2020 Presidential Election

2020 Presidential Election. The entire presidential campaign and election process usually takes almost two years. The typical periods of this process are as follows:

• Spring of the previous calendar year – Candidates announce their intentions to run
• Summer to December of the previous calendar year – Primary and caucus debates
• January to June – Primaries and caucuses
• July to early September – Nominating conventions (including those of the minor third parties)
• Late September and October – Presidential election debates
• Early November – Election Day
• December – Electors cast their electoral votes
• Early January of the following calendar year – Congress counts the electoral votes
• January 20 of the following calendar year – Inauguration Day