Question: Counting 2024, how many presidential elections will the U.S. have held?
Answer: The 2024 election will be the 60th time that Americans, via the “electors” of the electoral college, have voted for president. George Washington won the first election in 1789, with 69 electoral votes to John Adams’ 34, and then won again in 1792. Every four years since then, despite recessions, depressions, invasions, epidemics, and even a civil war, presidential candidates have hit the campaign trail.
