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1. Invisible primary

2. Announcement

3. Caucus & primaries

4. Nomination

5. Party Convention

6. Campaigning

7. General Election

8. Electoral College

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Politcal parties begin to fundraise and choose who they want to spend money on. No one is filling out a ballot. This is the very beginning of the election process. There are no clear winners or losers. It takes place the year before the general election.

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This is when the presidential candidates announce that they are running for office, it happens before the parties decide who they want to represent them in the election. This happens the year before the election year.

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It happened on February 3rd, 2020, Party members select candidates through discussions and votes and then think about who they want to represent that party in the general election.

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People choose the final candidate they want to represent them further on. This is the informal choice for who is representing them. This happens roughly in the middle of the election year.

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Each party holds a national convention to choose a final presidential nominee for the 2020 election. The Democratic National Convention selected Joe Biden and took place from August 17-20, 2020. The Republican National Convention selected Donald Trump and took place from August 24-27, 2020.

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When the presidential candidate for each party goes around to different states promoting themselves and promoting their presidency. They have to persuade both individual and electoral voters to support them. This usually happens in Early in the election year (2020) but becomes more concentrated in the months before the general election.

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The general election took place on November 3, 2020. Candidates are elected into office in this voting situation. Joe Biden was elected president. Kamala Harris became vice president.

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This took place from January 6-7, 2021. There is a final count of the Electoral College ballots. This had confired that Joe Biden had won the 2020 presidential election. There is a total of 538 votes in the electoral college. In order for a candidate to win they have to get 270 votes to win a presidential election. This is the last step in the presidential process.