2024 United States Presidential election (America’s future)

the 2024 united states presidential election was the 60th quadrennial presidential election and took placd on tuesday, november 5 2024 The incumbent Democratic ticket of president Joe Biden and the vice president from California Kamala Harris was defeated by the republican ticket of former president trump and representative from florida matt gaetz. the election took place as the 2022 reccesion was going on. caused by a rise in prices, various crisises, and low investment rates. it was the first election since 1892 in which a former president that was not the incumbent one won back the presidency and it had the highest turnout ever

trump secured the republican nomination easily and his only serious opponent was liz cheney, liz cheney at first said she did not want to run but after trump won iowa and new hampshire almost unchallenged she joined the primary. she got close to winning in various midwestern and western states but she only won colorado and south dakota. trump chose matt gaetz as his running mate. bidens only challenger was tulsi gabbard. she had support among the proggresive movement and it was a tight race, in the end biden won the nomination barely. central issues included the 2022 recession, the infanstructure bill, the debt crisis, and the expanding influence of china. in this election trump won in the biggest gop landslide since 1992. biden conceded on november 5 and trump gave his victory speech on janaury 8.

background

Article Two of the United States Constitution states that for a person to serve as president, the individual must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, be at least 35 years old, and have been a United States resident for at least 14 years. Candidates for the presidency typically seek the nomination of one of the various political parties of the United States. Each party develops a method (such as a primary election) to choose the candidate the party deems best suited to run for the position. The primary elections are usually indirect elections where voters cast ballots for a slate of party delegates pledged to a particular candidate. The party's delegates then officially nominate a candidate to run on the party's behalf. The presidential nominee typically chooses a vice presidential running mate to form that party's ticket, which is then ratified by the delegates at the party's convention (except for the Libertarian Party, which nominates its vice-presidential candidate by delegate vote regardless of the presidential nominee's preference). The general election in November is also an indirect election, in which voters cast ballots for a slate of members of the Electoral College; these electors then directly elect the president and vice president.[49] If no candidate receives the minimum 270 electoral votes needed to win the election, the United States House of Representatives will select the president from the three candidates who received the most electoral votes, and the United States Senate will select the vice president from the candidates who received the two highest totals. The presidential election occurred simultaneously alongside elections for the House of Representatives, Senate, and various state and local-level elections. On December 14, 2024, pledged electors for each candidate, known collectively as the United States Electoral College, gathered in their states' capitols to cast their official votes. Pursuant to the processes laid out by the Electoral Count Act of 1887, certificates of ascertainment listing the names of the electors and separate certificates recording their votes are distributed to various officials across the branches of government.[62][63][64] The newly elected Congress, with the Vice President in his role as Senate President presiding, met in joint session to formally open the certificates and count the votes, which began on January 6, 2025, and was finished the same day.

republican convention

the republican convention took place from june 29-july 2 in austin,texas

democratic convention

the democratic convention took place from august 11-august 14 in grand rapids, michigan

issues unique to the election

gabbardgate

the gabbard campaign tried to spy on the biden campaign to gain information in order to win the nomination. when ever gabbard dropped out gabbards campaign manager gave the info to the trump campaign. this boosted biden in the polls for a little bit but he quickly dropped back down. gabbard denies ever knowing about it

effects of the 2022 recession

also known as the christmas recession as it started around christmas 2021 it was the worst period of economic downturn since the great deppresion. wages declined, prices rose, and small buisnesses where closing everyday. biden signed a bipartisan tax decrease and a stimulus check. at first it seemed to work but people stocked up on various items and as a shelves were empty and companies were forced to raise prices once more. most americans blamed the president joe biden and the republicans swept the midterms in 2022. winning both houses. the number of small buisnesses and unemployment didnt recover to pre 2022 levels until 2036. this was the defining event of biden's presidency. the 2022 recession lasted from december, 2021 until may 2025. economist's say that if covid never happened the recession would not have happened.

Photo of a grocery isle in April 2023 during the 2022 recession

economy

biden argued that his economic policies were helping america regrow before the recession and that the recession was caused by trumps economic policy which biden referred to as "billionomics" as trump was a billionare and, according to biden "because he's rich and does not see what the average person wants" biden refuted against donald trump's claim saying that there is little evidence that his claims are true.

trump argued that biden created the 2022 recession through his build back better plan. trump argued that due to the higher coporate taxes companies with already rising prices had to raise them more, trump also blamed bidens higher gas tax. trump refuted against bidens claims saying that the economy was great under his administration.

enviroment

biden argued that he was the most sucessful president at investing in green energy and that trump did not beleive in climate change.

trump argued that nuclear was the way to go and that the usa's emissions had not declined under biden where as under him (trump) emissions declined alot