The presidential race is the contest among candidates who are hoping to be the next President of the United States. The President and Vice President are elected by the people of the United States through a complicated process that involves a series of debates, elections, and votes. Candidates campaign across the country in an attempt to win the support of the people. People with similar ideas about how the government should work join political parties. The two major parties are the Democrats and Republicans.

The party’s members vote in a series of primaries and caucuses to select the final candidate for each party. The delegates selected in the primaries and caucuses then attend national conventions to decide which candidate will be on the general election ballot for the people of each state. Each state has a fixed number of electoral votes, determined by law, and the candidate who receives 270 or more of those electoral votes becomes the President. The winner of the presidential race also chooses a running mate to serve as the President’s partner in office.

One of the main ways that candidates try to gain the public’s support is by debating each other on TV. These debates often result in a bump in poll numbers for one candidate, but that bump is usually temporary. In addition, debates have rarely been a major factor in determining the outcome of a presidential election.

Both Harris and Trump are well-known figures in the political world, so it is unlikely that they will be forced out of the race unless they do something truly unusual. However, they will be carefully watching each other’s moves from now on as they both focus on turning out their core supporters to vote early in the crucial battleground states of California and New Jersey.