Us Presidential Election Day
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Us presidential election day. America has chosen democrat joe biden as its 46th president cnn projects turning at a time of national crisis to a man whose character was forged by aching personal tragedy and who is pledging. This was the first election in which fifty states participated and the last in which the district of. See maps and real time presidential election results for the 2020 us election.
The election process begins with primary elections and caucuses. For federal offices president vice president and united states congress and most. Trump received 304 and clinton 227 as 7 faithless electors 2 pledged to trump and 5 to clinton voted for other candidates.
States or in washington d c cast ballots not directly for those offices but instead for members of the electoral college. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the district of columbia. The 2020 united states presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election held nominally on tuesday november 3 2020 the democratic ticket of former vice president joe biden and incumbent u s.
President since 1992. Primaries caucuses and political conventions. Overview of the presidential election process.
The 1960 united states presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election it was held on tuesday november 8 1960. An election for president of the united states happens every four years on the first tuesday after the first monday in november. The next presidential election will be november 3 2020.
The election of the president and the vice president of the united states is an indirect election in which citizens of the united states who are registered to vote in one of the fifty u s. In a closely contested election democratic united states senator john f. It can fall on or between november 2 and november 8.