The presidential election campaign in the United States and its electoral system are full of peculiarities.
Why aren't parties campaigning in California or Alaska?
How is it possible that the candidate who wins in votes loses the elections?
Is the Hispanic vote Democratic or Republican?
Why do African Americans rarely go to the polls?
The deputy director of video of the newspaper of EL PAÍS and former correspondent in Washington of CUATRO and CNN +, Carlos de Vega, leads this series of
explainers
in which he will try to decipher, based on data, examples, anecdotes and historical references, how the United States electoral system works.
This Friday, the explanation about the date of the elections.
Neither the president decides, nor is Congress.
A century-old law marks the day on which elections must always be held.
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Who do Hispanics vote for?
Every 30 seconds a Hispanic American turns 18, the age to vote.
It is the fastest growing minority and the largest in these elections.
There are 32 million on the electoral roll.
They make up 13%.
Who pays for the campaign?
Each electoral period in the United States serves to exceed the cost record of the previous one in the electoral campaign.
In 2020, Democrats are spending much more (53.69%) than Republicans (38.96%).
But where does all this money come from?
The word that can change everything: Gerrymandering
The parliaments of the states that are elected on November 3 will have to design the new electoral map, a design that may determine who governs in Washington
What if Donald Trump and Joe Biden tie?
The electoral system in the United States has formulas to tie the tie that range from tossing a coin to the intervention of the two legislative chambers
How to lose the elections being the most voted candidate?
Winning in the number of votes to lose the elections, impossible?
No, it has happened five times in the history of the United States, including the last elections that faced Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Why do Americans always vote on Tuesday?
Neither the president decides the date, nor is Congress.
A century-old law marks the day on which elections must always be held.
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