The 2024 United States Presidential Election was the 60th quadrennial United States Presidential Election. The ballots closed on November 5th, 2024. The Democratic nominee was the incumbent President, former Vice President, and former Delaware Senator Joe Biden. The Republican candidate was former President Donald Trump. The election took place during the second Tea Party Movement. This election was the first since 1956 to have the two party major candidates face off in two straight elections. Donald Trump became the first President since Grover Cleveland to serve two non-consecutive terms.
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Trump secured the Republican nomination with limited competition. Dave Smith secured the Liberatarian nomination with Daniel Behrman as his running mate, and Howie Hawkins secured the Green nomination with Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry as his running mate. Central issues of the election included the civil unrest due to the rise of taxes, the rise of Islamic Terrorism, the investigation of the 2024 Russian Election, and the Spring Recession.
In this election, mail in ballots were abolished, meaning the turnout drastically went down. The election was called in the early morning of November 6th, 2024.
Joe Biden officially conceded the election on November 6th, 2024. Many Biden supporters protested and or rioted after the results of the election. Kamala Harris lead an investigation on Russian colusion in the election, with no result. On December 4th, ANTIFA members lead an assualt on Portland, Oregon in protest to the results. The Takeover of Portland cause millions of dollars in damage, and caused stronger military influence within the borders of the United States. After 2 days, the Oregon National Guard took down the ANTIFA rule in the city.
The votes were officially counted on January 6th, 2025, the 4th anniversary of the Capitol Insurrection. Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo were officially inaugurated on January 20th, 2025.
Background[]
Procedure[]
Article Two of the United States Constitution states that for a person to serve as president, the individual must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, be at least 35 years old, and have been a United States resident for at least 14 years. Candidates for the presidency typically seek the nomination of one of the various political parties of the United States. Each party develops a method (such as a primary election) to choose the candidate the party deems best suited to run for the position. The primary elections are usually indirect elections where voters cast ballots for a slate of party delegates pledged to a particular candidate. The party's delegates then officially nominate a candidate to run on the party's behalf. The presidential nominee typically chooses a vice presidential running mate to form that party's ticket, which is then ratified by the delegates at the party's convention (with the exception of the Libertarian Party, which nominates its vice-presidential candidate by delegate vote regardless of the presidential nominee's preference). The general election in November is also an indirect election, in which voters cast ballots for a slate of members of the Electoral College; these electors then directly elect the president and vice president. If no candidate receives the minimum 270 electoral votes needed to win the election, the United States House of Representatives will select the president from the three candidates who received the most electoral votes, and the United States Senate will select the vice president from the candidates who received the two highest totals. The presidential election occurred simultaneously alongside elections for the House of Representatives, Senate, and various state and local-level elections.
On December 17th 2024, pledged electors for each candidate, known collectively as the United States Electoral College, gathered in their states' capitols to cast their official votes. Pursuant to the processes laid out by the Electoral Count Act of 1887, certificates of ascertainment listing the names of the electors and separate certificates recording their votes are distributed to various officials across the branches of government. The newly elected Congress, with the Vice President in his role as Senate President presiding, met in joint session to formally open the certificates and count the votes, which began on January 6, 2025.
Simultaneous elections[]
The presidential election occurred simultaneously with elections to the Senate and the House of Representatives. Gubernatorial and legislative elections were also held in several states.
Nominations[]
Republican Party[]
Donald Trump was nomitated as a Republican for his 3rd straight election, the first ever Republican to do so and first major party vandidate to do so since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940.
| 2020 Republican Party ticket | |
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| Donald Trump | Mike Pompeo |
| for President | for Vice President |
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| 45th
President of the United States (2017–2021) |
48th
United States Secretary of State (2018–2021) |
Democratic Party[]
Joe Biden became the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party on June 5, 2020, when he secured enough delegates to ensure his nomination at the national convention. He was formally nominated at the convention on August 18.
| 2020 Democratic Party ticket | |
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| Joe Biden | Kamala Harris |
| for President | for Vice President |
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| 46th
President of the United States (2021-2025) |
49th
Vice President of the United States (2021-2025) |
Libertarian Party[]
Jo Jorgensen, who was the running mate of author Harry Browne in 1996, received the Libertarian nomination at the national convention on May 23, 2020. She achieved ballot access in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
| 2020 Libertarian Party ticket | |
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| Dave Smith | Daniel Behrman |
| for President | for Vice President |
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| Comedian and Podcaster | Software Engineer, Internet Personality |