Election 2024
A United States presidential election is coming up. Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, November 5. Some people will vote by mail even sooner. The winner of the election will lead the country for the next four years.
There are two main candidates. One is Donald Trump. He served as president of the U.S. from 2017 to 2021. The other is Kamala Harris. She is the U.S. vice president. She works alongside the current president, Joe Biden.
Donald Trump represents the Republican Party. He won the 2016 presidential election. He served for one term. U.S. presidents can serve two terms. If Trump is reelected, he will serve in the White House for four more years.
Donald Trump is a former U.S. president. He served from 2017 to 2021.
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Kamala Harris represents the Democratic Party. She became the Democratic nominee later than usual. President Biden was the Democratic nominee until July 21. Then he dropped out of the race. Harris became the party’s candidate soon after.
Kamala Harris is the current vice president of the United States.
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Connecting with Voters
Both Trump and Harris are trying to win votes. The candidates are traveling around the country. They are visiting big cities and small towns. They are giving speeches. And they are talking to voters about their ideas.
Trump appears at a campaign event in Uniondale, New York, in September.
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Harris speaks at the Community College of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, in September.
JIM WATSON—AFP/GETTY IMAGESAmericans must be 18 years old to vote. But everyone should pay attention. Presidential elections are important moments for the country.
Election Words
campaign: a series of actions to meet a goal; a series of actions that a candidate takes in order to win an election
candidate: a person who is running for office
drop out: to quit
nominee: a person chosen by a political party to be its candidate
political party: an organized group of voters with similar ideas and goals for a country and its government
polls: surveys of groups; places where people vote
term: the amount of time a person can serve in a political position
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