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The '''2024 United States presidential election''' will be the 60th quadrennial presidential election. It will be the first presidential election after electoral votes are redistributed according to the post-2020 census reapportionment.
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The '''2024 United States presidential election''' was the 60th quadrennial presidential election and the first presidential election after electoral votes were redistributed according to the post-[[2020]] census reapportionment.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Congressional_apportionment_after_the_2020_census</ref>
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Six presidential candidates stood for election on 5 November 2024:
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* [[Claudia De la Cruz]], Party for Socialism and Liberation
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* [[Kamala Harris]], [[Democratic Party]]
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* [[Chase Oliver]], Libertarian Party
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* [[Jill Stein]], [[US/Green Party]]
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* [[Donald J. Trump]], [[Republican Party]]
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* [[Cornel West]], Independent<ref>''[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/politics/presidential-candidates-2024.html "Who's Running for President in 2024?"]''</ref>
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==Results==
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[[File:US_2024_Votes.png|300px|right]]
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Republican [[Donald Trump]] won with 312 electoral college votes (75,889,100 votes–50.2%) defeating Democrat [[Kamala Harris]] with 226 electoral college votes (72,876,769 votes–48.2%). President-elect Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated on 20 January 2025 as the 47th [[POTUS]], succeeding [[President Biden]]. 
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==Supreme Court Ballot Access==
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A March [[2024]] [[US Supreme Court]] decision overturned attempts from lower state courts to ban [[Donald Trump]] from the ballots in state elections.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-speaks-after-supreme-court-ruling-tells-biden-to-fight-your-fight-yourself</ref>
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==Cultural shifts==
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Some polls for this election indicated that support for the [[Democratic Party]] among people identifying as Hispanic, [[Asian]], [[Arab]], and students and young people under 25 appeared to have somewhat eroded, while support for the [[Republican Party]] in rural areas and pensioners also appeared to be declining.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20231128001115/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/upshot/democrats-biden-hispanic-black-voters.html</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20231128001050/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/us/politics/biden-trump-2024-poll.html</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20231128000939/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/upshot/poll-biden-young-voters.html</ref>
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The ''[[Washington Post]]'' will not endorse a candidate for the first time in 36 years,<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/wapo-bails-kamala-wont-make-presidential-endorsement</ref> after favouring [[US/Democratic Party|democtratic]] candidates for almost a century.
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==Tampering Attempts?==
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Law enforcement officials in Maricopa County, Arizona, arrested a temporary election worker for allegedly stealing a security fob and keys from a ballot tabulation center in June of [[2024]].<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/arizona-election-worker-arrested-allegedly-stealing-security-device-tabulation-center</ref>
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==Assassination attempt==
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On the 14th of July [[2024]], US [[Republican Party]] candidate Donald Trump was shot during a campaign rally, his shooter was shot dead. The gunmen fired multiple shots resulting in at least 1 other visitor dying.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-shooter-death-attendee-butler-county-da/
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</ref> This was the first time that a former or current U.S. president or presidential candidate was injured in an attempted assassination since president [[Ronald Reagan]] was shot in [[1981]].<ref>[[John Hinckley]]</ref>
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The FBI called the shooting an [[assassination attempt]] against the former President and dispatched a "[[counterterrorism]]" unit to take over the investigation.<ref>https://x.com/LucasFoxNews/status/1812286595405677007</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/article/trump-vp-vance-rubio-7c7ba6b99b5f38d2d840ed95b2fdc3e5</ref>
  
 
==Candidates==
 
==Candidates==
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[[File:US Elections in the eye of the common man 2024.png|right|800px]]
 
===Democrat===
 
===Democrat===
 
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*[[Joe Biden]]
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*[[Joe Biden]] (withdrew and gave his support to [[US Vice President]] [[Kamala Harris]] in July of 2024)
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*[[Robert F. Kennedy Jr]]
 
 
*[[Marianne Williamson]]
 
*[[Marianne Williamson]]
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*[[Dean Phillips]]
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====Potential====
 
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*[[Eric Adams]]
 
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*[[Pete Buttigieg]]
 
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*[[Roy Cooper]]
 
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*[[Amy Klobuchar]]
 
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*[[Chris Murphy]]
 
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*[[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]]
 
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*[[Bernie Sanders]]
 
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*[[Nina Turner]]
 
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*[[Raphael Warnock]]
 
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*[[Gretchen Whitmer]]
 
  
 
===Republican===
 
===Republican===
 
====Declared====
 
====Declared====
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*[[Chris Christie]]
 
*[[Ron DeSantis]]
 
*[[Ron DeSantis]]
 
*[[Larry Elder]]
 
*[[Larry Elder]]
 
*[[Nikki Haley]]
 
*[[Nikki Haley]]
 
*[[Asa Hutchinson]]
 
*[[Asa Hutchinson]]
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*[[Mike Pence]]
 
*[[Vivek Ramaswamy]]
 
*[[Vivek Ramaswamy]]
 
*[[Tim Scott]]
 
*[[Tim Scott]]
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*[[Donald Trump]]
 
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====Potential====
 
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*[[Greg Abbott]]
 
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*[[Marsha Blackburn]]
 
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*[[Liz Cheney]]
 
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*[[Chris Christie]]
 
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*[[Ted Cruz]]
 
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*[[Tom Cotton]]
 
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*[[Marjorie Taylor Greene]]
 
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*[[Larry Hogan]]
 
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*[[Will Hurd]]
 
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*[[Brian Kemp]]
 
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*[[Adam Kinzinger]]
 
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*[[Mike Pence]]
 
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*[[Mike Pompeo]]
 
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*[[Marco Rubio]]
 
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*[[Ben Sasse]]
 
 
*[[Francis X. Suarez]]
 
*[[Francis X. Suarez]]
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*[[Chris Sununu]]
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*[[Donald Trump]] (elected on 15th of July as GOP candidate)
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*[[Donald Trump]]
 
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*[[Glenn Youngkin]]
 
  
 
===Libertarian===
 
===Libertarian===
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====Declared====
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*[[Chase Oliver]]
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====Eliminated at convention====
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*[[Michael Rectenwald]]
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*[[Mike ter Maat]]
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====Speculated====
 
*[[Justin Amash]]
 
*[[Justin Amash]]
 
*[[Dave Smith]]
 
*[[Dave Smith]]
  
 
===Independents, other third parties, or party unknown===
 
===Independents, other third parties, or party unknown===
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*[[Howard Stern]]
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====Declared====
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*[[Kanye West]]
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* [[Claudia De la Cruz]]
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*[[Andrew Yang]]
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* [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr]] (Campaign suspended in August<ref>https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/23/politics/rfk-jr-suspends-campaign/index.html</ref>)
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*[[Mark Cuban]]
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* [[Jill Stein]]
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*[[Dwayne Johnson]]
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* [[Cornel West]]
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*[[Stephen A. Smith]]
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Third-party candidates gained one of the strongest showing in polls since [[Ross Perot]]'s high poll numbers in the [[1990s]]. Polls were especially high for [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr]] (~13% in the spring of [[2024]]), who dropped out of the Democratic Party primaries to run as an independent.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20231104193319/https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/robert-f-kennedy-jr-poll-biden-trump-rcna123356</ref>
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*[[Tulsi Gabbard]]
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<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20231103180057/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/27/presidential-election-third-parties</ref> In August 2024, [[RFK Jr]] announced he was suspending his campaign and endorsing [[Donald Trump]].<ref>''[https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/23/politics/rfk-jr-suspends-campaign/index.html "RFK Jr. suspends presidential campaign and endorses Trump"]''</ref> 
  
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[[Dr Jill Stein]] was announced as standing as the [[US/Green Party]] candidate in the US/2024 Presidential election in November of 2023. She previously stood in the 2012 and 2016 [[US presidential election]] campaigns.<ref>''[[Jill Stein#2024 election campaign]]'.</ref>
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[[Cornel West]] is running as an independent candidate with [[Melina Abdullah]].<ref>https://www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/botwc-firsts/cornel-west-announces-first-ever-all-black-running-ticket-for-presidential-race</ref>
  
 
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Event.png US/2024 Presidential election (US Presidential Election) Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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DateNovember 5, 2024
Subpage•US/2024 Presidential election/Candidate
Description60th quadrennial presidential election.

The 2024 United States presidential election was the 60th quadrennial presidential election and the first presidential election after electoral votes were redistributed according to the post-2020 census reapportionment.[1]

Six presidential candidates stood for election on 5 November 2024:

Results

US 2024 Votes.png

Republican Donald Trump won with 312 electoral college votes (75,889,100 votes–50.2%) defeating Democrat Kamala Harris with 226 electoral college votes (72,876,769 votes–48.2%). President-elect Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated on 20 January 2025 as the 47th POTUS, succeeding President Biden.

Supreme Court Ballot Access

A March 2024 US Supreme Court decision overturned attempts from lower state courts to ban Donald Trump from the ballots in state elections.[3]

Biden in 2021 vs. 2024: How Signs of Aging Have Upended Presidential Race

Cultural shifts

Some polls for this election indicated that support for the Democratic Party among people identifying as Hispanic, Asian, Arab, and students and young people under 25 appeared to have somewhat eroded, while support for the Republican Party in rural areas and pensioners also appeared to be declining.[4][5][6]

The Washington Post will not endorse a candidate for the first time in 36 years,[7] after favouring democtratic candidates for almost a century.

Tampering Attempts?

Law enforcement officials in Maricopa County, Arizona, arrested a temporary election worker for allegedly stealing a security fob and keys from a ballot tabulation center in June of 2024.[8]

Assassination attempt

During a rally, Donald Trump was shot and seen bleeding, causing Secret Service agents to rush him away with guns drawn. He was quickly escorted to a vehicle for safety.
Full article: Donald Trump/Assassination attempt

On the 14th of July 2024, US Republican Party candidate Donald Trump was shot during a campaign rally, his shooter was shot dead. The gunmen fired multiple shots resulting in at least 1 other visitor dying.[9] This was the first time that a former or current U.S. president or presidential candidate was injured in an attempted assassination since president Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981.[10] The FBI called the shooting an assassination attempt against the former President and dispatched a "counterterrorism" unit to take over the investigation.[11][12]

Candidates

US Elections in the eye of the common man 2024.png

Democrat

Declared

Republican

Declared

Libertarian

Declared

Eliminated at convention

Speculated

Independents, other third parties, or party unknown

Declared

Third-party candidates gained one of the strongest showing in polls since Ross Perot's high poll numbers in the 1990s. Polls were especially high for Robert F. Kennedy Jr (~13% in the spring of 2024), who dropped out of the Democratic Party primaries to run as an independent.[14] [15] In August 2024, RFK Jr announced he was suspending his campaign and endorsing Donald Trump.[16]

Dr Jill Stein was announced as standing as the US/Green Party candidate in the US/2024 Presidential election in November of 2023. She previously stood in the 2012 and 2016 US presidential election campaigns.[17]

Cornel West is running as an independent candidate with Melina Abdullah.[18]


 

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References

  1. ↑ https://ballotpedia.org/Congressional_apportionment_after_the_2020_census
  2. ↑ "Who's Running for President in 2024?"
  3. ↑ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-speaks-after-supreme-court-ruling-tells-biden-to-fight-your-fight-yourself
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231128001115/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/upshot/democrats-biden-hispanic-black-voters.html
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231128001050/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/us/politics/biden-trump-2024-poll.html
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231128000939/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/upshot/poll-biden-young-voters.html
  7. ↑ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/wapo-bails-kamala-wont-make-presidential-endorsement
  8. ↑ https://www.foxnews.com/us/arizona-election-worker-arrested-allegedly-stealing-security-device-tabulation-center
  9. ↑ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-shooter-death-attendee-butler-county-da/
  10. ↑ John Hinckley
  11. ↑ https://x.com/LucasFoxNews/status/1812286595405677007
  12. ↑ https://apnews.com/article/trump-vp-vance-rubio-7c7ba6b99b5f38d2d840ed95b2fdc3e5
  13. ↑ https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/23/politics/rfk-jr-suspends-campaign/index.html
  14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231104193319/https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/robert-f-kennedy-jr-poll-biden-trump-rcna123356
  15. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231103180057/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/27/presidential-election-third-parties
  16. ↑ "RFK Jr. suspends presidential campaign and endorses Trump"
  17. ↑ Jill Stein#2024 election campaign'.
  18. ↑ https://www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/botwc-firsts/cornel-west-announces-first-ever-all-black-running-ticket-for-presidential-race
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