2024 United States presidential election

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The 2024 United States presidential election is the scheduled contest in which American voters will choose the next U.S. president and vice president, shaping the country’s political direction for the subsequent four years.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election
alsoInvolves independent candidates
third parties
campaignFinanceRegulatedBy Federal Election Campaign Act
constitutionalBasis Article II of the United States Constitution
Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
country United States of America
debatesOrganizedBy Commission on Presidential Debates
determines 46th or 47th President of the United States depending on succession events
electionDate 2024-11-05
electoralSystem Electoral College
electoralVotesNeededToWin 270
features presidential debates
follows 2020 United States presidential election
followsElectionCycle four-year cycle
governingLaw United States Constitution
federal election law
state election law
hasPrimaryProcess Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2024
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2024
third-party and independent nomination processes
impact United States foreign policy direction
composition of the executive branch
domestic policy direction of the United States
includes presidential popular vote
vice-presidential selection via presidential tickets
includesVotingMethods early voting in many states
in-person voting
mail-in or absentee voting
mainPoliticalParties Democratic Party
Republican Party
mediaCoverageBy international news organizations
national news organizations
numberOfElectors 538
occursOn first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2024
officeContested President of the United States
Vice President of the United States
organizedBy state and local election officials
partOf 2024 United States elections
popularVoteUsedFor allocation of electors in each state
precededBy 2020 United States presidential election
relatedTo United States Electoral College vote count in Congress
United States presidential line of succession
subjectTo Voting Rights Act of 1965 as amended
supervisedBy Federal Election Commission
votingEligiblePopulation citizens of the United States aged 18 or older
votingMethod secret ballot
winnerInaugurationDate 2025-01-20
winnerTermLength four years


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