2024 U.S presidential election (Porvenir)

The United States presidential election of 2024 was the 60th quadrennial United States presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Incumbent President and Democrat Joe Biden of Delaware was eligible to seek a second term in office and chose to do so despite concerns surrounding his advanced age and mental competency. After a primary largely ignored by mainstream media, Biden defeated Republican Party candidate and South Caronina Governor Nikki Haley, "MAGA" candidate and former U.S President Donald J. Trump of Florida, Green candidate Dr. Jill Stein, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of New York and independent candidate Dr. Cornel West of New York.
Harris ran on the improving economy and a promised ceasefire in Gaza. She became the first female, black female and Asian-American president.
==Background==
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==Nominations==
===Democratic Party nomination===
====Democratic candidates==== 
*Joe Biden (82), U.S president from Delaware (Nominee)
*Marianne Williamson (72), author from California
*Dean Phillips (56), U.S Representative from Minnesota
*Cenk Uygur (54), founder and CEO of The Young Turks; co-founder of Justice Democrats
*Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (71), attorney from California
Joe Biden Presidential Photo.png|U.S President Joe Biden of California (Nominee)
139px-Marianne Williamson - 33252886458 (cropped).jpg|Author Marianne Williamson of California
File:Dean Phillips by Gage Skidmore.jpg|U.S Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota
File:CenkUygur.png|Media entrepeneur Cenk Uygur of California
RFKJr.png|Attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of California
Though polls consistently showed that Democratic voters as well as the country as whole preferred a nominee other than Biden, he held a substantial advantage with both incumbency and the Democratic Party's unpopular refusal to host debates. With progressive leaders such as Bernie Sanders, Nina Turner and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez all quickly removing themselves from contention, activists desired a candidate to the left of Biden. Given no other viable option, leftists lined up behind author and spiritual leader Marianne Williamson. Williamson was disparaged as a trifling and trivial candidate by the corporate media, becoming the source of many a late-night punchline. With the iconoclastic left behind her however, Williamson remained competitive in polling and consistently floated in the top three of the modest field. Son of former U.S Attorney General Robert Francis Kennedy Sr. and nephew of assassinated U.S president John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sr., Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. entered the race on a platform of vaccine skepticism along with non-interventionist foreign policy. Notwithstanding Kennedy's unsavory reputation on science, the attorney benefited from name recognition and American support for peace in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Kennedy would withdraw by 9 October, citing the rigged nature of the primaries and went on to run an independent campaign. Following Kennedy's exit, The Young Turks media network founder and CEO Cenk Uygur—also a co-founder of Justice Democrats—as well as Minnesota congressman Dean Phillips joined the Democratic primary. Uygur ran on a progressive campaign of raising awareness of Biden's weakness as a candidate and overturning restrictions on the ability of naturalized citizens to run for president whilst Phillips positioned himself in the "reasonable center".
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===Republican Party nomination===
====Republican candidates====
*Donald Trump (78), former U.S president from Florida (Nominee)
*Nikki Haley (52), former U.N Ambassador from South Carolina
*Ron DeSantis (46), Governor of Florida
*Asa Hutchinson (74), former Governor of Arkansas
*Vivek Ramaswamy (39), businessman from Ohio
*Chris Christie (62), former Governor of New Jersey
*Doug Burgum (68), Governor of North Dakota
* Tim Scott (59), U.S Senator from South Carolina
*Mike Pence (65), former U.S Vice President from Indiana
*Larry Elder (72), radio host from California
*Perry Johnson (76), businessman from Michigan
*Corey Stapleton (57), former state Secretary of State from Montana
*Will Hurd (47), former U.S Representative and CIA agent from Texas
*Steve Laffey (62), former Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island
*Francis X. Suarez (47), Mayor of Miami, Florida
Nikki Haley.jpg|Former U.N Ambassador Nikki Haley of South Carolina (Nominee at convention)
Gov Ron DeSantis Portrait (cropped).jpg|Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida
File:Donald Trump official portrait-2.jpg|Former U.S President Donald J. Trump of Florida
File:Asahutchinson.jpg|Former Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas
File:VivekRamaswamy.png|Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy from Ohio
ChrisChristieAgedByPhojoedotcom.png|Former Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey
File:Doug Burgum.png|Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota
File:Tim Scott, official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg|U.S Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina
1200px-Mike Pence official Vice Presidential portrait.jpg|Former U.S Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana
File:Perry Johnson by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg|Businessman Perry Johnson from Michigan
File:Larry Elder at Camp Pendleton in 2013 (1).jpg|Radio host Larry Elder of California
File:WillHurd.jpg|Former U.S Representative Will Hurd from Texas
File:Corey stapleton.png|Former state Secretary of State Corey Stapleton of Montana
File:FrancisXSuarez.png|Mayor Francis X. Suarez of Florida
File:SteveLaffey.png|Former Mayor Steve Laffey of Rhode Island
In the years following the 2020 election and prior to the 2024 cycle, the Republican Party reached a vertex of uncertainty. Donald J. Trump remained historically despised nationwide and across most voter demographics, yet still very much controlled the Republican Party. In the 2022 midterms, candidates endorsed by the former President dominated their primaries 65% of the time, yet many were subsequently defeated handily in the general elections after embracing positions such as that the 2020 election had been "stolen" from Trump. Aside from his paramount role as conservative kingmaker, Trump spent his time back at Mar-A-Lago also oscillating with the prospect of a second reelection campaign. Up until 2022, polls indicated that were Trump to run, he would indubitably secure the nomination. Starting in 2022 however, fresh-faced Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida began to quickly pick up steam, with many members of the Republican establishment openly abandoning Trump for the anti-LGBTQIA champion, believing Trump to be toxic following the January 6, 2021, terror attack on the U.S Capitol Building. While the rest of the country celebrated the post-Trump era, the Republicans wrung their hands at the facts of their new reality. Despite being bogged down by various legal battles, lingering American disapproval and reportedly, poor health, Trump announced his candidacy in Mar-A-Lago on 15 November 2022. What followed was nothing short of chaos, as tepid response to Trump's new campaign emboldened many Republicans to oppose his nomination and just slightly fewer to seek the presidency themselves in direct defiance of the man known as "45".
As expected, the large Republican field immediately devolved into a vicious contest, rivaling that of 2016 and even 2012. Out of the proverbial menagerie of candidates, DeSantis, former U.S Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana and U.S Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina most successfully discovered a sweet-spot of grassroots acceptance and corporate backing. All three clearly focused their efforts on their conservative bona fides, though were still seen as reassuring to the minds of the status quo. Party moderates meanwhile lamented their dire circumstances. Centrists such as former Ohio Governor John Kasich, and Virginia businesswoman Carly Fiorina, favorites from days gone by, were now met with disdain from the party electorate after their eleventh hour endorsements of Biden over Trump. Thus, both were considered decided non-factors early in contention and neither elected to run. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a 2016 also-ran, sought revenge against Trump for being passed over for vice president and became the darling of the Republican center. He poured most of his efforts into splitting Trump's vote in New Hampshire, withdrawing after finishing fifth in the Granite State.
Trump was evidently infuriated by the number of Republicans who dared challenged what he hoped to be a coronation, dividing his attacks between various other frontrunners during the debates. DeSantis, Pence and Scott, as the eminent conservative voices garnered the bulk of Trump's frustrations, with the former President claiming all three owed their careers to him. While all three credited Trump with enacting many of the policies they themselves had espoused for decades, particularly the overturning of Roe V. Wade thanks to Trump's Supreme Court nominees, they simultaneously emphasized a need for change, citing recent Republican losses and Trump's grossly poisonous brand. Another major factor hindering Trump was his loss of control over conservative media. In 2022, Fox New owner Rupert Murdoch outright endorsed DeSantis, a break reflected in Fox's newly negative coverage of Trump.
In August 2024, Trump was indicted on federal charges. TBD
==General Election Campaign==
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== Results==
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In Harris' victory speech, he declared MAGA extremism to have been defeated once and for all. At the end of her speech, she channeled Chicano rights leader César Chávez and former President Obama with a declaration of, "Yes, we can". 
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