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The general election for President and Vice President is always held on the first Tuesday in November. The upcoming election in 2008 will be on Tuesday, November 4.
In the US, a Presidential election occurs during a general election on the second Tuesday in November.
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the electoral college
If you are referring to the 2012 general election Barack Obama won his second term as US President.
The general officer chooses if no president is the winner of the election.
The majority of votes in the general election does not matter. Rather, it is the vote of the electoral college (elected by voters) which decides who becomes president.
The president will take office in June of the following year.
In November, every fourth year.
A primary election in which voters in a jurisdiction select candidates for a subsequent election. A general election is is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election.'
it is called a general election unless we are voting for a president then it is called a presidential election