2024 United States presidential election (Lloyd's World)

The 2024 United States presidential election was the 60th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 5, 2024.

Incumbent President Joe Biden was eligible to run for re-election, but he declined due to health and age.

In an unexpected result by the media and polls, the Republican ticket of Former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis defeated the Democratic ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Trump won 296 electoral votes and 47% of the popular vote, and Harris won 242 electoral votes and 49% of the popular vote. Trump was the first President since Grover Cleveland to win two terms non-consecutively and Trump was the first Republican to win Nevada since George W. Bush in 2004.

Harris and Trump easily won their parties nominations. The general election focused on the weak economy, immigration, race relations and US-China relations.

President and Vice Presidential Nominee

 * Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States from New York (2017-2021) (President)
 * Ron DeSantis, 46th Governor of Florida (2019-2025) (Vice President)

Other Candidates

 * Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States from Indiana (2017-2021)
 * Nikki Haley, 29th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2017-2018)
 * Larry Hogan, 62nd Governor of Maryland (2015-2023)

President and Vice Presidential Nominee

 * Kamala Harris, 49th Vice President of the United States from California (2021-2025) (President)
 * Pete Buttigieg, 19th United States Secretary of Transportation (2021-2025) (Vice President)

Other Candidates

 * Tulsi Gabbard, former United States Representative from Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District (2013-2021)
 * Marianne Williamson, author

Libertarian Party

 * Larry Sharpe, businessman from New York (President)
 * Spike Cohen, podcaster and businessman from Maryland (Vice President)

Green Party

 * Angela Walker, activist from Wisconsin (President)
 * Dennis Lambert, Documentary flimaker from Ohio (Vice President)

Birthday Party

 * Kanye West, rapper from Illinois
 * Michelle Tidball, preacher from Wyoming

Party Conventions
The 2024 Republican National Convention was held in July of 2024 in Columbus, Ohio.

The 2024 Democratic National Convention was held in August of 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Economy
After the COVID-19 Pandemic destroyed everyday life for everyday Americans for a year, many hoped that when the pandemic ended, the economy would be back on track, however this wasn't the case, as many Americans didn't to go back to work due to unemployment benefits that President Joe Biden didn't do anything about. Also, Gas prices continued to rise throughout Biden's term as president, making many lower-class Americans unable to buy gas.

Donald Trump criticized the Biden-Harris administration on their terrible policy on the economy and jobs.

Kamala Harris tried to betray Trump and the Republicans as the Party that didn't care about poor people or the environment.

Immigration
During the Biden administration, many illegal immigrants came into the country, causing crime to skyrocket in Border states like New Mexico and Arizona.

Immigration was one of the main issues for the Trump campaign, Trump criticized the handling of the Border crisis on the Mexican border and supported deporting all illegal immigrants and building a wall across the southern border.

Harris tried to betray Trump as a "racist" due to his position on Immigration, but Hispanic and Latino voters still trended to the right despite the racist attacks from the left.

Black Lives Matter
Since 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement when back into the mainstream by using the death of George Floyd to riot across major cities in the United States.

In the summer of 2024, a black man in the suburbs in Detroit, Michigan was in a process of stealing from a white family, while a cop came and shot the man three times, killing him. The BLM movement used this as a excuse to riot across the city of Detroit and other major cities.

Trump campaigned on making BLM a terrorist organization and arresting every single BLM "protester" to protect Americans from the dangers of their far left and anti-white ideology.

Harris supported the actions of the BLM movement, calling them "the civil rights movement of our lifetime" and called Donald Trump a "authoritarian racist" for opposing the BLM movement.

Riots
After Donald Trump's win in the 2024 election, many leftists were outraged, causing mass riots in major cities across the country. Many people lives were damaged.

Bombing of Trump Tower
On December 13, 2024, a leftist terrorist went into Trump Tower and bombed the building to the ground, killing thousands of innocent people. Democrats refused to condemn the terrorist and a Democratic Representative called the bombing "a message to Trump that your actions have consequences".

Inauguration
Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second term on January 20th, 2025, at the age of 78. At the inauguration, it was supposed to be a patriotic time for America, but instead war broke out against radical leftists and Trump supporters. The National Guard eventfully came in and started to crack down on the violence. At 2:00pm, when the violence mostly stopped, President Donald Trump said that "this has gotten too far and it is about time to lay down the law!"