The United States votes next Tuesday, November 5. This is one of the presidential elections with the most twists and turns in the campaign. Finally, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will compete to reach the White House, so it is necessary to know all the facts, numbers and figures of the most important elections worldwide.
These are some of the figures to take into account.
Two candidates.
The presidential race will be contested between the Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump and the Democratic Party and vice president Kamala Harris.
Other independent candidates tried to gain a foothold in the race for the White House, but failed in their attempt to break the monopoly of the two main parties.
The president is elected for a four-year term. You can have a maximum of two administrations, consecutive or not.
If Harris is elected, she will be able to run again in 2028, unlike Trump.
November 5, election day.
Traditionally it is celebrated on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
7 key states.
Known as swing states, they hold the key to elections because they vote for one party or another depending on the candidates or other factors, so candidates for the White House strive to gain their trust. .
These are Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina.
34 senators and 435 members of the House of Representatives are renewed.
In addition to the president, the US Congress will also be renewed in the elections.
All congressmen of the House of Representatives will be re-elected for a two-year term. Currently the Republicans have a majority.
In the Upper House, senators are elected for six years. In the current one, the Democrats have a very tight majority, which the Republicans hope to take away from them.
In the United States, voting is done by indirect universal suffrage.
Americans vote for 538 electors, who choose the president.
To win the election the candidate must obtain a majority of 270 votes.
Each state has a different number of electors.
It is calculated by adding the number of seats in the House of Representatives, which varies depending on the population, to the number of senators (two per state).
Some 244 million Americans will be able to vote, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center.
The 2018 and 2022 midterm elections and the 2020 presidential elections saw the highest turnout in such elections in decades, according to the Pew Research Center.
For example, “about two-thirds” of voters did so in 2020, “the highest rate for any national election since 1900,” according to the same source.
More than 75 million Americans voted early, according to a count released this Saturday by the University of Florida.
Voters can vote in advance by mail or in person in different places in the United States, before election day on November 5.
Source: Ambito
