The United States will elect a president and Congress on November 5, 2024. This includes the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Parliamentary elections are at least as important as presidential elections. Because Congress determines U.S. policy to a large extent. Here you can find everything about it Ward House 2024.
What is the House of Representatives?
House of Representatives – This is where the “lower house” of the United States meets.Image: trapezoid
The U.S. House of Representatives is also named after It's called the “House of Commons.”. In this chamber of the U.S. Congress, the population is represented proportionally, similar to the National Assembly of Switzerland. Therefore, states with more residents have more representatives. There are 435 members in total.
The House of Representatives is led by the Speaker. That is at this moment Mike Johnson. He will remain speaker until the House votes to remove him or he resigns. Especially in the United States: All Revenues Acts – that is, laws regarding the sources of state revenue – It must first be raised in the House of Representatives. This goes back to the principle of “no taxation without representation.”
Republican Mike Johnson currently serves as Speaker of the House of Representatives.Image: trapezoid
How is the House of Representatives elected?
The House of Representatives is elected every two years. It is held every four years during a presidential term and once during midterm elections. People directly elect their representatives, not electors or political parties. For this reason, the United States is divided into regions with roughly equal population sizes.
In each district, the people elect representatives by majority vote. The person with the most votes wins. Election details may vary in each state. In Louisiana, a candidate must receive an absolute majority (more than 50% of the vote).
What is the status quo before the election?
In the 2022 midterm elections, the Republicans seized the majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives from the Democrats. Currently, 220 of the 435 members are Republicans. There are three vacancies in the House of Representatives.
This year there were 46 representatives, two of whom resigned. 22 of them are Democrats and 21 are Republicans. Three more seats became vacant due to two deaths and one earlier resignation.
Polls suggest it could be a close race for at least 93 seats. Another 167 seats are more or less certain to go to Democrats, and 175 to Republicans. (Leo)
The most important dates before the US election
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The most important dates before the US election
Thursday, August 20 (date refers to US time, some events will not take place until the next day European time):
Joe Biden will speak at the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee. Biden will be officially nominated as the Democratic nominee to run against Donald Trump at the convention.
Question: Keystone/America Biden-Harris Handout
Brief explanation: This is how American elections work
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