Joe Biden (81) and Donald Trump (78) both emerged as clear winners from their respective party’s primaries: Biden received 84.1 percent of the delegate votes, Trump 81.4 percent. Both secured the necessary number of delegates for the nomination after the primaries on March 12.
Although both still have to be formally confirmed as candidates of their parties at the nominating conventions, the hot phase of the election campaign begins at the latest with the first of two TV debates on June 27. These are the most important dates known so far before the US elections:
Thu, June 27 on CNN
Tues., September 10 on ABC
Republicans: Mon, July 15 to Thu, July 18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Democrats: Mon, August 19 to Thu, August 22 in Chicago, Illinois
At both party conventions, both the respective presidential candidate and the vice-presidential candidate (in the case of Biden, Kamala Harris again, in the case of Trump, the name is not yet known) are elected by the delegates and the election program is adopted.
On, 5. November
The person who receives the majority of the 538 electors this year is elected.
On this day, the entire U.S. House of Representatives with 435 seats and about a third of the Senate (34 of 100 seats) will also be elected.
The winners of the election will be sworn in on January 20, 2025 (“Inauguration Day”). For Biden (since January 2021) and Trump (2017 to 2020), it would be the second term in office – more is not allowed according to the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. The election winner would therefore not be able to run for office again in 2028.