The most important dates at a glance

There will be elections in the USA in a few weeks. What dates and dates should you keep an eye on outside of the current news situation about the US election campaign? By when do the votes have to be counted and when will the new president officially be in office? Here is the overview.

What are the most important dates of the 2024 US election?

The next elections in the USA will take place on November 5, 2024 instead of. Until then, there are a number of other events that will pave the way there. Here is a brief overview of the most important dates for the 2024 US election:

• Primary elections: from January 2024

• “Super Tuesday”: March 5, 2024

• Nomination party conferences:

• Election day: November 5, 2024

• Electoral College vote: December 16, 2024

• Vote counting: January 6, 2025

• Inauguration: January 20, 2025

The US election begins with the primary

It started in January 2024 with the Area codes in Iowa. Traditionally, the first election events in the USA always take place there. In a departure from tradition, this year only the Republicans in Iowa chose their candidates. Democrats in Iowa were elected by mail for the first time.

There are two different event formats for the primaries in the USA: they are called “caucuses” and “primaries”. These are basically two different ways in which voters in each US state choose delegates.

On the so-called “”, a particularly large number of these primary election events take place in different states at the same time. Uh, I found it March 5, 2024 instead of. An overview of how they turned out in the individual US states can be found here.

The primaries were followed by the party conferences in the US election

Each state then sent a certain number of delegates to the caucuses or primaries based on the voting results Nominating party conventions the Democrats and Republicans.

These are called “National Conventions”. The Democratic nomination convention rose from August 19th to 22nd, 2024that of the Republicans rose from July 15 to 18, 2024. The party conventions end with the official nomination of a presidential candidate from the Democrats and the Republicans.

Afterwards: TV debates and “Election Day”

After the nomination party conferences, the two presidential candidates take place. There were these two debates this year:

• First TV debate: June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Sender: CNN

• Second TV debate: September 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, broadcaster: ABC

Am November 5, 2024 it stands election day“Election Day”. In 1845, the Presidential Election Day Act stipulated that election day must always be the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Voters in the USA vote on electors on this day. You can read here what the election results of past elections looked like and what current surveys and forecasts for the 2024 US election looked like.

This is what happens after election day in the US election

These selected electors (including women) make up the so-called “Electoral College” together. That in turn chooses on December 16, 2024 Both the new President of the USA and his Vice President. After the US Congress has counted the votes, this follows Announcement of the new President of the USA and the vice president. This happens on January 6, 2025.

The official one inauguration, Inauguration Day takes place on January 20, 2025 instead of.