2024 Presidential Election (Wither)

The 2024 United States Presidential Election was the 60th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, incumbent President and Vice President, won reelection as nominee of the Democratic Party. Former president Donald Trump ran for a second, nonconsecutive term after his defeat to Biden in the 2020 election. Mad at Mike Pence announcing Joe Biden as President following the January 6, 2021 capitol attack, Trump chose Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton as his running mate. While few thought Trump would win, Biden won the election easily.

Democratic Primaries
For a few months after Biden's presidency started, and even well before it did, people doubted Biden would run for a second term due to advanced age; many people put their eyes on Kamala Harris as the 2024 Democratic nominee. In March 2021, two months into Biden's presidency, Biden announced he planned to run for President in 2024 as well. While some people still were unsure of his campaign, Biden officially announced his run on May 3, 2023.

The only other major campaign was that of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Congresswoman. For much of her campaign she was only 34, but turned 35 one month before the election, the age needed to become President. Ocasio-Cortez picked up support from the further left/progressive side of the Democratic party, but dropped out early on, as it was clear Biden would become nominee. She endorsed Biden, who achieved the nomination in August 2024.

Candidates


 * Joe Biden, President of the United States (2021-2027), Vice President of the United States (2009-2017), U.S. Senator from Delaware (1973-2009) (Nominee)
 * Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. Senator from New York (2023-2035), U.S. Representative from NY-14 (2019-2023)

Republican Primaries
Unlike the Democratic side, the Republican side of the election primaries had many candidates including Texas Senator Ted Cruz, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and businessman Mike Lindell. However, when former President and Republican favorite Donald Trump announced a run for a second, non-consecutive term in July 2023, after toying with the idea for years, Trump became the front runner.

Cruz, Rubio, Scott, Cotton, and Lindell dropped out to endorse Trump, and DeSantis did later on. Haley, who had been the second place candidate, eventually dropped out knowing it would be difficult for her to obtain the nomination. Hogan did not receive as much attention due to being a moderate Republican, and the main two people were Trump and Pence- who previously served as President and Vice President respectively with each other. However, as many Republicans were angered at Pence for certifying Biden the winner of the 2020 election following the January 6 Capitol Riot, Trump managed to defeat him and win the Convention, and picked Tom Cotton for his running mate.

Candidates


 * Donald Trump, President of the United States (2017-2021) (Nominee)
 * Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States (2017-2021), Governor of Indiana (2013-2017), U.S. Representative from IN-06 (2001-2013)
 * Larry Hogan, Governor of Maryland (2015-2023)
 * Nikki Haley, United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2017-2018), Governor of South Carolina (2011-2017)
 * Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida (2019-2027), U.S. Representative from FL-06 (2013-2018)
 * Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator from Texas (2013-2037)
 * Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator from Florida (2011-2035)
 * Tom Cotton, U.S. Senator from Arkansas (2015-2027)
 * Rick Scott, U.S. Senator from Florida (2011-2029), Governor of Florida (2011-2019)
 * Mike Lindell, businessman and CEO of My Pillow

1st Presidential Debate
The first presidential debate was held at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine.

Results
The electoral college results were nearly identical to those of 2020, but North Carolina going for Biden gave him 16 electoral votes, and beat Trump in a semi-landslide. Biden gained eight and a half million more popular vote than Trump did. Trump, similar to 2020 claimed electoral fraud and did not concede the election results to Biden, however he lost popularity still. A major issue of Trump's campaign was that he had been banned from platforms such as Twitter and YouTube, hurting his campaign.

Following Trump's devastating loss, running mate Tom Cotton also became increasingly unpopular- and he lost in the next Arkansas Senate election. Biden was sworn in for his second term on January 20, 2025, however his second term only lasted until April 2027 when he resigned due to old age and health, making Kamala Harris, his Vice President, the 47th President of the United States.