And so now the predictors and their predictions begin. Who has the most accurate crystal ball? Election day November 5, 2024 is almost two years from now. Seems like a long haul from here to there... but then, time flies when you are having fun.
2024 Schedule of events:* January 22: Iowa caucus (scheduled)
* January 30: New Hampshire primary (scheduled)
* March 5: Super Tuesday (primaries in Alabama, American Samoa, Democrats Abroad, South Carolina, Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia)
* March 5: Hawaii Republican caucuses
* March 12: Primaries in Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Washington state, caucus in North Dakota
* March 19: Primaries in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Ohio
* March 31: Primary in Puerto Rico
* April 2: Primary in Wisconsin
* April 23: Primaries in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Rhode Island
* April 30: Primary in Connecticut
* May 7: Primary in Indiana
* May 14: Primaries in Nebraska and West Virginia
* May 21: Primary in Oregon
* June 4: Primaries in Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, and the District of Columbia
* Summer: Conventions. Tradition states the party that holds the White House goes second.
* July 15-18: 2024 Republican National Convention, Milwaukee
* 2024 Democratic National Convention
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November 5: (the Tuesday after the first Monday of November): Election Day.* December 10: (at least six days prior to the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December): the "safe harbor"
deadline under the Electoral Count Act, where states must finally resolve any controversies over the selection of their electors.
of the Electoral College.
* December 16: (the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December): The electors meet in their respective state capitals
and the District of Columbia to formally vote for president and vice president. The number of states that prohibit faithless
electors is subject to change. In 2020, 33 states and DC had such laws.