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Andrew VictorFor President · 2028
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A voter should be able to follow the year without a decoder ring. Firm dates are set by the Constitution or by federal law. Illustrative dates are a working calendar. They are not news, not filings, and not endorsements. When a real date replaces a placeholder, this page changes in public.

Firm date
Set by law. Still not a claim that he is on the ballot.
Illustrative
A placeholder. States, parties, or this campaign still have to set it.
A close view of a paper desk calendar open to a month, with the days of the week across the top.
  1. Illustrative

    Listening tour opens

    First public sessions: town halls, workplaces, campuses, and union halls. What we hear gets published, including the parts we did not hope to hear. The day moves if the tour actually starts on another day.

  2. Illustrative

    Biography, values, and disclosures posted

    The homework a voter can check: who he is, what he believes, and a financial disclosure. This date is a target. The page will name the real day when the documents are up.

  3. Illustrative

    Ballot-access map published

    State-by-state notes on signatures, deadlines, and where volunteer networks need to exist. Research only. Nothing on this site is a filing receipt, and no state is marked as qualified.

  4. Illustrative

    Full platform published

    A dated edition of the platform, written so a person can read it in one sitting. Later changes get a public note. The text on this demonstration site is the working draft, not that finished edition.

  5. Illustrative

    Public pressure-test

    Critics, practitioners, and citizens are invited to tear holes in the proposals. If someone has a better idea, the revision is posted. These two dates bookend the working window.

  6. Illustrative

    Early-state filing window

    States set the real deadlines, and many of them are not published yet. This band is a placeholder for when early contests usually require paperwork. Each official deadline will replace this note. No filing is claimed.

  7. Illustrative

    Early-state contests

    The first caucuses and primaries. Parties and states own the real calendar. We will correct this row when those dates are official, and we will show up where voters actually decide.

  8. Illustrative

    Primary debate window

    Sponsors, sites, and nights are not set here. Whenever a debate is real, the standard is the same: disagree without dehumanizing, and correct the record when we are wrong.

  9. Illustrative

    Super Tuesday window

    March 7, 2028 is a Tuesday, which is the usual shape of that day. It is a placeholder, not a claim that any party has locked the date.

  10. Illustrative

    Convention season

    Major-party conventions usually fall in mid-to-late summer. Host cities and exact weeks are not named here. They will be posted when they are official.

  11. Illustrative

    General-election debate window

    A placeholder for the fall debates. The sponsor, the sites, and the nights are not booked by this page.

  12. Firm date

    Election Day

    The Tuesday after the first Monday in November, set by federal law. The ask that day is plain. This date is not a claim of ballot access.

  13. Firm date

    Inauguration Day

    The constitutional start of a presidential term. It matters only if he wins. A Saturday inauguration is often celebrated in public the following Monday. The legal date stays January 20.

  14. Firm date

    First 100 days ends

    Day 100 if he takes office on January 20, 2029. The scoreboard for that stretch should already be public. This row is calendar math, not a prediction.