The candidates for this year’s US presidential elections are Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party and Donald Trump of the Republican Party. The running mate of Harris is Tim Walz, while JD Vance is Trump’s candidate for Vice President. There is a two-tier process that is followed for electing a new president.
On Tuesday, the 5th of November 2024, the American people in every state across the country are going to vote for their chosen candidates for the posts of President and Vice President. When Americans go to the polls in November, they will select their favorite presidential candidate and their running mate.
When people cast their vote, they are actually voting for a group of people called electors. Except in the states of Maine and Nebraska, if a candidate receives the majority of the votes from the people of a state, then the candidate will receive all electoral votes of that state. This is called an electoral college.
The electoral college will elect one of these 2 candidates as 47th US president on the 5th of November, Tuesday. The electoral college is a process in which electors or representatives from each state, in numbers proportional to the state’s population, vote and determine who will be next president. Each state gets a certain number of electors based on its representation in Congress.
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There are a total of 538 electors selected according to each state’s policy. Each elector casts one vote following the general election, and the candidate who gets more than half (270) wins. The newly elected president and vice president are inaugurated in January. In US elections, no voting machines are used.
The richest democracy uses a rather traditional method of voting. The Americans still use a traditional ballot paper to elect their president and vice president. Democrats are represented by a donkey on a ballot paper. An elephant represents a Republican in US elections. Tuesday is considered a very auspicious day for US elections. For example, the 47th US president will be elected on the first Tuesday in November, which falls on November 5, 2024.
The UN, which is dominated by the US, as they have given space for the UN Headquarters, holds its annual general assembly sessions on 3rd Tuesday every year. The next UN general assembly session will begin on 3rd Tuesday, 16th September, 2024.
Thus, the fate of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will be decided by the American voters on November 5, 2024. Based on the 2020 census, California has a maximum of 54 votes, followed by Texas, which has 40 Electoral votes. The US capital of Washington, District of Columbia, is allocated 3 electoral votes under the 23rd Amendment to the US constitution. The District of Columbia is treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College.
