2024 Democratic Primary (JessieTornabe)

Starting in early 2023, many candidates announced their candidacy for the Democratic ticket. These are a few major contenders: 
- Senator Kamala Harris (D - California)
- Representative Alexandria Ocasio - Cortez (D - New York)
- Representative Stacey Abrams (D - Georgia)
- President Joe Biden (D - Delaware)
- Senator Bernie Sanders (D - Vermont)
- Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D - Michigan)
- Chief of Transportation Pete Buttigieg (D - Indiana)
- Senator Elizabeth Warren (D - Massachusetts)
In early August, the top contenders met in Dallas, Texas for a quick town hall and debate. They took turns asking questions. Rep AOC constantly pursued attacking the moderate candidates including President Joe Biden, Senator Harris, and Governor Whitmer. The real losers in this debate were President Joe Biden, COT Pete Buttigieg, and Elizabeth Warren. 7 days after this debate Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg left the race, pursuing their former jobs as a Senator and the COT. 
These are who is left:
- Senator Kamala Harris (D - California)
- Representative Alexandria Ocasio - Cortez (D - New York)
- Representative Stacey Abrams (D - Georgia)
- President Joe Biden (D - Delaware)
- Senator Bernie Sanders (D - Vermont)
- Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D - Michigan)
In late October of 2023, they all had another debate and this time, Joe Biden really hit hard. He was criticized by everyone on the debate stage, including other moderates. He was judged by his 2020 policies and his job as President. The polls have suggested that a few people are trailing behind the major candidates. 
October 28th poll:
Kamala Harris: 21.5%
Alexandria Ocasio - Cortez - 19.2%
Gretchen Whitmer - 15.9%
Bernie Sanders - 12.2%
Joe Biden - 11.2%
Stacey Abrams - 4.1%
On the eve of January 29th, Senator Bernie Sanders (D - VT) died, peacefully in his sleep. AOC took a strong stance on speaking out in support of Bernie Sanders' life accomplishments. Polls have shown that now AOC is ahead in the polls as Stacey Abrams and Joe Biden dropped out. As Biden claiming that he "has had enough" of politics, and will be enjoying the rest of his life in Delaware. Nancy Pelosi also died in late March 2024. The democrats had 2 frontrunners as many small candidates dropped out of the race in support of higher polling candidates. 
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez - 38.1%
Kamala Harris: 29.8%
Gretchen Whitmer - 28.3
On the 3rd of February, many people were still grieving over Sanders' death, and the Iowa Caucuses was being live streamed across the nation, with Whitmer winning with 49.1% of the vote an early landslide for her. On February 11th, the state of New Hampshire held its primary, and again, Whitmer won by a small margin against AOC, while Harris gained 19.3% of the total vote. It was over for Harris, and everyone knew who the new front runner was. Super Tuesday came and went, and as thought, AOC did well, but Whitmer did way better. Harris was not in anyone's mind as she didn't even come close to winning her home state of California. In MA, ME, NY, VT, WA, OR along with a few others, AOC was the favorite, and as expected, Whitmer did well in the southern states, and a few other states in the north and northwest. 
In late May, many thought AOC and Harris should've dropped out of the race but she persevered. Then in early June, on the 8th, Harris said in a quote from Twitter saying, quote, "I am formally dropping out of the Democratic Primary and endorsing Whitmer for the nomination. On the 28th of August, after nearly a year and a half of hard work, the Democratic Convention happened.
The race had narrowed down to Gretchen Whitmer, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, and for some reason, just as she did in 2020, the little know candidate Tulsi Gabbard was still in the race. She had lost every state including Hawaii, which went to Whitmer.
These are the final results of the convention:
Gretchen Whitmer: 2997 delegates
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez: 1753 delegates
On the 29th of August, the results were flagged for an error in count, as some left wing politicians claim the election was rigged by the superdelegates who overwhelmingly voted for Gretchen Whitmer. As the Primary closed, Whitmer decided to add AOC as her running mate, for the first ever all female ballot.
Category:Politics