United States Presidential Election, 2032 (Fester96)

"Okay, this was epic!"

- Ben after his victory royale

The United States presidential election of 2032 was the 62nd quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 2032. The Republican ticket of Ben Shapiro and Steven Crowder defeated the Democratic ticket of incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Defense Tammy Baldwin.

As the incumbent vice president, Harris secured the Democratic nomination with no serious opposition. The Republicans experienced a relatively competitive primary. Shapiro was consistently ahead in the polls and won the support of many party leaders, but he faced a challenge from the establishment candidate Tom Cotton. Steven Crowder ran but quickly withdrew to become Shapiro’s Vice Presidential pick. Shapiro clinched his party's nomination in May, defeating Tom Cotton.

Shapiro ran on a platform of ”taking America back to the Reagan days”; and due to his personal popularity preceding the election by a number of years he narrowly won by 12 electoral votes.

Results
It was a relatively close race; most polls showed Warren and Shapiro within a few percentage points of each other; although Shapiro was consistently in the lead. The end result was 275 electoral votes to Shapiro and 263 to Warren; thus making Ben Shapiro the President Elect of the United States. President Shapiro’s first term would be relatively successful and he would go on to win re-election with a larger majority.

Shapiro won the election but lost his home state, only the fifth person to do so. He’d lose California again in 2036. He lost his senate seat state of Nevada too, but he’d win that in 2036.

Republican Primaries
The Republican nomination was contested by 3 candidates. Shapiro was consistently in the lead and asked fellow competitor Steven Crowder to be his Vice Presidential nominee, and he accepted. Tom Cotton withdrew on the 2nd of May.

Democratic Primaries
Kamala Harris was the incumbent Vice President and was nominated with no significant challenge.