Presidential Election Years Usa

Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter.

Presidential election years usa. Presidential election was held in 1788 1789 followed by the second in 1792. Voters will select presidential electors who in turn will vote on december 14 2020 to either elect a new president and vice president or reelect the incumbents donald trump and mike pence respectively. This page links to the results of those historical elections including a larger map results and synopsis of the race.

Constitution does set parameters for the election of the president and other federal officials state law not federal regulates most aspects of elections in the u s including the primaries the eligibility of voters beyond the basic constitutional. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote. The 2020 united states presidential election is scheduled for tuesday november 3 2020.

For the original method of electing the president and the vice president elections of 1789 1792 1796 and 1800 see article ii section 1 of the constitution. Because of when these federal offices are up for election the election years are commonly classified into the following three categories. President are held every four years coinciding with those for all 435 seats in the house of representatives and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the senate.

Presidential elections 1789 2020 election results for every election from 1789 to the present. An election for president of the united states happens every four years on the first tuesday after the first monday in november. If no candidate wins a majority of.

Election experts have warned it may take days or weeks after election day for an outcome in the presidential election due to the deluge of mail in ballots amid the pandemic. It will be the 59th quadrennial presidential election. So thanks to the folks at ucsb and their fine website dedicated to the united states presidency we present the election results for the last 100 years dating to the first time all 48 contiguous states took part.

The next presidential election will be november 3 2020. Elections for the u s. According to a study by political scientist jennifer lawless there were 519 682 elected officials in the united states as of 2012.