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But i wasnt aware why.

Election night louisiana. Every leap year not only marks the global sporting spectacle of summer olympics but also is the year of united states of americas usa presidential elections. Just about every four years something special happens and 2020 happens to be one of those years. The president of usa serves for a 4 year term and barring the first election in 1789 the us presidential elections coincided with the leap year.

A leap olympics election. Other battlegrounds include arizona a state only one democratic presidential candidate has won in the past 70 years but where mr biden leads by just under two points on election day and texas where mr trump leads by just over two points. The first presidential election in the 18th century was held from monday december 15 1788 to saturday january 10 1789.

It was the first presidential election in the united states of america under the new united states. I had taken it for granted that the two events coincided. 2016 2008 and 2000 1992 were all election years in the united states.

Example 2000 was a leap year but 1900. The president of the united states is elected to a four year term. Its a year when we have a leap day a summer olympics and a us.

Even though a leap year is every 4 years not every election is a leap year. 1992 george h bush vs bill clinton. The united states holds its federal elections on the first tuesday after the first monday in november.

Oddly enough though an election occurs every four years not every election year falls on a. Leap year revisited edit. The notable exceptions are years that mark centuries.

The 100 members in the united states senate are elected to six year terms with one third of them being renewed every two years. Each of the 435 seats in the united states house of representatives are elected to two year terms. Next year is a leap year which alos means it is a presidential election year.

The presidential elections are not always on a leap year. During the civil war abraham lincoln the 16th president was elected to a second term in 1864. No the presidential elections are held every 4 years and that year is normally a leap year except for the turn of the century that isnt divisble by 400.

I have looked back a few years and 2008 2000 and 1992 were leap years on both the hebraic and gregorian calendars. In nevada which hillary clinton won in 2016 mr biden leads by just under four points.