2024 Presidential Election (Stanlee Hudson)

The **2024 United States Presidential Election** was the 60th quadrennial Presidential Election held on Tuesday, November 5. The Republican ticket of Incumbent Texas Senator Ted Cruz, and Former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley of Incumbent President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden would become the twelfth incumbent in the country's history to lose a bid for reelection. The most recent one to lose a bid for reelection was Donald Trump, who Biden beat in the 2020 Election.

Being the incumbent president, Biden received the Democratic nomination easily despite being 81 years old and his approval rating at 48.2%. Meanwhile, Cruz went through many difficult challenges before receiving the Republican nomination, after defeating many other Republicans looking to be President, such as Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, Former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and others.

Some of the main issues that were debated in this election was Biden's expanding on of Obamacare, abortion, and the rebuilding of the economy after the disastrous effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

## Primaries

### Democratic Primaries

Biden would go through the Primaries pretty much unopposed, the only threats that he had for reelection was Bernie Sanders, who everyone knew was too old to run for president, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who was not very popular with moderates or conservatives. So Biden made to the DNC as the only candidate. After making it there, Biden decided to keep Kamala Harris as his Vice President candidate.

2024 Democratic Presidential Candidate
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### Republican Primaries

After many Republicans thought that 45th President Donald Trump, would try to go for a second term in the 2024 Election, in 2022, he declined to run due to health problems. There were many candidates to choose from thought, including Former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, and Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton. In the end, the main front runner through practically all of the primaries was Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who would win the RNC and declare Haley as his running mate.

### Democratic Campaign:

The campaign of Biden was that Biden had won legally against Donald Trump in the 2020 Election, and that he could do it again against Cruz, Biden mainly tried to get women on his side, to get extra votes, by legalizing abortion, all which had happened in the 2021, the first year of Biden's presidency. His slogan was "A better America with a better candidate."

### Republican Campaign:

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The campaign of Cruz and most Republicans who supported him was that Biden had cheated in the 2020 election and was overhyped by the so-called "Biased Media"; they called for conservatives and republicans to "Save America," which Cruz and Rubio used as their campaign slogan. Biden disagreed with the slogan saying that there was no need to save America, because it was already saved.

### Issues Unique To The Election:

#### Affordable Health Care Act:

Biden's main philosophy on affordable health care was expanding on Barack Obama's presidency plan which he created, Cruz wanted to repeal this act, calling it a disaster, and why Obama is hated by conservatives.

#### Abortion:

Being a Republican, Cruz was highly against Biden's expansion of the Affordable Health Care Act, which legalized abortion, Cruz said if and when he was elected, Cruz would repeal the act, which would lead to him making all abortions illegal and shutting down companies that supported it like Planned Parenthood.

#### Post-COVID-19 Economic Rebuild

The effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic which lasted from 2019-2021, were disastrous and destructive, small businesses had to close because of lack of buying due to the pandemic. Biden wanted to increase taxes to try to rebuild the government, while Cruz wanted to give money to small buisness owner, former and present, so they could reinstate a stable economy.

## 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

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Many people thought Biden would win reelection, instead Cruz won in an upset, after flipping Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

The first polls closed at 7:00 EST in the states of Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and Vermont.

Indiana (11): Cruz (R), Held

Kentucky (8): Cruz (R), Held

South Carolina (9): Cruz (R), Held

Georgia (16): Cruz (R), Flipped

Virginia (13): Biden (D), Held

Vermont (3): Biden (D), Held

The second polls closed at 7:30 EST in the states of Ohio, West Virginia, and North Carolina.

Ohio (17): Cruz (R), Held

West Virginia (4): Cruz (R), Held

North Carolina (16): Cruz (R), Held

The third polls closed at 8:00 EST in the states of Oklahoma, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Illinois, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and the District of Columbia.

Oklahoma (7): Cruz (R), Held

Florida (30): Cruz (R), Held

Alabama (9): Cruz (R), Held

Tennessee (11): Cruz (R), Held

Illinois (19): Biden (D), Held

Maryland (10): Biden (D), Held

Delaware (3): Biden (D), Held

Pennsylvania (19): Biden (D), Held

New Jersey (14): Biden (D), Held

Connecticut (7): Biden (D), Held

Rhode Island (4): Biden (D), Held

Massachusetts (11): Biden (D), Held

New Hampshire (4): Biden (D), Held

Maine (4): Biden (D), Held, (Except for ME-02, Cruz (R), Held)

District of Columbia (3): Biden (D), Held

The fourth polls closed at 8:30 EST in the states of Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi.

Missouri (10): Cruz (R), Held

Arkansas (6): Cruz (R), Held

Mississippi (6): Cruz (R), Held

The fifth polls closed at 9:00 EST in the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

Texas (40): Cruz (R), Held

New Mexico (5): Biden (D), Held

Arizona (11): Cruz (R), Flipped

Kansas (6): Cruz (R), Held

Nebraska (5): Cruz (R), Held, (Except NE-02, Biden (D), Held)

Louisiana (8): Cruz (R), Held

North Dakota (3): Cruz (R), Held

South Dakota (3): Cruz (R), Held

Colorado (10): Biden (D), Held

Wyoming (3): Cruz (R), Held

Minnesota (10): Biden (D), Held

Wisconsin (10): Cruz (R), Flipped

Michigan (15): Cruz (R), Flipped

The sixth polls closed at 10:00 EST in the states of Iowa, Montana, Nevada, and Utah.

Iowa (6): Cruz (R), Held

Montana (4): Cruz (R), Held

Nevada (6): Biden (D), Held

Utah (6): Cruz (R), Held

The seventh polls closed at 11:00 EST in the states of California, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

California (55): Biden (D), Held

Washington (12): Biden (D), Held

Oregon (8): Biden (D), Held

Idaho (4): Cruz (R), Held

The eighth and final polls closed at 12:00 in the states of Hawaii and Alaska.

Hawaii (4): Biden (D), Held

Alaska (3): Cruz (R), Held

After being too close to call for bout 2 hours, Arizona and Michigan were won by Cruz at 11:43 EST, winning him the election, and at 2:23 EST, Biden conceded the election.

The aftermath of the election was rocky, with cities like Los Angeles, New York City, and Portland rioting the winning of the election by Cruz, and cities like New Orleans, Dallas, and Nashville holding very large celebrations. The riots in NYC and L.A. were very violent, and Biden urged the country and his supporters for peace and unity, and start the peaceful transition of power. On January 20, 2025, Cruz was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, Biden would die 3 years later on April 4, 2028.