United States presidential election, 2024 (Pence's America)

The United States presidential election of 2024, was the 60th quadrennial U.S. presidential election. Governor Gavin Newsom defeated Kanye West. Incumbent President Mike Pence respected his 2020 election pledge not to run for another term in 2024 as a way of paying tribute to former presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson. Instead, the Republican nomination came down between Kanye West and Former Vice President Tom Cotton. Cotton won the state of Iowa. However, with a poor showing on Super Tuesday, he dropped out of the race. Eventually, the remaining Republican challengers did the same making West the clear victor of the nomination. Similar to Trump in 2016, West had a problem appealing the establishment side of the Republican party. So, he chose three term Texas Governor Gregg Abbott as his nominee. Meanwhile, California Governor Gavin Newsom, the Democratic nominee was gaining traction as a progressive candidate who campaigned on fixing injustices in the African American community. His strong economic message resonated with voters, while Kanye failed to energize his base of voters. The Republicans also suffered from party fatigue that election. With the Democratic voters more enthused than ever, Newsom was able to win the election by a huge margin. This was the first time since the 90s that the Democrats nominated a Governor for the presidency, and the first time in history that an African American obtained the Republican nomination. This is the last election to date where neither an incumbent president nor vice president ran as major party nominees.