2024 U.S Presidential Election (Mercbl)

The 2024 United States presidential election was the 60th quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5 2024. The Democratic ticket of Washington senator Bill Gates and North Carolina governor Roy Cooper defeated the Republican ticket of former president Donald Trump and Missouri senator Josh Hawley. Bill Gates took office as the 47th president and O'Rourke as the 50th Vice President on January 20th, 2025.

At the age of 82, and the oldest president in American history, incumbent President Joe Biden announced in July 2023 that he did not intend to run for re-election. Gates then managed to defeat incumbent Vice President Ashton Carter in the 2024 Democratic Primary while Donald Trump defeated Florida governor Ron DeSantis in the 2024 Republican Primary. The Libertarian Party nominated American attoney Jacob Hornberger and the Green Party nominated trade unionist Howie Hawkins for a second time. Central issues of this election included the Iran War and Donald Trump's claims of fraud regarding the 2020 election.