2024 United States Presidential Election (DrOwl's Timeline)

The 2024 United States Presidential Election was held on November 8, 2020. The Democratic ticket of New York Senator Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ohio Governor Nina Turner defeated the Republican ticket of former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Missouri Senator Josh Hawley.

The primary issues of the campaign were climate change, campaign finance, and increasing income inequality. Ocasio-Cortez became the first female and first latino President.

Background
This election followed the two terms of President Donald Trump. Trump was won of the most controversial Presidents in American history, with many accusations of racism; mysoginy; sexual misconduct; and corruption. President Trump had an approval rating of only 20% at the end of his second term.

Trump was also the third President in history to be impeached in the House of Representatives, after allegations surfaced of asking the President of Ukraine to investigate his opponent in the 2020 Presidential Election.

Primaries
Into the 2024 Democratic Primaries, the likely frontrunner had appeared to be New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Newsom was the favourite of establishment Democrats, and he had formidable fundraising prowess. However, many progressive Democrats disliked Newsom.
 * Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (35), U.S. Senator from New York (Nominee)
 * Andrew Cuomo (57), Governor of New Yorl
 * Joe Kennedy III (44), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
 * Pete Buttigieg (42), Governor of Indiana
 * Stacey Abrams (51), Former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Represenatives

On February 9, 2023; New York Senator Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced her bid for the presidency. Ocasio-Cortez was a champion for progressive policies such as Medicare-For-All and a Green New Deal, having pushed for these ideas throughout her time in Congress.

Into the Iowa Caucus, it was a tight race between Ocasio-Cortez and Cuomo. AOC won a narrow victory in Iowa, and won the New Hampshire and Nevada elections soon after. On Super Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez carried most of the states, however Cuomo came in a close second.

After Super Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez won a strong victory in the Michigan Primary, and Governor Newsom dropped out soon after. AOC accepted the nomination in Detroit, MI, and chose Ohio Governor Nina Turner to be her running mate. The Democratic ticket was the first major party ticket in history with two women, two people of colour, and two women of colour.

Primaries
The Republican Party primaries were won by former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, who had been very popular among Republicans since she was appointed by Trump to the position. She narrowly defeated Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, and, in an effort to restore party unity, named Hawley as her running mate. Haley accepted the nomination in Orlando, FL. Haley was the first female Republican Party presidential nominee in history.
 * Nikki Haley (52), former UN Ambassador (Nominee)
 * Josh Hawley (45), U.S. Senator from Missouri
 * Ron DeSantis (46), Governor of Florida
 * Mike Pompeo (61), Secretary of State
 * Matt Gaetz (42), U.S. Representative from Florida
 * Justin Amash (44), former U.S. Representative from Michigan
 * Chris Christie (62), former Governor of New Jersey

General Election
Throughout the campaign, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had been the expected winner. Despite many claims in the mainstream media about a "socialist" being unelectable, Ocasio-Cortez maintained a strong lead in the polls, mostly in the midwest, where she was very popular with the working class people who had won Trump the 2016 and 2020 elections.

Haley campaigned on Trump's legacy, which many believed was a bad idea, as the President was quite unpopular. Going into election day, Ocasio-Cortez was still expected to win, and did with 359 electoral votes.