Elections and Voting - 2024 Election Guide

List of noteworthy candidates

• Kamala Harris (D), vice president of the United States, announced her candidacy on July 21, 2024.^[65]
• Donald Trump (R), former U.S. President, announced his candidacy on November 15, 2022.^[63]
• Jill Stein (Green Party), the 2016 Green Party presidential nominee, announced her candidacy on November 9, 2023.^[66]
• Chase Oliver (Libertarian Party), a candidate in the 2022 Georgia U.S. Senate race, announced his candidacy on April 4, 2023.^[55]

Other candidates

• Randall Terry (Constitution Party), an anti-abortion activist, was nominated as the Constitution Party candidate on April 27, 2024.^[67]
• Cornel West (Independent), philosopher and activist, announced his candidacy on June 5, 2023.^[45]

'The ABC News Presidential Debate | Race for the White House' will air September 10 at 9 p.m EDT.

• The debate will air on ABC
• The debate will stream on 24/7 streaming network ABC News Live, Disney+, and Hulu.

Debate Rules:

Officials say Harris and Trump both accepted the guidelines.

• The debate will last 90 minutes with two commercial breaks
• The two seated moderators, David Muir and Linsey Davis, will be the only people asking questions
• A coin flip was held virtually on September 3 to determine podium placements and order of closing arguments; Trump won the coin toss and chose to select the order of statements. He will offer the last closing statement, and Harris selected the right podium on screen (stage left)
• Candidates will be introduced by moderators
• Candidates will enter upon introduction from opposite sides of the stage; the incumbent party will be introduced first
• There will be no opening statements; closing statements will be two minutes per candidate
• Candidates will stand behind the podiums for the duration of the debate
• Props or prewritten notes are not allowed onstage
• No topics or questions will be shared in advance
• Candidates will be given a pen, a pad of paper, and a bottle of water
• Candidates will have two minutes to answer questions, two minutes for rebuttals, and one extra minute for follow-ups, clarifications, or responses
• Candidates' microphones will be live only for the candidate whose turn it is to speak and muted when the time belongs to another candidate
• Candidates will not be permitted to ask questions of each other
• Campaign staff may not interact with candidates during commercial breaks
• Moderators will seek to enforce timing agreements and ensure a civilized discussion
• There will be no audience in the room