When is US Election Day? When is Inauguration Day?

The new president will be here in the blink of an eye

Early voters line up outside of the Pulaski County Regional Building on November 3, 2014 in Little Rock, Arkansas. (Justin Sullivan/Getty )

What day does the US presidential election take place?
The US election takes place on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, and voters will choose the decide the 45th president between frontrunner Hillary Clinton and her rival Donald Trump. More than 45 million voters will have already participated in early or absentee ballot voting and enjoy the tallying from the sidelines.

What happens the week before the election?
Candidates will make their last ditch efforts to potential voters in several of the 11 swing states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

More than 22 million Americans have already participated in early voting. Professor Michael McDonald, who teaches political science at the University of Florida, told The New York Times that “the [early voting] mail ballots tend to break towards Republicans and in-person early breaks between Democrats.”

What happens the day after?
It won’t be until Wednesday, the morning after the election until we know who’s won the election. Mitt Romney was ahead in the electoral and popular vote by 10:30pm and just an hour later Barack Obama was nearly declared to be the winner.

We’ll also know who controls the House in 2017 on Wednesday. It’ll most likely be Republicans unless Dems can manage to snatch 30-seats and take over the 435-seat chamber.

When is the Inauguration?
The next president will be sworn into office on January 20, 2017—giving President Barack Obama 73 days to pull out all or any tricks up his sleeve to close Guantanamo Bay, convince Congress to approve his Supreme Court pick Merrick Garland or even pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal.

She or he will be sworn in on the steps of the US Capitol and will deliver the inaugural address. The Obama administration will be swapping out with the new president’s staffers as the ceremonies go into effect. And the night will of course end with the Inaugural ball.

Interestingly enough, President Obama and the First Lady will also have to give up their coveted @POTUS and @FLOTUS Twitter handles and hand them down to their predecessors. What a time to be alive, indeed.