The 2024 United States presidential election will be the 60th quadrennial presidential election , set to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.[ 1] Voters in each state and the District of Columbia will choose electors to the Electoral College , who will then elect a president and vice president for a term of four years.
The incumbent president, Joe Biden , a member of the Democratic Party , initially ran for re-election and became the party's presumptive nominee , facing little opposition.[ 2] [ 3] However, Biden's performance in the June 2024 presidential debate intensified concerns about his age and health , and led to calls within his party for him to leave the race.[ 4] He withdrew on July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris , who became the party's nominee on August 5. Harris selected Tim Walz , the governor of Minnesota , as her running mate. Biden's withdrawal makes him the first eligible incumbent president since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 not to run for re-election, and the first to withdraw after securing enough delegates to win the nomination.[ 5] Harris is the first nominee who did not participate in the primaries since Hubert Humphrey , also in 1968 .[ 6]
Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump , a member of the Republican Party , is running for re-election for a second, non-consecutive term, after losing to Biden in 2020 .[ 7] Trump faced little opposition in the Republican primaries . Trump was nominated during the 2024 Republican National Convention along with his running mate, Ohio senator JD Vance . Trump's campaign has been criticized by legal experts, historians, and political scientists for invoking violent rhetoric and authoritarian statements .[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] Trump has made large numbers of false and misleading statements ,[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] promoted conspiracy theories ,[ 14] [ 15] and has continued to repeat his false claims that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen from him, which prompted the January 6 Capitol attack .[ 16] The Republican Party has made efforts to disrupt the 2024 presidential election as part of a larger election denial movement . In 2023 and 2024, Trump was found liable and guilty in civil and criminal proceedings, respectively, for sexual abuse, defamation , financial fraud , and falsifying business records , becoming the first former president to be convicted of a crime.[ 17] Trump survived an assassination attempt on July 13, 2024.
The presidential election will take place at the same time as elections for the U.S. Senate , House , gubernatorial , and state legislatures . Key swing states for the presidential election include Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.[ 18] Leading campaign issues are abortion ,[ 19] [ 20] [ 21] border security and immigration ,[ 22] [ 23] climate change ,[ 24] [ 25] democracy ,[ 26] [ 27] the economy ,[ 28] education ,[ 29] foreign policy ,[ 30] healthcare ,[ 31] and LGBT rights .[ 32] The winners are scheduled to be inaugurated on January 20, 2025 , as the 47th president and 50th vice president of the United States.
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^ Quinn, Melissa; Kim, Ellis (July 19, 2024). "More Democrats join wave of lawmakers calling on Biden to drop out of 2024 race" . CBS News . Archived from the original on July 26, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024 .
^ "The president has dropped of out the race. What's next?" . Colorado Public Radio . July 23, 2024. Archived from the original on July 28, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024 .
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^ "Former President Donald Trump announces a White House bid for 2024" . CNN . November 16, 2022. Archived from the original on January 15, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2024 .
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^ Charalambous, Peter; Pereira, Ivan (May 30, 2024). "Donald Trump becomes 1st US president tried and convicted of crimes" . ABC News . Retrieved August 9, 2024 .
^ "Seven swing states set to decide the 2024 US election" . www.bbc.com . August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2024 .
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Edsall, Thomas B. (April 12, 2023). "How The Right Came To Embrace Intrusive Government" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on April 12, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023 . Republicans in states across the country are defiantly pushing for the criminalization of abortion — of the procedure, of abortifacient drugs and of those who travel out of state to terminate pregnancy... According to research provided to The Times by the Kaiser Family Foundation, states that have abortion bans at various early stages of pregnancy with no exception for rape or incest include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
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^ Gongloff, Mark (January 30, 2024). "The 2024 election just might turn on ... climate change?" . Portland Press Herald . Archived from the original on February 13, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024 .
^ Andreoni, Manuela (January 16, 2024). "Climate is on the Ballot Around the World" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on January 16, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024 .
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^ Cook, Charlie (March 2, 2023). "Will 2024 Be About the Economy, or the Candidates?" . Cook Political Report . Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2023 .
^ Manchester, Julia (January 29, 2023). "Republicans see education as winning issue in 2024" . The Hill . Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023 .
^ Ward, Alexander; Berg, Matt (October 20, 2023). "2024: The foreign policy election?" . Politico . Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023 .
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