On 5 November 2024, voters in the United States will elect the next US President and also members of Congress.
In July, President Joe Biden announced he would no longer be seeking re-election and endorsed Vice President Harris to replace him.
Former President Donald Trump was confirmed as the Republican Party's candidate at their convention in July.
Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for President at the Democratic National Convention in August.
There are also some independent candidates running for the presidency.
Candidates need to win 270 or more of 538 electoral college votes to win the Presidency and serve a four-year term. Each state has a certain number of electoral college votes so voters make their decision at state-level rather than nationally.
Voters will also be electing members of Congress, the government’s legislature. The upper house Senate has 33 out of 100 seats on the ballot, while all 435 seats in the lower House of Representatives will be elected. Senators serve six-year terms while members of the lower house serve two-year terms.
The United States has a population of 341.6 million and around 228 million registered voters. Voter turnout in 2020 was 70.5%.