2048 Presidential Election (King's World)

The 2048 United States presidential election was the 66th quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2048.

The 2048 Presidential Election was a race to see who would succeed President Kander. The election was remarkably close and deemed a toss up by both news organizations. After a close popular vote and electoral college victory, Lauren Underwood was elected as the 50th President of the United States. Michelle Wu was elected the 53rd Vice President of the United States. Their victory marked the first time in US History, two women would serve as the head of the nation. During her administration all branches were led by women for the first time in history.

Democratic Primary
The Democratic Primary was nonexistent. Vice President Underwood was very popular with the parties voters, having a 95% approval rating. Having no competition allowed her to focus squarely on the general election. After her clean sweep of Super Tuesday. Lauren announced her running mate Massachussetts Senator Michelle Wu.

Michelle Wu had extensive experience that Underwood cited lead to her selection. Wu had served as Boston City Council Member, Mayor of Boston, Governor of Massachussetts and now Senator for Massachussetts. This culminated in over 30 years of political experience.

Republican Primary
The Republican Primary had tons of candidates wanting the nomination. In the end former Governor of Florida Francis Suarez succeeded in winning the primary campaigning on a message of a new Republican party. Suarez's primary message was running on a common sense conservativism that could appeal to everyday Americans. He remarked that if we didn't act now and use this moment, the Democrats would win again. With such a contested primary, he was able to make his way through.

General Election
Former Governor Suarez chose Kentucky Senator Daniel Cameron to be his running mate. The ticket was supposed to represent a new day in the Republican Party. Suarez's campaign message of moderatism began to make massive appeals to voters. It had been 8 years of Democratic control, historically the White House was ripe for flipping. Suarez also campaigned on not making dramatic changes to the social programs that Kander had enacted. Replicating a Bush phrase from the 2000 campaign, Suarez said "I can do everything Kander did but cheaper".

Vice President Underwood during her campaign stops would note that Republicans historically have a bad record on the economy. That when she and President Kander entered office they had a recession induced by Republicans. She also noted that the only reason that the Republican ticket can propose their big economic changes was because President Kander and her worked hard to create a surplus that can handle these tax cuts.

The polling was remarkably close as Latino voters were supporting Suarez by over 50%, which would prove detrimental to key states. The Underwood/Wu campaign made the decision to ceed the south west to Suarez and Cameron. Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Florida and Texas were deemed lost causes if he was netting such a high percentage. The Democrats took their fight to the midwest where Underwood had a Obama like advantage in the region. The campaign also deployed President Kander to rural states where he was fairly popular. It is believed that Kander campaigning in Missouri ensured that Underwood won the state and the increased turnout in Kansas City, Missouri and along the border bled into Kansas, another state Underwood managed to win.

In the end, the Republicans were nearly successful at reclaiming the White House. Republican strategists remarked that Suarez's message had resonated and was a great candidate, but similar to Reagan with Bush, Kander's popularity had endured. The Republican ticket had won Virginia breaking a 40 year streak since 2008.