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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. [a] The Republican Party's ticket—Donald Trump, who was the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and JD Vance, the junior U.S. senator from Ohio—defeated the Democratic Party's ticket—Kamala Harris, the incumbent vice president, and Tim Walz, the 41st governor of Minnesota.
As of April 2024, more than 190 candidates have filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2024. [60] Following the withdrawal of President Biden on July 21, 2024, the race became an open contest to be decided at the Democratic National Convention. [61]
The DNC-approved 2024 calendar placed the South Carolina primary first, but New Hampshire state law mandates them to hold the first primary in the country, and a "bipartisan group of state politicians", including the chairs of the Democratic and the Republican parties, announced that the state would preserve this status.
November 5, 2024 at 5:00 PM More than 155 million Americans voted in the 2020 presidential election, the highest proportion of the voting-eligible population to participate since 1900.
The incumbent president, Joe Biden, won the Democratic primaries. On July 21, 2024, Biden withdrew from the presidential campaign and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris , who shortly thereafter became the official nominee of the Democratic Party.
The first Republican presidential debate was held on August 23, 2023, and the first primary contest was the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, which was held on January 15, 2024. [63] Trump won the nomination easily; he was formally nominated at the Republican Convention on July 15, his third consecutive presidential nomination. [64]
Who is winning the presidential election 2024 polls? The latest polls show Harris ahead by the barest margin in the electoral college race, but when it comes to the popular vote, both candidates ...
Pew has also found the majority of pollsters have changed their methods since the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, where Trump's performance was significantly underestimated.