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The 2020 united states presidential election was held on tuesday november 3 2020.

Election night movie trailer. Presidential elections are of great importance to both the country and the world at large. So thanks to the folks at ucsb and their fine website dedicated to the united states presidency we present the election results for the last 100 years dating to the first time all 48 contiguous states took part. United states holidays 2021.

The federal election commission releases the official results of federal elections. This page links to the results of those historical elections including a larger map results and synopsis of the race. Through 2016 there have been 58 presidential elections.

The president of the united states is elected to a four year term. Government and the quadrennial us. It can fall on or between november 2 and november 8.

These reports are run by state every two years and are available for elections from 1982 to 2016. The 100 members in the united states senate are elected to six year terms with one third of them being renewed every two years. Election day in the united states of america is the tuesday following the first monday in november.

Each of the 435 seats in the united states house of representatives are elected to two year terms. The election of the president and the vice president of the united states is an indirect election in which citizens of the united states who are registered to vote in one of the fifty us. In the united states election day is the annual day set by law for the general elections of federal public officialsit is statutorily set by the federal government as the tuesday next after the first monday in the month of november equaling the tuesday occurring within november 2 to november 8.

These electors then cast direct votes known as electoral votes for president. It is the 59th quadrennial presidential electionvoters select presidential electors who in turn will vote on december 14 2020 to either elect a new president and vice president or reelect the incumbents donald trump and mike pence respectively. United states holidays 2020.

The series of presidential primary elections and caucuses were. The united states holds its federal elections on the first tuesday after the first monday in november. The meeting of the senate and house of representatives to be held in january 2013 pursuant to section 15 of title 3 united states code to count the electoral votes for president and vice president cast by the electors in december 2012 shall be held on january 4 2013 rather than on the date specified in the first sentence of that section.

For federal offices president vice president and united states congress and most. An interactive version of each map is also available letting you change history. It is the day when popular ballots are held to select public officials.

States or in washington dc cast ballots not directly for those offices but instead for members of the electoral college. Federal election commission resources.