2024 Presidential Election (Wazzupguys)

The 2024 United States Presidential Election was the 60th quadrennial Presidential Election held on Tuesday, November 5. The Republican ticket of rapper Kanye West and Texas senator Ted Cruz defeated the Democratic ticket of vice president Kamala Harris and New York representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. This was the first election in which fifty one states participated, marking the first participation of Puerto Rico.

Went secured the Republican nomination over his closest rival, Former Governor Charlie Baker, in a competitive primary that featured the largest field of candidates for any political party since the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. West's running mate, Senator Ted Cruz from Texas, became the first Hispanic vice presidential nominee on a major party ticket, alondside Harris's running mate, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. Howard Stern secured the Libertarian nomination with Adam Kokesh as his running mate and Jesse Ventura secured the Green nomination with Former President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Matt Gonzalez as his running mate. Central issues of the election included the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fall of Kabul, Hurricane Ida, the influence and power of mainstream/social media outlets on public opinion and the growing presence of Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and South Africa within the international community.

The election saw the highest voter turnout by percentage since 1888, with West receiving more than 100 million votes, surpassing Joe Biden's record of 81.2 million votes from the previous election. West received more than 105 million votes, the most votes ever cast for a candidate in a U.S. presidential election. With 65.2% of the popular vote, West won the largest share of the popular vote of any candidate since the election of 1972.

Kanye West went to become the 1st Republican presidential candidate to win the states of New Hampshire, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico since George W. Bush, the 1st to win the states of Maine, New Jersey, Illinois and California since George H. W. Bush, the 1st to win the states of New York and Hawaii since Ronald Reagan, the 1st to win the state of Minnesota since Richard Nixon and the 1st to win the state of Puerto Rico.

West's landslide victory coincided with the defeat of many progresive Democratic Congressmen.

While Harris conceded to West on Election Eve. Ocasio-Cortez and numerous Democrats attempted to subvert the election and overturn the results, falsely alleging widespread voter supression and trying to trigger voting recounts in swing states and democratic strondholds. Attorney General Merrick Garland and officials in each of the 51 states found no evidence of widespread supression or irregularities in the election. West and Cruz were inaugurated on January 20, 2025.

Close states
States where the margin of victory was under 1% (68 electoral votes; 58 won by West, 10 by Harris): States where the margin of victory was between 1% and 5% (125 electoral votes; 97 won by West, 28 by Harris): States where the margin of victory was between 5% and 10% (108 electoral votes; 88 won by West, 20 by Harris):
 * 1)  New York, 0.14% (? votes) – 27 electoral votes 
 * 2)  Maine, 0.30% (? votes) – 4 electoral votes 
 * 3)  New Hampshire, 0.34% (? votes) – 4 electoral votes 
 * 4)  Illinois, 0.62% (? votes) – 19 electoral votes 
 * 5)  Delaware, 0.75% (? votes) – 3 electoral votes 
 * 6)  Connecticut, 0.82% (? votes) – 7 electoral votes 
 * 7)  Hawaii, 0.92% (? votes) – 4 electoral votes  - (Margin over Jesse Ventura)
 * 1)  New Jersey, 1.05% (? votes) – 14 electoral votes  - (Margin over Jesse Ventura)
 * 2)  Maryland, 1.17% (? votes) – 10 electoral votes 
 * 3)  California, 1.40% (? votes) – 53 electoral votes 
 * 4)  Rhode Island, 1.56% (? votes) – 4 electoral votes 
 * 5)  Vermont, 2.37% (? votes) – 3 electoral votes 
 * 6)  Colorado, 2.69% (? votes) – 10 electoral votes 
 * 7)  New Mexico, 3.34% (? votes) – 5 electoral votes 
 * 8)  Massachusetts, 4.11% (? votes) – 11 electoral votes 
 * 9)  Michigan, 4.87% (? votes) – 15 electoral votes  - (Margin over Jesse Ventura)
 * 1)  Puerto Rico, 5.35% (? votes) – 6 electoral votes 
 * 2)  Florida, 5.87% (? votes) – 30 electoral votes 
 * 3)  Pennsylvania, 6.13% (? votes) – 19 electoral votes 
 * 4)  Nevada, 6.80% (? votes) – 6 electoral votes 
 * 5)  Arizona, 7.24% (? votes) – 11 electoral votes 
 * 6)  Oregon, 7.72% (? votes) – 8 electoral votes 
 * 7)  Washington, 8.22% (? votes) – 12 electoral votes 
 * 8)  Georgia, 9.60% (? votes) – 16 electoral votes