Timeline & Overview
The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election process involves a series of key events and dates, beginning with primary elections and caucuses in early states like Iowa and New Hampshire, starting in February. Throughout the spring and early summer, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories will hold their primaries or caucuses, culminating in the national party conventions in the summer. At these conventions, each party will officially nominate their presidential candidate. The general election campaign then kicks off, with the election itself held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. The electoral process is capped by the Electoral College meeting in December to formally elect the President, who is inaugurated on January 20, 2025. This structured timeline ensures a systematic approach to selecting the nation’s leader through a democratic process.
Above is the candidate timeline for the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, which illustrates the periods during which various candidates from different political parties have declared their candidacies and are active. The timeline spans from 2023 to early 2025 and includes candidates from the Democratic Party (blue), Republican Party (red), Libertarian Party (yellow), Green Party (green), Constitution Party (purple), Party for Socialism and Liberation (pink), American Solidarity Party (orange), People's Party (maroon), as well as Independent candidates (gray) and those forming exploratory committees (light yellow). Key events such as Super Tuesday, party conventions, debates, Election Day, and Inauguration Day are marked with vertical lines in colors in the legend to the left to denote significant milestones in the election process.