2024 Election

The 60th presidential election in American history occurred on November 5th, 2024. Incumbent President Joe Biden was extremely unpopular after the

### Popular Vote

49.8% | 42.3%

Recession of 2023 and the Panic of 2022 right after Republicans gained both Houses of Congress. The Russo-Ukraine War had still been going on after all these years and terror was common as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in 2022.

Democratic Convention

The Democratic Nomination was held first. President Biden said it had been his intention to run in mid-2022 and he stuck to that promise by running for re-election. However, multiple candidates stood in his way. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin led Moderate and Conservative Democrats during the primaries and seized a lot of the southern and midwestern states. Former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton decided to run against Biden in 2024. Clinton got the most attention and won many areas. However, her strong hold in New York was defeated when Senator Chuck Schumer announced his support for President Biden. All candidates except for President Biden and Clinton dropped out before the primaries. It was a close race with Clinton in the lead until the Chicago Convention came along. Because the convention was filled with pro-Biden ties giving the nomination to incumbent Biden, therefor making Biden the winner of the nomination. For Vice President it was a two way race between California Governor Gavin Newsom and incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris, who was leading the nomination since the beginning edged out in the convention with the support of both President Biden and Hilary Clinton.

Republican National Convention

For the Republican Party, former President Donald Trump the favorite of the Republican Party was not allowed to run because of a ruling by the FBI and Congress in early 2022. Despite this Trump had a powerful hold to decide who would become the President. Former Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney who was known as a traitor ran and only won three states with few to no electoral votes. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis teamed with Ohio Representative Jim Jordan and Texas Governor Greg Abbot to help win the nomination. DeSantis's main opponent was former Vice President Mike Pence however, Pence dropped out and DeSantis easily won the nomination against Cheney. For Vice President, Jim Jordan challenged Nikki Hayley and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul. Jordan won after a narrow decision securing the Presidential decision for a DeSantis-Jordan ticket. Liz Cheney decided to change political parties after DeSantis won making herself an Independent.

Campaign Issues

The main campaign issues were the border crisis, the bad economy, high inflation, and the War on Ukraine. President Biden accused DeSantis of being "Pro Russian" because he was in cahoots with Donald Trump. Meanwhile DeSantis claimed he wanted to "clean-up" corruption in the FBI, cut taxes, secure the US border, cut welfare, and assist Ukraine and the Anti-Taliban Afghans. DeSantis statement to cut welfare made many socialists and people living on welfare upset with DeSantis and support Biden's campaign. Meanwhile Biden fought to improve LGBTQ rights and increase taxes. When DeSantis attacked the teacher's union, the campaign trail increased after Biden defended them. Media also created bias on both sides.

Alaska-Russia Tensions

Everything changed when Russian, Belarusian, and Chinese ships were spotted preparing to invade Alaska. Though it wasn't certain that's what most Americans believed. While President Biden said Americans shouldn't make any rash decisions while DeSantis said no enemy troops could enter American soldiers, even if it meant a third World War. Though most Americans didn't like the idea of a third World War most Americans liked the idea of DeSantis's attitude and so DeSantis got a lot of support. Meanwhile President Biden talked about "peace". Most accusations of Trump and DeSantis being Pro-Russian disappeared after the incident. As the election began the Republican Congress said the US should stock up on troops in Alaska and shockingly, President Biden vetoed the bill. A large majority of Americans begin to support DeSantis after the veto. It seems as a third World War is rising, and President Biden could be a problem for America.

Debates and Polls

During the first presidential debate which was held at Bear Valley School on September 29th, 2024. Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson was the headmaster of the first debate. The results of the first debate were that DeSantis won receiving 79.1% while President Biden received 20% and an undecided percentage of 9.9%. All other debates were won by the Republican Party, the closest being the Vice-Presidential debate which was won by Jim Jordan.

Election Results

The election results came in at about 5:30 AM. DeSantis won a total of 310 Electoral Votes and 49.8% of the Popular Vote. President Biden won a total of 228 electoral votes and 43.4% of the popular vote. DeSantis won the election despite protest by CNN and NBC. DeSantis's victory speech was held at 1:40 PM on November 6th, 2024. Just three hours later, President Biden accepted DeSantis's victory officially ending the 2024 Election. It was the second time in the 21st Century that a Republican won the Popular vote and the first time a Floridian was sent to the White House. It was also the first time since 2020 that an incumbent President was not reelected and the first time 1980 that a Democrat was not reelected. An Independent ticket of Andrew Yang and John Cena received the remaining 6.8% of the popular vote and 0 electoral votes. Finishing third overall.