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Voting day
Find below information on the progress of the vote state by state and the atmosphere around the polling stations as reported by the main American media.
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KNOW EVERYTHING
Some 244 million voters are called to the polls in the United States on November 5. On November 3, 75 million had already voted in advance. Reminder of the main mechanisms.
What are Americans voting for?
November 5 is a big, big election day. American citizens must elect:
- their next president
- all deputies (the House of Representatives, currently dominated by Republicans, must be renewed)
- et a third of the members of the Senate (currently dominated by Democrats) in Washington.
They will also have to make a decision within the framework ofa large number of local elections : gubernatorial elections in 11 states, renewal of local legislators and even sheriffs.
Not counting the traditional ones “popular initiative referendums” for which they will have to decide.
How does it work?
- The American presidential election takes place in indirect universal suffrage, according to a very specific mechanism: Americans vote to choose 538 electors, who make up the electoral college and designate the president.
- To be elected to the White House, the candidate must obtain an absolute majority, i.e. 270 electors.
- Each state has as many electors as there are elected representatives in Congress in Washington. California, the most populous state in the country, has the largest number of electors (54). Vermont, Delaware and Wyoming only have 3.
- In all American states except two, the candidate who wins the majority of votes wins all the electors of the state, this is the system of winner takes all. Two exceptions to this rule: Nebraska and Maine, where part of the electors are allocated by constituency.
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