LibGuides: Election 2020: Election 2020

Election Day

Election Day 2020 will occur on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

2020 Presidential Election

A number of candidates from both parties will be campaigning over the coming months, hoping to secure their party's nomination during the primary elections and caucuses.

Presidential Candidates, 2020 (Ballotpedia)
Ballotpedia provides information on each Presidential candidate currently in the race, including election results and important dates.

Election Calendars and Important Dates

Important Dates in the 2020 Presidential Race (Ballotpedia)
Includes primary election and caucus dates as well as information about the major party conventions.
2020 Presidential Primary Election Calendar (The New York Times)
Election calendar provided by the New York Times includes primary debate schedules, each state's primary or caucus date, and the amount of delegates for each state.

2020 Presidential Primaries and Caucuses

Party Primaries and Caucuses will occur throughout spring 2020 in each state. The earliest begins with the Iowa caucuses on Monday, February 3rd and the last in early June.

Based on the outcomes of the primary elections and caucuses, party delegates from each state will be sent to the national party conventions.

The following links from Ballotpedia contain the rules for delegates for each party and how presidential nominees will be chosen:

Check out the following to see up to date primary election results and awarded delegate counts:

Major Party Conventions
Democratic National Convention	Republican National Convention
July 13-16, 2020 Milwaukee, Wisconsin	August 24-27, 2020 Charlotte, North Carolina

2020 General Election Debates

2020 Debate Schedule
Presidential Debate #1	Tuesday, September 29th University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Vice Presidential Debate	Wednesday, October 7th University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Presidential Debate #2	Thursday, October 15th University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Presidential Debate #3	Thursday, October 22nd Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee

Electoral College

National Archives and Record Administration (NARA): Electoral College
The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.

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The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) is a part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and, on behalf of the Archivist of the United States, coordinates certain functions of the Electoral College between the States and Congress. It has no role in appointing electors and has no contact with them.

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