2044 Presidential Election (King's World)

The 2044 United States presidential election was the 65th quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2044. President Kander and Vice President Underwood were very popular especially as they governed and ran on a populist campaign. Their middle class first policies were very appealing to voters.

In particular, demographic shifts had begun to shake the electoral map. States that haven't been competitive in nearly a century were now on the map. With Kander's high approvals it was enough to finally push some of these states. In combination as Democrats have had a lock on suburbs, plus Kander was able to keep the margins down in rural areas which allowed him to flip states like Utah and Idaho.

Many Republicans were scared to take on Kander, seeing his high approvals they were sure he would get re-elected in a landslide. However, Senator Cawthorn viewed this as a challenge and ran for President. The race was never particularly close, Kander never lost his lead in the polls. Hoping to appeal to voters of color and provide a boost to his candidacy, Cawthorn chose Candance Owens. But Owens provided no appeal to voters of color.

On November 8th at around 11:00, the media projected Kander had been re-elected. However, Cawthorn announced he would run again in 4 years. But pundits question his formidability against a Vice President Underwood.