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Here’s when we achieved results in past years

Pabio November 6, 2024

As of Wednesday morning, votes were still being counted, but Donald Trump had received enough votes to win the 2024 presidential election.

Over the past 24 years, it has taken anywhere from a few hours to more than a month to determine who would become the next president. In the last election, when many mail-in ballots were being counted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it took a few days.

Here’s a look at how long it took to declare a winner in recent elections.

President Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 race against former President Donald Trump on Saturday, November 7 – four days after Election Day that year.

In the 2016 race, Trump was expected to win early on Wednesday, November 9, the day after Election Day.

In 2012, former president Barack Obama is expected to win re-election against Senator Mitt Romney before midnight on Election Day, November 6.

In 2008, Obama was also elected to his first term on November 4, 2008, against Senator. John McCainin a quick victory announced around 11 p.m. EST after polls closed on Election Day.

During the 2004 race, President George W. Bush won his second term after then-Sen. John Kerry conceded during a phone call on Wednesday, November 3, shortly after 11 a.m., the day after the vote.

In the longest delay in modern history, it took 35 days after the election to declare the president George W. Bush the winner on Tuesday December 12, 2000.

Allegations of counting errors, legal debates and voting logistical problemsnotably a faulty design of the ballot, were at the origin of the delay.