Kamala Harris or Donald Trump? The next November 5millions of Americans will go to the polls to decide who will be the new tenant of the White House.
The presidential elections in the United States are held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November, following an electoral calendar that has remained almost intact since the country’s independence. This process will culminate on January 20, 2025 with the inauguration, which will take place on the steps of Congress.
The 2020 elections, between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, recorded a record participation of more than 157 million voters.
US elections 2024 in numbers
Americans prepare to vote in the elections 2024 presidential election after a campaign full of unforeseen events.
These are some of the figures to take into account.
-Two candidates. The presidential race will be contested between Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump and Democratic Party candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Other independent candidates tried to gain a foothold in the race for the White House, but failed in their attempt to break the monopoly of the two main parties.
-7 key states. Known as swing states, they hold the key to elections because they vote for one party or another depending on the candidates or other factors, so candidates for the White House strive to gain their trust. .
These are Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina.
-34 senators and 435 members of the House of Representatives are renewed. In addition to the president, the US Congress will also be renewed in the elections.
All congressmen of the House of Representatives will be re-elected for a two-year term. Currently the Republicans have a majority.
In the Upper House, senators are elected for six years. In the current one, the Democrats have a very tight majority, which the Republicans hope to take away from them.
-In the United States voting is done by indirect universal suffrage. Americans vote for 538 electors, who choose the president. To win the election the candidate must obtain a majority of 270 votes. Each state has a different number of electors.
It is calculated by adding the number of seats in the House of Representatives, which varies depending on the population, to the number of senators (two per state).
-About 244 million Americans will be able to voteaccording to the Bipartisan Policy Center.
In the 2018 and 2022 midterm elections and the 2020 presidential elections saw the highest participation in elections of this type in decades, according to the Pew Research Center.
For example, “about two-thirds” of voters voted in 2020, “the highest rate for any national election since 1900,” according to the same source.
