The 2024 presidential election will take place on Nov. 5.
The Republican nominee is former President Donald Trump with his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance.
Vice President Kamala Harris is the Democratic candidate. She selected Tim Walz to be her running mate.
President Joe Biden announced in July that he would not be running for reelection. Instead, he endorsed his vice president, Harris.
The next president will be sworn in on Jan. 20, 2025. If Trump wins, it will mark his second term, and if Harris wins, it will be her first.
The United States presidential election occurs every four years. In 2016, Trump won the presidency with the electoral vote, but not the popular vote. Biden won the presidency in 2020 with both the popular and electoral vote. However, many Americans don’t know the difference.
Harris is the current vice president of the United States of America and the Democratic candidate for the presidential election.
She attended Howard University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), as an undergraduate. She then attended the University of California and Hastings College of Law where she obtained her Doctor of Jurisprudence.
Before Harris kicked off her political career, from early 1990 to late 1998, she began a career in law as the deputy district attorney in Oakland, California. She prosecuted cases involving sexual abuse, gang violence and drug trafficking. 12 years later in 2010, Harris ran for attorney general of California and won by a margin of less than one percent.
Harris’s political career officially started in 2012 at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) where she delivered a monumental speech. This attracted more attention to her national profile.
After gaining a greater social status from the DNC, Harris announced her candidacy for the representative of the Senate for California. She ultimately won the election and took office in Jan. 2017.
Later in her political career, Harris published the novel “The Truths We Hold: An American Journey.” The novel mentioned how Harris was seeking the presidential Democratic nomination in 2020. In Sep. 2020, she started her presidential campaign, however, she dropped out of the race.
Shortly after dropping out of the presidential race, Biden asked Harris to be his running mate. Harris accepted his offer, and she was sworn in as vice president in Jan. 2021.
Trump, the former president of the United States of America, is also a presidential candidate for this year’s election.
He enrolled in New York Military Academy in 1959. After graduating, Trump enrolled in Fordham University. The former president then went to Wharton School of Finance and Commerce and earned a degree in economics.
Before his political career kicked off, Trump owned several housing developments. He received multiple complaints from the Virginia and New York City housing departments regarding racial discrimination against minorities. The Justice Department of Housing sued Trump for violating the Fair Housing Act in 39 New York City apartment buildings. The former president then counter sued the Justice Department of Housing for $100 million for ruining his reputation.
In June 2015, Trump announced that he would be running for president. He stated that he intended to “make America great again”— his famous slogan. He planned to create millions of new occupations, punish American companies that exported jobs overseas, repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), withdraw the Paris agreement on climate change and construct a wall along the U.S. and Mexico border to prevent illegal immigration.
Trump took office in Jan. 2017 after winning the election over the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton.
He began fulfilling the list of promises he made during his rallies. The first order Trump gave directed that “unwarranted economic and regulatory burdens” forced by ACA needed to be limited which led to the repeal of the law. The second order that Trump gave was to prepare for the construction of the wall along the southern border.
After losing the 2020 election to President Biden, Trump began preparing to run in the 2024 election.
Election Day is on Nov. 5. Del Val students and Hunterdon County members have multiple voting booths available to them. All polling places are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day.
Voters in Alexandria Township can visit the Alexandria Township Municipal Building Meeting Room. The building is located at 242 Little York-Mt Pleasant Rd., Milford, NJ 08848.
Frenchtown Borough townspeople can visit the Frenchtown Municipal Building, which can be found at 29 Second Street, Frenchtown, NJ 08825.
Holland Township community members can vote at the Riegel Ridge Community Center. The center is located at 910 Milford Warren Glen Rd, Milford, NJ 08848.
Kingwood Township will have their Fire Company’s building open for polling purposes. Members can cast their votes at 952 County Rd 519, Frenchtown, NJ 08825.
Voters in Milford Borough can visit the Milford Public Library to cast their vote. The library is located at 40 Frenchtown Rd, Milford, NJ 08848.
A ballot drop box is also located in Holland Township for those who chose to vote by a mail in ballot. The box is located at the Holland Township Municipal Building, 61 Church Rd, Milford, NJ 08848.
Visit the Hunterdon County website for more information.
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