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This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
The following list indicates lifetime popular votes received across multiple elections in which the candidate was the nominee of a political party or was otherwise on a presidential ballot. It does include write-in votes that may have been received by candidates in elections in which they were not candidates.
December 15: Based on Trump's involvement in the January 6 Capitol attack, Congressman David Cicilline introduces a bill that would prevent Trump from running for public office again under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which disqualifies presidential candidates who have engaged in insurrection against the United States. [33] December ...
The 1914 midterm elections became the first year that all regular Senate elections were held in even-numbered years, coinciding with the House elections. The ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913 established the direct election of senators, instead of having them elected directly by state ...
The timeline of the 2020 United States presidential election has been split into three parts for convenience: Timeline of the 2020 United States presidential election (2017–2019) Timeline of the 2020 United States presidential election (January–October 2020) Timeline of the 2020 United States presidential election (November 2020–January 2021)
The following is a table of United States presidential election results by state. They are indirect elections in which voters in each state cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College who pledge to vote for a specific political party's nominee for president. Bold italic text indicates the winner of the election
The United States instead uses indirect elections for its president through the Electoral College, and the system is highly decentralized like other elections in the United States. [1] The Electoral College and its procedure are established in the U.S. Constitution by Article II, Section 1, Clauses 2 and 4 ; and the Twelfth Amendment (which ...
The White House, official residence of the president of the United States, in July 2008. The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the ...