2032 Presidential Election

Previous Election: 2028 | Next Election: 2036

The **2032 United States presidential election** was the 62nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 2032. The Republican ticket of businessman Donald Trump and Governor of the West Dwight D. Trump defeated the Independent ticket of Senator Lloyd Bentsen and Monowi Mayor Jeb Bush. This was the first election since 2020 (and the fifth in the past century) in which the incumbent president failed to win reelection, when President Grant failed to win his party's primary. The election also saw the highest voter turnout since 2020. Due to the high turnout and closeness to a runoff election, longstanding controversy surrounded the ultimate results, as to whether there was significant, election deciding fraud. Despite this, and with the original results those that were certified, Trump took office as the 48th President, and Dwight D. Trump as the 53rd Vice President, on January 20th, 2033.

Incumbent Fitzgerald Grant decided to run for re-election shortly after the midterm results were in. Despite his incumbency, he faced a loss after strong opposition in Senator John Kennedy challenged him. Outside forces including what was later revealed to be members of the Trump Campaign worked to get Kennedy a win in the People's nomination, seeing Kennedy as a weaker enemy. While reports have the effect of their meddling to be insignificant to the final result, it was still a blow to the Trump campaign, and many blame it solely for Grant's loss. President Grant also announced the replacement of Vice President Selina Meyer on his re-election ticket previous to the primary, and many were unaware of the circumstances at the time, resulting in a large drop in support that ultimately he would never recover from. Businessman Donald Trump announced his candidacy shortly before the primaries, and was the early frontrunner. He ended up beating United States Representative and Minority Leader of the Republican Party in the House, Michael Bloomberg, by a solid margin. He chose former President Calvin Coolidge as his running mate, but later replaced him due to his inactivity with Dwight Trump, popular incumbent governor of the West. Aaron Burr narrowly clinched the Democratic Republican nomination, defeating former Vice President Thomas Jefferson in a hard fought race. Bill Clinton won the Democratic Nomination solidly, defeating Pete Buttigieg, the nominee in 2028, and longstanding Democratic Party member. Lloyd Bentsen ran an Independent campaign for president, choosing Monowi Mayor Jeb Bush as his running mate. At first the campaign was largely seen as a joke, but when President Grant lost the nomination, Bentsen was a top choice for an alternative.

The tone of the general election campaign was characterized as divisive and negative. Trump took to campaigning, promising to put people to work and get the economy moving, while criticizing President Grant's focus on Welfare. Bentsen himself didn't make many campaign moves, however, he had many unite behind his run and campaign for him, such as Robert Kennedy, and his running mate, Jeb Bush.

Trump defeated Bentsen, Burr, Clinton, Kennedy, and others, winning a majority of both the Electoral College and the popular vote. Trump won 306 electoral votes and 52.2% of the popular vote compared to Bentsen's 134 electoral votes and 26.9%, and Other's 98 electoral votes, and 20.9%. Outrage over the high turnout and suspected fraud led to many prominent politicians calling for a fair examination of the ballots. Bentsen, Trump's main opponent, conceded and called on these claims to stop. Despite the uproar, the results were certified, and Trump was inaugurated.