2028 Presidential Election (A Baker's World)

The 2028 United States presidential election was the 61st quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2028. The Republican Ticket of President Charlie Baker and Vice President Nikki Haley beat the ticket of Former California Governor Gavin Newsom and Texas Senator Julian Castro in a landslide.

Democratic Primary

Many hard hitting Democrats such as California Senator Kamala Harris or Indiana Governor Pete Buttigieg declined to run. Word was that the DNC Chairman was steadily getting nervous over the decline of the best and brightest not to run. But Baker had an over 65% approval rating. His approval rating at his best hit 72% and never really dipped below 50%. Ironically, Democrats and Independents were his strongest supporters. However, Gavin Newsom felt that he could galvanize the Democratic base and cruise to victory. It was a primary but nothing much of it, just individuals like Representative Seth Moulton. Governor Newsom swept the nomination on Super Tuesday in a clean sweep. Knowing he needed to get people of color, he chose Julian Castro.

'''General Election '''

Polling showed that Baker was polling at least 20 points higher than Gavin Newsom. A combination of suburban voters and content Democrats allowed Baker to win. Many analysts chalked this up to his 2018 re-election, where despite a nation wide bluewave he still cruised to re-election. A Analyst on one show said "How do the Democrats expect to beat the guy who almost won the city of Boston?"

Presidential debates only helped Charlie Baker. The economy was doing great and Americans did like the tax cut. The budget was heading towards a surplus. Newsom and Castro tried to say the economy was the result of Democrats. But for content voters, it was hard to get through.

Despite the best efforts, Baker's coalition held together and he beat the ticket in a landslide. However this was not a brusing defeat for Democrats. Dana Bash read the text from a Democratic strategist the moment Baker got re-elected, the message read "They can have 2028, 2032 is for us!".