2044 United States Presidential Election (Boebert, Ocasio-Cortes)

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The 2044 United States presidential election took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2044. It was the 63rd quadrennial presidential election. Voters selected presidential electors who voted on December 14, 2044,[2] to select a new president and vice president. The election occured simultaneously alongside elections for the House of Representatives, Senate, and various state and local-level elections.
In the most surprising result since the 2016 election, the Republican ticket of President Lauren Boebert and Vice President Glenn Youngkin defeated the Fusion ticket of Socialist New York Senator Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes and Democratic Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff. Boebert received 288 electoral votes and 49.5% of the popular vote, while Ocasio-Cortes received 257 electoral votes and 49.4% of the popular vote.
The election was the closest in the popular vote since the election of 1960. In terms of the electoral college, it was the closest election since 2024. Puerto Rico voted for the Socialists in its second election as a state. 
==Background==
Lauren Boebert issued tight fiscal policy to try to ease the effects of the Great Depression of 2037. She ran into much trouble doing this, with many of Boebert's policies criticized as unpopular with her even losing support among the Republican base. Unemployment and inflation continued to be really high throughout 2041.
In November 2041, the collapse of the Russian Federation and the outbreak of the Russian Civil War sent shockwaves throughout the global economy. China took advantage of the instability to its north by sending in troops to retake Mongolia, Tannu Tuva, and other regions of the former Qinq Empire in January 2042. The United Nations sent in a voluntary force launching the Sino-American War. 
Boebert's popularity reached an all-time low of 18% in June 2042 following the collapse of Taiwan to Chinese forces and the continuing economic woes. Despite some splitting of the Democratic-Socialist vote, the Democratic-Socialist bloc retook both chambers of Congress by a wide margin in 2042.
The Sino-Indian War stalled in January 2043. As the Boebert Administration poured immense money into battling China, US living standards declined immensely. Boebert's approval ratings recovered slightly following the success of the Allied Counteroffensive in December 2043.
==Republican Nomination ==
Lauren Boebert held extremely low approval ratings throughout her Presidency except for a short period following the declaration of China's War on Taiwan. Paleoconservatives within the party argued that Boebert wasn't doing enough to help the American economy and that she was spending too much money on fighting China. After Georgia Senator Marjorie Taylor Greene refused to challenge Boebert, paleoconservatives rallied around former Florida Governor Kat Cammack. 
Cammack hoped to challenge Boebert for the nomination in a similar way Ocasio-Cortes challenged Kimmel four years earlier. However, her campaign got to a rough start: Boebert won the Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire primaries, while Cammack won in Nevada. Following Super Tuesday, Boebert was clearly in the lead for the nomination and Cammack suspended her campaign a week later. Boebert renominated Youngkin as her running mate.
==Socialist-Democratic Fusion Nomination==
The Republican Party grew extremely unpopular over the early 1940s, however, both the Democrats and Socialists knew they had to merge to have a chance at defeating Boebert. In February 2042, Democratic Party and Democratic Socialist Party representatives met in Washington D.C. to discuss a proposed party fusion ticket. 
The parties agreed to hold joint primary contests under the Socialist open primary model in certain competitive states in congressional elections and would hold a joint primary contest for the 2044 Presidential Election. Despite attempts by former President Jimmy Kimmel, Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth, former California Governor Gavin Newsom, and New York Senator Mondaire Jones, the favorite for the nomination was New York Senator Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes of the Socialist Party. 
Ocasio-Cortes won the Iowa Caucuses, New Hampshire Primaries, and Nevada Caucuses while Jones won the South Carolina Primaries. After Super Tuesday, all other candidates dropped out of the race and Ocasio-Cortes attained the nomination. She chose Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff, a favorite of the Democratic Party establishment, as her running mate. 
==Campaign==
Ocasio-Cortes was leading in opinion polls for the majority of the campaign as high as 54% to 42% over Boebert. She staged massive rallies to energize her mostly young and minority base to vote. Meanwhile, Boebert largely avoided campaigning and wanted to present Ocasio-Cortes as a radical communist while herself as a competent stateswoman concentrated on winning the War and fixing the American economy. 
After good performances in the debates, Boebert began catching up on Ocasio-Cortes throughout the fall. Polls before the election predicted 49% for Ocasio-Cortes and 46% support for Boebert.
==Results==
In a shocking result to all pollsters, Lauren Boebert won re-election with 288 electoral votes and 49.5% of the popular vote. Ocasio-Cortes came in second place with 257 electoral votes and 49.4% of the popular vote. Despite this loss, the Democratic-Socialist bloc kept control of both chambers of congress.
Ocasio-Cortes was able to win ten more states than she won in the previous election: Nevada, Arizona, Maryland, Hawaii, Virginia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Maine.
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