Democrats.
Here are the country’s ten most recent presidents and their party affiliation:
Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States. Photo: Rick Bowmer/AP/TTRonald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. Photo: AP/TTKamala Harris is the Democratic presidential candidate
Kamala Harris, born in 1964, is the Democratic presidential candidate in the 2024 US election. Harris, who is vice president under the incumbent president Joe Biden, is a lawyer by background and has been a senator for California.
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Kamala Harris is the Democratic presidential candidate in the 2024 US election. Photo: Nell Redmond/AP/TTTim Walz is the Democratic vice presidential candidate
Tim Walz, born in 1964, is Kamala Harris’s running mate in the 2024 US election. Governor of the state of Minnesota, Walz has a background as a teacher and has also served in the US military.
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Tim Walz is the vice presidential candidate for the Democrats in the 2024 US election. Photo: Al Goldis/AP/TTDonald Trump is the Republican presidential candidate
Donald Trump, born in 1946, is the Republican presidential candidate in the 2024 US election. Trump, who served as president between 2017 and 2021, has a background as a businessman and was already known from television and the media as an American financial and real estate profile before his first candidacy .
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Donald Trump is the Republican presidential candidate in the 2024 US election. Photo: Chuck Burton/AP/TT
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JD Vance is the Republican vice presidential candidate
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JD Vance is the Republican vice presidential candidate in the 2024 US election. Photo: Matt York/AP/TT
The American presidential election is a so-called indirect election. In practice, this means that the citizens of the country’s 50 states vote for so-called electors, which are people who will represent them in the election of president when it is time for the electoral college to cast their votes.
How many electors a state has is determined based on the respective state’s population. This means that states with larger populations have more electors. California, which is the state with the largest population, thus has significantly more electors than a smaller state such as Utah or Kentucky.
The 50 US states have different numbers of electors depending on population size. Photo: Stella Pictures
The presidential candidate who receives the most votes in each state takes home all the electoral votes in that state. This is in accordance with the so-called “winner takes it all” principle. However, there are two exceptions: In Maine and Nebraska, electoral votes are distributed based on county and congressional districts. The electors in these states can thus vote for different candidates.
So what does it take to win? Well, in total there are 538 electors and to win the presidential election you need to get at least 270 electoral votes. Should none of the presidential candidates receive 270 electoral votes, the election moves on to the House of Representatives, where each state has one vote.
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Can the candidate with the most votes lose the US presidential election?
Yes, the electoral system means that the presidential candidate who receives the most votes does not necessarily win the election. This happened in 2016 then Hillary Clintonwho received the most votes for the country as a whole, lost to Donald Trump.
The latter took home the victory in the most swing states, in English “swing states”, and thereby received 306 electoral votes against Clinton’s 232.
Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election despite receiving the most popular votes. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP/TT
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