2024 Presidential Election (Alternate Stanlee Hudson)

The **2024 United States Presidential Election** was the 60th quadrennial Presidential Election held on Tuesday, November 5. The Democratic ticket of Incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Transportation beat the Republican ticket of former President Donald Trump and Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton. Harris became the first ever female President and Trump would become the second President to lose two elections, the first was Theodore Roosevelt, and the election would lead up to the Second American Civil War. Because of that, the 22 states that voted for Trump, seceded from the Union to join the True United States of America.

During her time as Vice President, Kamala Harris was expected by pretty much everyone to be the Democratic candidate come election day 2024, so no one was surprised when she went past Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard, and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren to have a chance of becoming the first female President in American history. And despite many controversies of his Presidency, and a strong campaign from former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, as well as not being very liked with the majority of American people, former President Donald Trump became the Republican candidate for a third straight election.

Some of the main issues debated in this election were Trump's Insurrection of the Capitol Riot in 2021 and more controversies surrounding the 45th President, The Affordable Care Act, Post-COVID 19 Economy Rebuild, and LGBTQ+ Rights.

## Primaries

### Democratic Primaries:

Despite being the ideal candidate for the Presidency from the Democratic side, Kamala Harris had to go through many challenges to win the Democratic nomination. The three main challengers to Harris were Former Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. She would go past the three and then declare Secretary of Transportation as her Vice President Nominee.

**2024 Democratic Presidential Candidate**
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### Republican Primaries:

Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, was very popular with the Republican party and his fanbase despite his second impeachment and seven senators of his party and all 50 Democratic Senators voting guilty, he went past Missouri Senator Roy Blunt and Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, and won nomination of the Republican party, he then declared Arkansas Senator as his Vice President Nominee after his former Vice President Mike Pence, stated in a private interview that he would not run as Trump's Vice President, Trump would lambast his former Vice President calling him a traitor.

**2024 Republican Presidential Candidate**
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## Campaign/Issues Unique to the Election:

### Democratic Campaign:

After winning the nomination for her party, as well as her Vice President, the slogan for her campaign was "For The People," just like in her previous presidential run four years prior. Her campaign mainly wanted to expand on Joe Biden's policies and keep the people focused on them.

### Republican Campaign:

Donald Trump's main focus on his campaign was that the 2020 Election was stolen from him, and his slogan was the same name of the rally that incited the riot on the Capitol: Save America.

### Issues Unique to the Election:

#### Controversies Surrounding Donald Trump:

Some of the controversies surrounding the 45th President were his incitement of the Capitol riot, and the objects that led him being impeached in 2019. Harris attacked Trump on those points, saying Trump should not even be allowed to run.

#### The Affordable Care Act:

Biden expanded on the affordable care act in his Presidency, Trump said the idea of Kamala Harris doing the same would be socialism, and it can't be allowed in our government.

#### Post COVID-19 Economic Rebuild:

Harris' plan was practically to expand Biden's rebuilding plan and try to help smaller businesses, which appealed to many moderate and some conservative voters.

#### LGBTQ+ Rights:

Trump was planning on reinstating an executive order of his administration that banned transgender people from joining the military, he also, with the help of Republicans, would try to repeal a law put into place that banned conversion therapy for sexuality and gender identity.

## Debates:

### 1st Debate

The first debate was held at Watsco Center in Miami, Florida.

### 2nd Debate

The second debate was held at Clark Athletic Center at the University of Massachusetts.

### V.P. Debate

The Vice President Debate was held at Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV.

### 3rd Debate

The 3rd and final debate was held at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

## Results and Aftermath:

In a surprise to only a small percentage of people, Harris would defeat Trump in the election after flipping Florida, Texas, and North Carolina as well as coming close to flipping Iowa, Ohio, Kansas, and South Carolina.

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Harris won the election after California, Oregon and Washington were called for her, like in 2020, Trump refused to concede insisting he was robbed of the election because of voter fraud.

Riots in the south calling Trump their President inspired him to call on Republican congressmen and congresswomen to separate from the Union. Only 7 Federal Republican Senators and 10 Federal Republican Representatives decided not to join Trump's movement, after he gathered his Republican supporters he created The True United States Of America. This country was formed 2 weeks after Harris' Inauguration. Every state that voted for Trump was instated in the Conservative Rebellion. And 3 months after the country was formed and after Trump launched a nuclear missile at Baltimore, which killed and injured about 135, 000 people, Harris asked the mainly Democratic congress to declare war on the The True United States, after Congress declared war, The Second American Civil War had officially started. Trump was the President of the new country and Cotton, the Vice President, the Capital would be Nashville, Tennessee.