In 2024, Donald Trump secured the Republican presidential nomination 244 days before the U.S. general election, making it one of the shortest primary seasons in recent years. The only other election in which the nomination was won earlier was in 2008, when John McCain clinched the nomination 245 days before the 2008 general election.
Days before the presidential election that a candidate won a major party nomination in the United States from 1972 to 2024
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According to the source, a candidate is considered to have received the nomination when they have won a majority of their party's delegates, or when all competing candidates have dropped out of the race.
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Pew Research Center. (March 7, 2024). Days before the presidential election that a candidate won a major party nomination in the United States from 1972 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1457616/days-general-election-candidate-won-party-nomination-us/
Pew Research Center. "Days before the presidential election that a candidate won a major party nomination in the United States from 1972 to 2024." Chart. March 7, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1457616/days-general-election-candidate-won-party-nomination-us/
Pew Research Center. (2024). Days before the presidential election that a candidate won a major party nomination in the United States from 1972 to 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1457616/days-general-election-candidate-won-party-nomination-us/
Pew Research Center. "Days before The Presidential Election That a Candidate Won a Major Party Nomination in The United States from 1972 to 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1457616/days-general-election-candidate-won-party-nomination-us/
Pew Research Center, Days before the presidential election that a candidate won a major party nomination in the United States from 1972 to 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1457616/days-general-election-candidate-won-party-nomination-us/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Days before the presidential election that a candidate won a major party nomination in the United States from 1972 to 2024 [Graph], Pew Research Center, March 7, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1457616/days-general-election-candidate-won-party-nomination-us/