2024 U.S. Presidential Election (Fall of the World)

The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election was the 60th quadrennial presidential election, held on Friday, November 8th, 2024. The National Alliance ticket of Susan Collins and Joseph Manchin defeated both the Republican Ticket of Rick Scott and Elizabeth Cheney, as well as the incumbent president Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, in what was considered the largest upset victory in American History, as well as becoming the first election since 1964 for a third party to win any state, and the first election since 1848 when Zachary Taylor was elected to be won by a candidate from a party other than the Democrats or Republicans. Collins and Manchin were sworn into office on January 30th, 2025. It was the third and most recent time in U.S. History where the twelfth amendment had to be used to elect a president, as no candidate got a 270-vote majority. It was also the sixth and most recent time where the winning candidate lost the popular vote, and the second and most recent time that the winning candidate got less electoral votes than their competition.
The Democratic Party was deeply unpopular by this time in the election, with backlash to radical leftism rising and Biden being blamed for inflation, mismanagement of government funds, but most importantly, he was blamed for the Alliance Powers losing the ongoing third world war to China and Russia. Both Scott and Collins pressed that the "time was now" to vote Biden out of office, otherwise, there might not even be an America left. Needless to say, their message stuck, as only three states (California, Illinois, and Colorado) voted for Biden, as well as D.C. 
All of New England and most of the Northeast (With the exception of New York, which voted for Scott because of his harsh stance on Albanian Immigrants) voted for Collins, because of her proximity to them as a Mainard as well as her more liberal stance than Scott, which attracted many non-radical Democrats. In the Rust Belt, Collins also won most of this area besides Indiana and Illinois, which went for Scott and Biden respectively. The Southern U.S. States, a belt stretching from Arizona to Maryland, all went for Rick Scott, except for Oklahoma which went for Collins. The Great Plains and the Great West were also widely won by Collins. On the west coast, Biden won California, Scott won Washington, Hawaii, and Alaska, and Collins won Oregon. 
Even though Scott won the Popular Vote as well as the Electoral Vote, no candidate received 270 Electoral Votes, therefore, the election went to a contingent Election in the House of Representatives, where each state received a single vote to choose the next president. In the contingent election, 26 States (All the states that went for Collins, as well as Colorado that flipped) voted for Collins to become president, while the Senate voted for Manchin to be Vice President.
== Nominations ==
=== Democratic Nomination ===
In an event that was almost unheard of, the Incumbent President faced serious opposition in even winning his own primary election. Joe Biden faced opposition from many candidates, such as Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia, Caroline Kennedy, daughter of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, and Georgia Governor Stacey Abrams. None of these candidates had a campaign close as strong though, as New York Senator Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who was elected to the New York Senate in 2022, narrowly beating Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. 
Joe Biden struggled to stay in the lead during the primary, with Democrats and Republicans alike criticizing his leadership during the war and blamed him for the loss of the Alliance Powers in almost every area of the war. Ocasio-Cortez claimed that if Joe Biden wasn't president, there wouldn't be hordes of immigrants taking refuge on every area of the coast. Politicians from Washington, Hawaii, and New York were especially critical of Biden, as Koreans and Albanians mainly settled in these areas. Even members of Biden's Cabinet began to resign as the election loomed closer. His approval rating was now below 50% in 48 of the 50 states (Around 50-55% in California and Vermont). 
* After North Korea successfully invaded South Korea, millions of Korean Refugees flooded the American West, particularly in the states of Washington and Hawai'i. Already in Hawai'i, around 40% of the population were Korean Refugees, a little under a million. In Washington State around 6% of the population was Korean Refugees, about half a million. There were also significant numbers in other states such as Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada. More than two million South Koreans fled to the U.S, and more were still coming under Joe Biden's "open doors" policy for Korean Refugees.
* In the Midwest, around three hundred thousand Ukrainians settled around the Mississippi River in states such as Indiana and Kentucky. They were fleeing Russian oppression as well as forced military conscription. Many were relatives of Ukranian Soldiers that were Russian enemies. 
* Fleeing from the Albanian Genocide, about a quarter of all of Albania had fled to the U.S. after Italy had made a quota on immigrants. Another Quarter sought refuge in Italy, while the other half were stuck in Serbia or killed. This resulted in a little more than a million Albanians residing in the Northeast around New York City, and the number kept growing. Southern Slavs such as Bosniaks, Croats, Slovenes, and Macedonians were also fleeing to these Areas. The number of undocumented immigrants in the Northeast was also more than two million. 
* Sanctions on the Latin American countries of Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, and Nicaragua caused the Southern Border to be flooded with fleeing Hispanics.
* Finally, after Ethiopia poisoned the Nile River, many Egyptian Arabs had fled to Israel. However, as the Middle Eastern Front was being lost, and Israel was becoming unsafe, Egyptians slowly started to immigrate to America near the Gulf of Mexico. 
* All in all, around 5.6% of America's population were undocumented immigrants, more than twenty million people, the largest groups being Koreans, Albanians, and Hispanics.
AOC and Biden emerged as the two frontrunners. AOC did best in highly liberal states that were influenced by the far-left Social Justice Movement, mainly in the West and East coasts, as well as in areas suffering from Biden's immigration policies. In the end, Biden just barely clenched more than 50% of the delegates to secure the nomination. Fuming, AOC decided to run for her ticket as a third party candidate. Biden had become the Democratic Nominee.
AOC formed a New "Progressive Party" after she lost, which got a lot of support in areas like California, Oregon, and Massachusetts. However, she did not win any states. This did fracture the Congress and cause the Republicans to have a lot more power than they normally would. 
Joe Biden was seen as incompetent in debates, with even his own cabinet members (Buttigeg) attacking him for mismanagement. AOC claimed that "America has done nothing in this war but bomb brown people for oil under Biden's rule" and claimed that she would pull the U.S. out of the war if she were elected. AOC also said that she would cut the U.S. defense budget in half and use the money to help all of the incoming immigrants. These positions were widely scrutinized by the right, but helped her win the votes of many leftist voters who were dissatisfied with Biden's inaction. To many, the war was Biden's fault.
"Dear America, we are still winning the war against the terrible regimes of Putin and his band of radicals. Europe and the Americas are still safe, and the Liberation Army is running out of supplies as we speak. Now, if you vote for Scott or Collins or any of those politicians who are trying to run against me, I promise you, they will send Americans to die in war for nothing. I promise to continue the strong American campaign in this war until we beat the new axis powers that are trying to disrupt our world order."
-President Joe BidenAs the American public heard Biden's speech, talking about recent Alliance victories in Syria and Poland, they were not impressed, knowing what was happening in the rest of the world. He also did not address the large amounts of migrants in Washington, Hawaii, and the Northeast. Voters in these states were disgusted and disapproved of him even more. Only in two states (California and Vermont) was Biden's approval rating over 50%. Minority Voters threw their support en masse behind Susan Collins, who was seen as an end to all the troubles the Biden Administration had brought to America without the slightly xenophobic tendencies of Rick Scott's campaign.
=== Republican Primaries ===
During the years of Biden's presidency, the Republican Party was severely divided internally, with about half of its members still supporting the Trumpist cult-like organization, which embraced far-right beliefs and had the ability to make a huge turnout during the election. Politicians like Ron DeSantis, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Elise Stefanik were among the ones who were in this group. The other group was a collection of individuals who wanted the Trumpists to leave, claiming they were a poison to America. The "New-Age" Republicans painted themselves as politicians who wanted to take the country into the future- just with conservative ideals instead of Liberal ones. 
Around 2024, the New Age Republicans were still fighting amongst themselves about who would lead, but the Trumpists were clear about nominating President Donald Trump for a second non-consecutive term. The New Agers said that since Biden was such an unpopular candidate, turnout wouldn't be an issue, and so they wouldn't need another trump. Eventually though, the New Agers had a candidate they endorsed- Senator Rick Scott from Florida. Scott ran on a platform of getting rid of the millions of undocumented migrants, launching America's industry and revolutionizing the economy, and putting America back into the war. These opinions were in contrast to the isolationist ones of the Trumpists, who wanted the immigrants out but wanted to stay out of the war. Rick Scott received endorsements from many- such as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, fellow Senator Marco Rubio, Elon Musk, President of Antarctica, Moderates like Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, and even some Democrats like Joe Manchin. 
Unfortunately, the former president Donald Trump suffered a Heart Attack in his mansion in Mar A Lago, on November 18th, 2023. He died the next day. While his death was mourned throughout the country, it created a power vacuum in the far-right sector of the Republican Party. Ron DeSantis attempted to take his place, but this was not well received, and he got minimal support. As many far-right candidates threw their support behind Scott, it began to cause divisions within Scott's wing of the Republican Party, which had just unified the party together. Moderates began to look for new candidates to run for president while Scott appealed to former Trumpists, embracing more far-right policies to try to win over Trump Voters. It looked like Scott was all but guaranteed to be the next President.
On December 12th, 2023, Susan Collins, Republican Senator from Maine, who had previously endorsed Scott, announced her intentions to run for President against Scott on the Republican Ticket, rescinding her endorsement, running as a Moderate who would bring the divided country together. Even though Biden ran on the same message and failed to deliver, some were willing to give the olive branch a second chance. Since the chances of a Democrat being reelected were almost zero, it was presumed that whoever won the Republican Nomination for the Presidency was going to be the 47th president of the United States.
These two candidates were the two frontrunners in the race. Scott announced Trumpist Elise Stefanik as his Vice President, while Collins got a Democrat, Joe Manchin from West Virginia. They clashed over the issue of Immigration, where Collins tore into Scott for his hypocritical stance on Immigration and Abortion Rights. Scott said that Collins "had no clue how our country works" and "was just a Biden in a dress". 
As they campaigned, it seemed that the country was divided along a North-South line again, with most of the Northeast and Midwest voting for Collins, while the South and Southwest voted for Scott. The primary was close, with Ron DeSantis coming far behind in third. 
Alabama:
* Scott- 74.2%
* DeSantis- 14.7%
* Collins: 11.1%
*Alaska: 
* Collins- 82.1%
* Scott- 14.3%
* DeSantis- 3.6%
* Collins mainly won because of the endorsement of several Alaskan Politicians, especially Lisa Murkowski. Additionally, this state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Collins 23, Scott 4. and DeSantis 1.
Arizona:
* Scott- 70.2%
* Collins- 15.8%
* DeSantis- 14%
Arkansas:
* Scott- 85.3%
* Collins- 10.9%
* DeSantis- 3.8%
California:
* Scott- 49.4%
* Collins- 31.4%
* DeSantis- 19.2%
Colorado:
* Collins- 67.6%
* Scott- 24.3%
* DeSantis- 8.1%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Collins 25, Scott 9, and DeSantis 3.
Connecticut:
* Collins- 78.6%
* Scott- 17.9%
* DeSantis- 3.5%
Delaware:
* Collins- 85.5%
* Scott- 14.2%
* DeSantis- 0.3%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Collins 14, and Scott 2.
Florida:
* Scott- 53.3%
* DeSantis- 41.8%
* Collins- 4.9%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Scott 65, DeSantis 51, and Collins 6.
Georgia:
* Scott- 61.8%
* DeSantis- 21.1%
* Collins- 17.1%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Scott 47, DeSantis 16, and Collins 13.
Hawai'i:
* Scott- 78.9%
* DeSantis- 15.8%
* Collins- 5.3%
Idaho:
* Collins- 78.1%
* Scott- 18.8%
* DeSantis- 3.1%
Illinois:
* Collins- 50.8%
* Scott- 40.3%
* DeSantis- 8.9%
Indiana:
* Collins- 45.7%
* Scott- 45.5%
* DeSantis- 8.8%
* This was the closest race in the entire primary. Scott blamed DeSantis for siphoning votes away from him and causing him to lose. DeSantis blamed Scott as a "sore loser". 
Iowa:
* Collins- 40.1%
* Scott- 32.5%
* DeSantis- 27.4%
* Iowa split its delegates proportionally following the caucus.
Kansas:
* Collins- 76.9%
* Scott- 18%
* DeSantis- 5.1%
Kentucky:
* Scott- 78.3%
* DeSantis- 15.2%
* Collins- 6.5%
* Kentucky voted overwhelmingly against Collins because of all of the Ukranian Immigrants heading there. Collins' refusal to kick them out made her very unpopular in this state.
Louisiana:
* Scott- 65.2%
* Collins- 23.9%
* DeSantis- 10.9%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Scott 30, Collins 11, and DeSantis 5.
Maine:
* Collins- 90.9%
* Scott- 8.5%
* DeSantis- 0.4%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Collins 20, and Scott 2.
Maryland:
* Scott- 47.4%
* Collins- 39.5%
* DeSantis- 13.1%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Scott 18, Collins 15, and DeSantis 5.
Massachusetts: 
* Collins- 75.6%
* Scott- 19.5%
* DeSantis- 4.9%
Michigan:
* Collins- 83.1%
* Scott- 15.2%
* DeSantis- 1.7%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Collins 61, Scott 11, and DeSantis 1.
Minnesota:
* Collins- 87.2%
* Scott- 11.7%
* DeSantis- 1.1%
Mississippi: 
* Scott- 69.2%
* DeSantis- 17.9%
* Collins- 12.9%
Missouri: 
* Collins- 48.2%
* Scott- 44.4%
* DeSantis- 7.4%
Montana:
* Collins- 81.5%
* Scott- 18.4%
* DeSantis- 0.1%
Nebraska:
* Collins- 72.2%
* Scott- 19.4%
* DeSantis- 8.3%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Collins 26, Scott 7, and DeSantis 3.
Nevada:
* Scott- 52.9%
* Collins- 43.6%
* DeSantis- 3.5%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Scott 13, Collins 11, and DeSantis 1.
New Hampshire:
* Collins- 81.8%
* Scott- 18.1%
* DeSantis- 0.1%
New Jersey:
* Collins- 61.2%
* Scott- 30.6%
* DeSantis- 8.2%
New Mexico:
* Scott- 77.3%
* Collins- 13.6%
* DeSantis- 9.1%
New York:
* Scott- 44.2%
* Collins- 41.1%
* DeSantis- 14.7%
North Carolina: 
* Scott- 57.8%
* Collins- 33.8%
* DeSantis- 8.4%
North Dakota:
* Collins- 69%
* Scott- 27.6%
* DeSantis- 3.4%
Ohio: 
* Collins- 52.4%
* Scott- 39.1%
* DeSantis- 8.5%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Collins 43, Scott 32, and DeSantis 7.
Oklahoma:
* Collins- 48.8%
* Scott- 46.5%
* DeSantis- 4.7%
Oregon:
* Collins- 50.1%
* Scott- 42.8%
* DeSantis- 7.1%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Collins 14, Scott 12, and DeSantis 2.
Pennsylvania
* Collins- 54.5%
* Scott- 40.9%
* DeSantis- 4.6%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Collins 48, Scott 36, and DeSantis 4.
Rhode Island
* Collins- 66.2%
* Scott- 29.6%
* DeSantis- 4.2%
South Carolina
* Scott- 65.8%
* Collins- 28.2%
* DeSantis- 6%
South Dakota
* Collins- 65.5%
* Scott- 31.1%
* DeSantis- 3.4%
Tennessee
* Scott- 60.3%
* Collins- 36.2%
* DeSantis- 3.5%
Texas
* Scott- 52.9%
*Collins- 31.6%
* DeSantis- 15.5%
Utah
* Scott- 62.3%
* Collins- 35.1%
* DeSantis- 2.6%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Scott 25, Collins 14, and DeSantis 1.
Vermont
* Collins- 82.4%
* Scott- 17.5%
* DeSantis- 0.1%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Collins 14, and Scott 3.
Virginia
* Scott- 59.2%
* Collins- 39.7%
* DeSantis- 8.1%
Washington
* Scott- 68.2%
* Collins- 22.3%
* DeSantis- 9.5%
* This state largely voted for Scott because of the hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants from South Korea flooding the West of the State. Washington and Hawai'i were hit the hardest by the immigration crisis.
West Virginia
* Collins- 67.6%
* Scott- 29.5%
* DeSantis- 2.9%
Wisconsin
* Collins- 71.2%
* Scott- 26.9%
* DeSantis- 1.9%
Wyoming
* Collins- 55.2%
* Scott- 41.4%
* DeSantis- 3.4%
Washington D.C.
* Scott- 52.6%
* Collins- 36.8%
* DeSantis- 10.5%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Scott 10, Collins 7, and DeSantis 2.
American Samoa
* DeSantis- 34.2%
* Collins- 33.5%
* Scott- 32.1%
* This territory was the only one to vote for DeSantis because it was also hit very hard by the Immigration Crisis. The local islanders were split between Scott and DeSantis but voted for DeSantis because he was the only one to visit the island.
Guam
* Collins- 40.1%
* Scott- 30.6%
* DeSantis- 29.3%
Northern Mariana Islands
* Scott- 38.4%
* Collins- 33.3%
* DeSantis- 28.2%
U.S. Virgin Islands
* Collins- 66.4%
* Scott- 23.5%
* DeSantis- 10.1%
Puerto Rico
* Collins- 47.8%
* Scott- 33.5%
* DeSantis- 18.7%
* This state decided to split its delegates proportionally among the winners, giving Collins 11, Scott 8, and DeSantis 4.
All in all, Scott barely clinched the nomination with 1,323 Delegates. Collins came in second with 1,113 Delegates. DeSantis was in third with 126 Delegates. As most of the states that voted for Collins accepted the results and nominated Scott to the RNC, Collins, like AOC, announced she would be running as a third party candidate in the 2024 Election, launching her "National Union" Party. Her approval immediately went sky-high in the Midwest and the Northeast. This infuriated Scott, saying that Collins was a "traitor to the country" and she "was no better than Biden".
== Issues in the Election ==
=== The Third World War ===
See World War Three (Fall of the World)
The single largest issue in the 2024 Election was the Third World War currently being fought between the U.S. led Alliance and the Liberation Powers, which were backed by Russia and China. Russia had made huge grounds in Europe, capturing most of the balkans and the former USSR, Iran now controlled most of the world's oil, and the DPRK conquered the entire Korean Peninsula. Joe Biden was criticized for not doing much to support the war, and was blamed for the Alliance's losses. Many NATO countries were withdrawing from the alliance, and even the American Security Federation, which was seen as one of Biden's greatest accomplishments, was fracturing as well. Joe Biden was focusing most of his resources on Asia at the request of the far-left Democrats, which meant a second Vietnam War in the Jungle, and Europe quickly bending under Russia's military might. Both Rick Scott and Susan Collins pledged to bring the U.S. back into Europe as soon as possible, however, Rick Scott rallied for an entire U.S. abandonment in Mainland Asia.
=== Immigration ===
The United States was facing its largest immigration crisis in history. Examples include:
* Over 2,000,000 emigrants from North and South Korea fleeing the peninsula and the ruthless Kim Regime that occupied the area. They made up almost half of Hawai'i's population and significant minorities were present in the West Coast as well, particularly Washington State.
* Half of the entire population of Albania fled the country following the Albanian Genocide committed by the Fascist Regime of Serbian Dictator Ana Brnabic after they were turned away by the Italian Government. About a quarter of Albania entered the U.S, mostly in the Northeast, making around 1,300,000 Albanians in the U.S. 
** Around 800,000 Southern Slavs were also fleeing the new Serbian State, particularly Bosniaks, Croats, and Slovenes.
* Hispanics were fleeing to the southern border for much of Biden's presidency, but this number rapidly increased after the U.S. blockaded Venezuela and Cuba during the war, who were seen as Russian co-belligerents. Central Americans were also entering the border en masse. Not counting the seven-million or so that were already present before the war, the number of hispanic migrants in the U.S. numbered about three million that entered during the war. There was about 10,500,000 Hispanic Immigrants in the U.S. total.
* Around 500,000 Egyptian Arabs had migrated to the U.S. mainly fleeing Israel which was turning them away as they were filling up the country. Ethiopia and Sudan had poisoned the Nile River with nuclear waste, causing the largest humanitarian disaster in history as it rendered Egypt useless.
* Around 400,000 Eastern Slavs, the vast majority of them Ukranians, were settling in the areas around Maryland, Delaware, and Kentucky.
*Around 100,000 Levantine and Saudi Arabs fleeing war in the Middle East.
== Endorsements ==
=== Progressive Party: ===
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
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