2024 United States elections

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/2024-united-states-elections

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the election date?November 5, 2024
2. What is the president-elect?Donald Trump
3. Who won the 2024 U.S. presidential election?Donald Trump won the 2024 election, becoming president again for a second non‑consecutive term.
4. What does it mean that Republicans won a "trifecta"?A trifecta means the same party controls the president, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, giving them a strong position to pass laws.

Non-consecutive second term: Serving a second term as president after a period out of office.
Government trifecta: When one political party controls the presidency and both houses of Congress.
Flipped control: When a political party gains control of a legislative body from another party.
Incumbent party: The political party whose member currently holds the office of president.