THE 2024 U.
S ELECTION
U.S. Constitution's Two main parties
Requirements for a
presidential candidate
•Republican Party (represented by Donald Trump). The conservative
political party in the US also know as the GOP or the grand old party. It
asked for lower socks, shrinking the size of the government gun rights
Natural born citizen and tighter restriction on immigration abortion.
Minimum age 35 years old
U.S resident 14 years •Democratic party (represented by Kamala Harris). The liberal political
Maximum elegibility (2 times) party is defines by push for civil rights, a broad social safety net and
measures to address climate change.
STEP 1: PRIMARIES STEP 2: NATIONAL
AND CAUCUSES CONVENTIONS
People with the similar idea belong to the same political The presidential candidate officially announces the
party this is where primary and caucuses come in. name of his/her running mate ( Vice-President in case
Candidate with each political party campaign throughout of victory).
the country to win the favor of their party members. Each party holds a national convention. And after
this the to parties have a series of debates to select
In primaries the final presidential nominee.
This year the republican national convention was
Party members vote for the best candidate that will being held in Milwaukee and Wisconsin from 15-18 July
represent them in the general election. 2024 after there was an attempt to kill Donald Trump.
And the democratic national convention took place in
In a caucus Chicago, from 19-22 August 2024.
Party members select candidate though a series of
discussions and votes
STEP 3: GENERAL STEP 4: ELECTORAL
ELECTION COLLEGE
Different states have different voting rules, but most permit In the electoral college system, the American
their are not technically voting for a president on
voters to vote before Election Day (November 5th, 2024). Voters Nov.5, they’re for electors.
who cannot go to a polling place are allowed to submit their each state got a certain number of electors
ballots by mail. Each state counts its vote: and normally based on its representation in congress ( In
announces the winner on Election Day night. There are "red fact, there’s an elector for every member of
states" which almost always vote Republican, the house of representative (135) and Senate
"blue states" which almost always vote Democrat and "swing (100) plus an additional three for the people
states" or "Battlefield who live in the District of Columbia ).
states" which can go either way. Candidates usually focus on After this, each elector casts one vote
those states to win the election. following the general election ( continued by
538 persons ), and the candidates who gets
more than half 270 votes wins.
