2036 United States Presidential Election

## Overview

The 2036 United States Presidential was held on the 4th of November in 2036. Republican-Libertarian Candidate Azerianus Severanus won the election with 285 electoral votes and became the president-elect. Therefore incumbent New Democrat Frank Cunningham failed to win re-election, winning just 258 electoral votes, however, Cunningham did win a greater number of first-choice votes (although via the ranked choice system Severanus won the head-to-head vote).

## Background

The election was held 4 years after the election of Frank Cunningham in The 2032 United States Presidential Election, during Cunningham's time as president, several important events had occurred, including the reunification of Korea following an invasion of the South Korea by North Korea, in which the US intervened and the spread of the Neuro-X virus (which had thousands of cases in the US by the time of the election leading to an increase in mail-in ballots). This was also the first time the 29th Amendment was applied to the presidential election, which ended up significantly benefitting RLA challenger Azerianus Severanus.

## Primaries

### Republican-Libertarian Primary

For more detail, see 2036 Republican-Libertarian Presidential Primaries

There were three main candidates for the Republican-Libertarian nomination, former Representative and 2024 republican presidential candidate Bob Young, Senator and 2028 Republican-libertarian presidential candidate Azerianus Severanus and Senator John Justice.

Despite an unexpectedly strong performance in the Erie caucuses for Young, the primary largely ended up as a two-way race between Severanus and Justice, eventually, Severanus emerged as the narrow winner of the nomination.

### New Democratic Primary

For more detail see 2036 New Democratic Presidential Primary

Frank Cunningham faced an unexpectedly strong challenge from Trisha Triska who generally ran to Cunningham's left politically. Despite this, Cunningham emerged as the winner of the nomination.

## Opinion Polling and Forecasts

### Nationwide Polling

 Republican-Libertarian Referendum
 America Today

#### Hypothetical Polling

Cunningham vs Young
 Republican-Libertarian Referendum

Cunningham vs Justice

## Results

### Nationwide Breakdown

 Frank Cunningham
 Fletcher Scott
 Hugh Jass
 Kahn Giey

### Statewide Breakdown

\*Note: most states allocate electoral votes based on a ranked choice system, so the results in the table above do not reflect the head-to-head vote which decides the allocation of electoral votes in some states

#### Head-to-head Statewide Breakdown

\*Note: Adding the head-to-head % of both candidates in a state together may not necessarily give 100 due to rounding

## Aftermath

Severanus became the president-elect and was inaugurated President in early 2037. Following the election, Severanus announced his cabinet picks, which are listed below:

* Secretary of State: Zhuge Dingguo
* Secretary of Defence: Trisha Triska
* Secretary of the Treasury: John Smith
* Secretary of the Interior: Juniper Hiamovi
* Secretary of Commerce: Camden Garrett
* Secretary of Transportation: David Brown
* Secretary of Veteran's Affairs: Logan Cook
* Secretary of Education: Spenser Norling