Vice President Election In Usa

Here is the full transcript of us vice president elect kamala harris s victory speech in wilmington delaware on sunday aedt.

Vice president election in usa. Kamala harris made history on saturday with her election as joe biden s vice president becoming the first woman first black american and first asian american to win the second highest u s. States or in washington d c cast ballots not directly for those offices but instead for members of the electoral college. These electors then cast direct votes known as electoral votes for president.

Federal government after the president of the united states and ranks first in the presidential line of succession the vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch as president of the senate in this capacity the vice president is empowered to preside over senate. The united states has had a two party system for much of its history and the two major parties have nominated vice presidential candidates in most presidential elections. Sarah palin was the last woman to run as a vice presidential nominee on a major party presidential ticket in a general election.

Vice president mike pence defended the trump administration s. Bush and his running mate vice president dick cheney were elected to a second term defeating the democratic ticket of john kerry a united states senator from massachusetts and his running mate john edwards a united states senator from north carolina. Palin while governor of alaska was part of the late arizona.

Since the ratification of the united states constitution in 1789 there have been 59 unsuccessful major party candidates for vice president of the united states eight other individuals have served as the main running mate to. See maps and real time presidential election results for the 2020 us election. Democratic presidential candidate joe biden chose the california senator as his.

The vice president of the united states is the second highest officer in the executive branch of the u s. The election of the president and the vice president of the united states is an indirect election in which citizens of the united states who are registered to vote in one of the fifty u s. You can read president elect joe biden s speech here.

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