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| 2028 United States Presidential Election | ||||
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| November 7, 2028 | ||||
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| Nominee | Kamala Harris | JD Vance | ||
| Party | Democratic | Republican | ||
| Home state | California | Ohio | ||
| Running mate | Pete Buttigieg | Dan Crenshaw | ||
The 2028 United States Presidential Election was the 61st quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2028. The Democratic nominee was Kamala Harris, the former Vice President following her defeat to 45th and 47th President, Donald Trump. Harris picked her running mate as Pete Buttigieg, former Secretary of Transportation. J.D. Vance, incumbent Vice President, ran with Dan Crenshaw, a US Representative from Texas.
Nominations[]
Democratic Party[]
| Democratic Party ticket, 2028 | |
| Kamala Harris | Pete Buttigieg |
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| for President | for Vice President |
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| Vice President
of the United States (2021-2025) |
Secretary of Transportation
of the United States (2021-2025) |
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"Our best days still lie ahead" | |
Republican Party[]
| Republican Party ticket, 2028 | |
| JD Vance | Dan Crenshaw |
|---|---|
| for President | for Vice President |
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| 29th United States
Ambassador to the United Nations (2017-2018) |
United States
Representative from TX-02 (2019-2031) |
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"Return to Normalcy!" | |
Democratic Primaries[]
Like 2024, almost no Democrats ran. The only major campaign was that of Kamala Harris, the former Vice President. Secretary of Defense Dean Phillips did lead a mostly far left campain as an attempt to push away from the chaos of the 2016-2024 elections. His attempt was ultimately unsuccessful as he polled as low as 4% in a national poll.
Candidates
- Kamala Harris, President of the United States (2027-2033), Vice President of the United States (2021-2027), U.S. Senator from California (2017-2019) (Nominee)
- Dean Phillips, U.S. Representative from Minnesota (2019-2022), U.S. Secretary of Defense (2025-2028)
Republican Primaries[]
JD Vance, the eventual nominee, had been second in the 2024 Republican primaries and polls behind Ted Cruz. However, when Cruz declined to run in 2028, Vance became the front runner. Mike Pence also did not run again.
Other major and semi-major campaigns were those of Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State, Greg Abbott, former Governor of Texas, Charlie Baker, former Governor of Massachusetts, businessman, and son of former and incumbent President Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Senator from Nebraska Ben Sasse, and Kanye West, Governor of Wyoming. Many campaigns were not successful, but Abbott's strong campaign was almost able to get the nomination.
Candidates
- JD Vance, U.S. Senator from Ohio (2023-2029), Vice President of the United States (2025-2029) (Nominee)
- Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas (2015-2023)
- Mike Pompeo, United States Secretary of State (2018-2021), Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2017-2018)
- Charlie Baker, Governor of Massachusetts (2015-2023)
- Kanye West, Governor of Wyoming (2027-2035)
- Donald Trump Jr., businessman, eldest son of former and incumbent President Donald Trump
- Ben Sasse, U.S. Senator from Nebraska (2015-2033)
- Bacon Valdez Jr, random person from Texas
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE[]
- Julian J. Smith, Futurist Youngest African American in US history to run for President (2028-2032) (Formerly ran as Independent SPECIAL ELECTION; CONGRESS 2023) Running for Governor of RI 2026.
Debates[]
1st Presidential Debate:[]
The First President Debate happened on July 7th, 2028 in Richmond, Virginia between Democratic Candidate and Current President Kamala Harris and Republican Candidate JD Vance. President Vance was heavily criticized for her handling of the Invasion of Taiwan, her cutting of spending to NASA, FBI, CIA, and UPS, and her support with banning TikTok. JD Vance was heavily criticized for being against supporting Ukraine, increasing taxes for businesses, backing up anti-climate change groups, and her support for Abortion Bans. A TMZ Poll later revealed that 57% of watchers thought Harris had won while 43% of watchers thought Vance had won.
Seconds after the debate, Donald Trump was shot dead and was killed instantly.
Vice Presidential Debate[]
2nd Presidential Debate[]
3rd Presidential Debate[]
Results[]
The popularity of both Harris and Vance created the closest election since 2000. Harris managed to flip Arizona back to blue, which it had done in 2020. Like North Carolina and Georgia, Arizona was traditionally a Republican-voting state. Had Vance won Arizona and a state with 4 electoral votes or more, he would have won the election.
Vance conceded the election results at 5 PM EST on November 5, following Harris's win. Harris gave her acceptance speech hours later, at 8 PM. Harris won the election and was inaugurated January 20, 2029.
In a similar fashion to Mitt Romney in 2012, Vance expressed that he was disappointed he did not win the election, feeling that it was "certainly winnable". He took a break from all politics, but began to gain back popularity after being appointed Secretary of State in the Cabinet of Larry Hogan and eventually appointed Vice President by Marco Rubio following the 2040 election and Ted Cruz's subsequent assassination. Vance ran again in 2048 and won the presidency.
JD Vance would actually win the Popular Vote, with 47% of the vote, compared to Kamala Harris with 45% of the vote. 8% of people would also end of voting for 3rd Party, becoming the largest number of 3rd Party voters in years.