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Presidential Election Countdown Clock: Time Until the 2028 Election

The 2028 presidential election is on Tuesday, November 7, 2028.

As of Thursday, October 15, 2026: 754 days until the 2028 presidential election on Election Day, Tuesday, November 7, 2028. That's 2 years and 23 days away.

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This presidential election countdown clock is a live countdown to the 2028 election: the time until Election Day 2028 in days, hours, minutes and seconds. It is a free embed: an embeddable widget for any website or blog, with the code and the options below. The next election before it is the 2026 midterm election on November 3, 2026.

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How many days until the 2028 presidential election?

As of Thursday, October 15, 2026, there are 754 days until the 2028 presidential election on Election Day, Tuesday, November 7, 2028: that's 2 years and 23 days away. The countdown clock at the top of this page shows the exact time left, in days, hours, minutes and seconds, to midnight at the start of Election Day in your time zone. Before then comes the 2026 midterm election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026: see the midterm election countdown.

When is the 2028 presidential election?

Tuesday, November 7, 2028. Federal law sets the presidential election on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November every fourth year (3 U.S.C. § 21); the same day is Election Day for Congress (2 U.S.C. § 7). The presidential election after 2028 is on Tuesday, November 2, 2032.

When does the next president take office?

At noon on January 20, 2029. The Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution ends each presidential term at noon on January 20 of the year after the election (U.S. Constitution, Amendment XX, Section 1).

What's on the ballot in the 2028 election?

The president and vice president, every seat in the U.S. House, about one-third of the U.S. Senate, and governor, state legislative and local races in many states. Your exact ballot depends on your address. Vote Clock will show every race for your address once the states publish their 2028 candidate lists; for now, see what's on your 2026 ballot.

When do I have to register to vote for the 2028 election?

Each state sets its own registration deadline, and the 2028 deadlines are not published yet. Vote Clock will list each one with its official source as soon as a state sets it. Until then, the surest step is to register now and check your registration each year: see the voter registration deadline for every state for the 2026 election.

When are the 2028 presidential primaries?

States and parties set their primary and caucus dates closer to the election, mostly in 2027. Vote Clock will add each state's 2028 primary date with its official source once the state publishes it, and the same clock will count down to it.

Can I embed this presidential election countdown clock on my website or blog?

Yes. It is a free embed: this embeddable election countdown widget is free for any website, blog, newsroom, classroom or library, with no ads and no tracking cookies. Choose where the clock sits on your page, how wide it is and how it looks, then copy the code into any page that accepts HTML.

How the clock looks inside your page, with the choices above.
<div style="max-width:520px;margin:0 auto">
<iframe src="https://voteclock.org/embed.html?clock=president" title="Countdown to the 2028 presidential election from Vote Clock" width="100%" height="230" style="border:0;display:block" loading="lazy"></iframe>
<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font:14px/1.4 sans-serif;text-align:center"><a href="https://voteclock.org/presidential-election-countdown">2028 presidential election countdown clock from Vote Clock</a></p>
</div>

This code places the clock in the center of your page, filling the column up to 520 pixels wide, matching the reader's light or dark setting.

The clock is 230 pixels tall and needs at least 300 pixels of width; the compact sizes need 180. Please keep the Vote Clock link under it. For the 2026 Election Day clock or a clock that counts down to your state's next voting deadline, see the free election countdown clock for your website.