United States presidential election, 2060 (DeSantis, Omar)

The 2060 United States presidential election took place on Tuesday, November 1, 2060. It will be the 69th quadrennial presidential election. Voters selected presidential electors who voted on December 14, 2060,[2] to select a new president and vice president. The election will occur simultaneously alongside elections for the House of Representatives, Senate, and various state and local-level elections.

Slightly more than a year into his second term, scandals about President Jason Smith‘s efforts to manipulate the 2056 election came out, with a whistleblower exposing a phone call of a corrupt between Smith and the head of the Electorate Commission John Davis Hudson. As the Democratic and National Change party candidates together held the majority in both the Senate and House of Representatives, Smith’s impeachment became unstoppable. Jason Smith resigned the presidency on March 21st, 1958, after getting impeached by the House of Representatives, but before getting officially removed from office by the Senate.

Vice President Ron DeSantis was sworn into office as the 52nd President. He picked former Ohio Governor Anthony Gonzales as his Vice President. During DeSantis‘ presidency, America was still recovering from the Panic of 1953. Although DeSantis had great achievements in foreign policy, the economy was sluggish and his party became unpopular due to the Smith scandals. Despite this, Ron DeSantis and Anthony Gonzales easily got the Republican nomination with no serious competition.

On the trials of the Smith scandals, Democratic and National Change candidates voted in unison. As both parties were left-leaning an informal coalition was soon formed by them in congress opposing the DeSantis administration. Progressive Minnesota Senator Ilham Omar was the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination. To avoid receiving the split progressive vote as in 2060, she adopted many policies of the National Change Party such as Electoral College Reform and Universal University Education. Despite facing a challenge from New York Senator Max Rose, Omar got the nomination on April 23rd becoming the first Muslim nominated for President by any political party.

The National Change Party was holding its own primary, when to their surprise, Demoсratic Nominee Ilham Omar picked National Change Party leader and Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel as her running mate, in order to unite the two parties. The National Change Party in exchange endorsed Omar for President.

The election was looking close. President Ron DeSantis highlighted his administration‘s record on foreign policy and tried to distance himself from Smith’s corruption scandals, while Omar ran a diversity “Change” campaign and emphasized the weak economy. At first, Omar was ahead polling at 49%, while DeSantis was polling at 44%. However, DeSantis quickly caught up and by October he was polling at 48% while Omar was polling at 47%. A week before the election, the polls were showing a tie with both candidates polling at 48%.

Ilham Omar won becoming the 53rd President of the United States. She received 301 electoral votes and 48.4% of the popular vote. DeSantis finished second receiving 237 electoral votes and 48.1% of the popular vote. Omar became the first Muslim person to become President of the United States. This was the closest popular vote election since 2020, and the first time a Democrat won the state of Wisconsin since 2012.