WASHINGTON – Swing states, electoral college votes, candidates up and down the ballot box and millions of potential voters: here’s America’s election, broken down by the numbers.

Two

Several independents showed up — and at least one, Mr. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., came across a number of eyebrow-raising headlines.

But ultimately, the presidential race comes down to a binary choice, with both major party candidates — Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump — seeking to lead a polarized America.

Five

November 5 – Election Day, traditionally held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.

Seven

The number of swing states – those that don’t clearly favor one party over the other, meaning they’re up for grabs.

Ms. Harris and Trump are courting voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, focusing their campaign efforts there to secure victory.

In a close election, only a handful of votes in any of these states could decide the outcome.

34 and 435

Voters won’t just decide who occupies the White House on Election Day. They will also address the US Congress.

Thirty-four seats in the Senate and all 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs.

In the House, members serve a two-year term. Republicans currently hold the majority and Ms. Harris’ Democrats are hoping for a turnaround.

In the Senate, 34 seats out of 100 are available, for a six-year term. Republicans hope to overturn the narrow Democratic majority.

538

Welcome to the Electoral College, the indirect system of universal suffrage that governs presidential elections in the United States.

Each state has a different number of electors – calculated by adding the number of its elected representatives in the House, which varies by population, to the number of senators (two per state).

Rural Vermont, for example, has only three electoral votes. The Californian giant, for its part, has 54.

There are 538 total electors spread across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. To take the White House, a candidate must win 270 votes.