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    When will the presidential election results be announced? It depends.

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    With Election Day With only one day left, millions of Americans are preparing to go to the polls and vote.

    But as Election Day progresses, excitement will quickly turn from voting to anticipation of determining who will be the nation’s next president.

    While the wait is usually not too long, many factors in this year’s presidential race could cause results to be delayed. As the country saw with the upcoming election in 2020, which took four days to decide. Tight race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris It could turn Election Day 2024 into a new election week.

    When will the presidential election results be announced?

    Simply put, no one knows. There is no set timeline for when the presidential races will be held.

    The result of the presidential election is announced after all votes are counted, which in the past has taken from a day to a week.

    Typically the tighter the race, the longer it takes to find out the results. If the votes are this close polls currently predictIt may take several days before the result is known.

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    Why are election results delayed?

    In Massachusetts, polls close at 8 p.m., while in other states, voting remains open until 12 p.m. EST and even later if polling places have long lines at closing time.

    Additionally, counting ballots in a close race takes especially long in swing states. The longest elections in the 2020 elections were Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada.

    This year a few key swing states Expected to cause delays:

    How long does it take for a candidate to concede the presidential race?

    Most of the time the concession happens quickly after the votes are counted. In 1896, William Jennings Bryant needed two days to cede the election to President William McKinley. Since then, most candidates accepted on the same day or the next day. The two exceptions were in 2000 and 2020.

    2000 presidential election

    In the 2000 presidential race between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush, all eyes were on Florida and its 25 delegate votes. There were voting problems and allegations of abuse in Florida. The case went to the Supreme Court, which ruled in Bush’s favor. In total, it took Gore 36 days to concede the election.

    2020 presidential election

    In 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump, but it took four days to announce the winner. On November 15, 2020, Trump said “He won” on social media, referring to Biden, and on January 7, 2021, a day after the insurrection on Capitol Hill, he said he would not remain in office. Trump never conceded the election.

    USA Today Network’s Greg Giesen and Sam Woodward contributed to this report.

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