Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
Washington: Voting for the presidential election will be held in America on November 5. This time, former President Donald Trump is contesting from the Republican Party and Vice President Kamala Harris from the Democratic Party. Now only 2 days are left for the American elections. Let us know how the presidential election is conducted in America and what is its entire process?
Let us tell you that every year in America, presidential elections are held on the first Tuesday of November. Which is falling on 5th November this time. By the way, the process of American elections starts about one and a half years in advance.
Tenure
The tenure of the President in America is 4 years. A person can be President only a maximum of two times.
In America, the President is called POTUS. Which is the short form of President of the United States of America.
The process of US Presidential election is completed in 5 stages-
- Primaries and caucuses
- National Convention
- general election
- electoral college
- swearing in
Primaries and caucuses
The first phase of American elections is to choose delegates. These delegates are elected from political parties through primaries and caucuses. Registered members and general public vote through primaries. Whereas caucus is an informal meeting of the party held in the open, in which common people choose delegates. After this, the elected delegates elect one of the leaders claiming the candidacy for President at one place. After this he contests the presidential election.
National Convention
In this, there is a debate on an open platform between the presidential candidates selected from the Republican and Democratic parties. About 4 national conventions are organized. This gives an idea of the mood of the public and the mood of the country as to which party’s candidate it wants to elect as its President.
general election
The next process is to select electors. The greater the population of a state, the more electors are sent by the general public. The rule of winner takes all applies in this. It is on 5th November. This is the most important phase of the presidential election. It becomes almost clear who will become the next President from the party which gets more electors.
What is the rule for choosing electors?
For example, if there are 30 electors in an American state… then the party whose 16 electors win, the remaining 14 electors are also considered to have won. In this way, the party which has won 16 electors will now be considered as having won all 30 electors. This is called the rule of winner takes all. In this way 538 electors are selected from the entire country. The party that wins the Presidential election needs at least 270 electors to win.
electoral college
Later, these electors cast their votes for the President and Vice President in the month of December. It is called Electoral College. The US Congress counts the votes of the electors in January. In this, the candidate securing more votes is declared the winner. Later on January 20, the swearing-in ceremony of the new President takes place. It is known as Inauguration Day in America. After this the President assumes his official position and responsibilities in the White House.
