United States presidential election

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national election political event recurring event

The United States presidential election is the nationwide process held every four years in which American voters choose the president and vice president through a combination of popular voting and an indirect Electoral College system.

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United States presidential elections 15
U.S. presidential elections 2
United States presidential election campaigns 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national election ⓘ
political event ⓘ
recurring event ⓘ
administeredBy local election officials in the United States ⓘ
state governments of the United States ⓘ
alsoIncludes third-party candidates ⓘ
campaignFinanceRegulation federal campaign finance law ⓘ
candidateSelectionMethod national party conventions ⓘ
party primaries and caucuses ⓘ
contingentElectionBodyIfNoMajority United States House of Representatives ⓘ
contingentVicePresidentialElectionBodyIfNoMajority United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
cycleLength 4 years ⓘ
electorAllocationExceptionMethod congressional district method ⓘ
electorAllocationExceptionState Maine ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
electorAllocationRule primarily winner-take-all by state ⓘ
electoralSystem Electoral College ⓘ
electoralVotesRequiredToWin 270 ⓘ
electorsChosenBy popular vote in each state ⓘ
electsOffice President of the United States ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
finalDecisionBody Electoral College ⓘ
firstHeld 1788–1789 ⓘ
frequency every four years ⓘ
governingBody United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
hasGlobalImpact yes ⓘ
heldIn United States of America ⓘ
involvesPopularVote yes ⓘ
language primarily English ⓘ
legalBasis Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
federal and state election laws ⓘ
mediaCoverage national and international news organizations ⓘ
occursInMonth November ⓘ
occursOnDayOfWeek Tuesday ⓘ
popularVoteRole determines allocation of electors in each state ⓘ
supervisingAgency Federal Election Commission ⓘ
termLengthForWinner 4 years ⓘ
termLimitForOffice two elected terms for president ⓘ
totalElectors 538 ⓘ
typicalMajorParties Democratic Party ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
usesPartyNominations yes ⓘ
usesPrimaryElections yes ⓘ
voterEligibilityBasis citizenship ⓘ
registration requirements set by states ⓘ
residency in a U.S. state or territory with presidential voting rights ⓘ
voters United States citizens ⓘ
votingAgeMinimum 18 years ⓘ
votingSystem indirect popular vote via Electoral College ⓘ

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Electoral Count Act of 1887 → appliesTo → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections
Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022 → appliesTo → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections
Electoral Commission of 1877 → appliesToJurisdiction → United States presidential election ⓘ
Democratic National Convention → electoralContext → United States presidential election ⓘ
CNN → notableEventCoverage → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. presidential elections
1940 United States presidential election → partOf → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections
1948 United States presidential election → partOf → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections
1988 United States presidential election → partOf → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections
2000 United States presidential election → partOf → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections
2004 United States presidential election → partOf → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections
2008 United States presidential election → partOf → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections
2012 United States presidential election → partOf → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections
2020 United States presidential election → partOf → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections
California Democratic primaries → partOf → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election cycle
Yes We Can → politicalContext → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election campaigns
Electoral College → relatedTo → United States presidential election ⓘ
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact → relatedTo → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections
U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York → relatedTo → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections in New York
Watergate scandal → relatedTo → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 1972
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact → scope → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. presidential elections
Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution → subject → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections
Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution → subject → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States vice presidential elections
Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution → subject → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections
Wormley Agreement → topic → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections
congressional district method → usedIn → United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential elections