2024 United States presidential election

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The 2024 United States Presidential Election was the 60th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 5, 2024. Incumbent Democratic President Joe Biden and his running mate, incumbent  Vice President Kamala Harris were re-elected to a second term. They defeated the Republican ticket consisting of Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida and Governor Mike DeWine of Ohio as well as the  Liberty Party ticket consisting of the former President Donald Trump of Florida and Governor  Kristi Noem of  South Dakota.

As the incumbent president, Joe Biden faced no serious opposition in getting the Democratic nomination. The Republicans, meanwhile, experienced a very competitive primary process. Though Donald Trump was the favorite to win the primary for a long time, Ron DeSantis mounted a primary challenge against the former president, citing poor midterm performances by the Republican Party in the  2022 midterm elections. DeSantis enetually won the Republican nomination and chose Mike DeWine, the  Governor of Ohio, to be his running mate.

Biden campaigned on his legislative achievements like the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, and the Respect for Marriage Act while promising to do more in his second term. He also took the attack to the Republican Party, criticizing them for election denialism and their overall rhetoric. Biden slammed on Trump for his various scandals and election denialism. DeSantis campaigned on his various achievements as Governor of Florida, parental control over education, and fiscal conservativism. He also criticized Donald Trump for splitting the Republican Party and its base in a critical election. Trump, in turn, attacked DeSantis and the Republican Party for "stealing" the nomination from him, claiming to have been the only person who could have won against Joe Biden. He also attacked Joe Biden for the economic woes faced by the United States under his presidency and for signing the railroad strike agreement that left railroad employees with few improvements in regards to their job.

Though the usage of mail-in ballots continued to rise, ballot processing did not take as long as it did in 2020 due to reforms made after the [The-Great-Placeholder | 2020] and 2022 elections. This, in addition to the relative certainty in the outcome of the election in the critical states meant that new agencies projected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris being re-elected to the Presidency and Vice-Presidency by November 6, 2024, the day after the election.

Biden ultimately received the Electoral College majority, receiving 366 Electoral votes to DeSantis's 172. Though his vote-share in many states declined, he prevailed over DeSantis as the conservative vote was split between DeSantis and Trump. This split was especially pronounced in the [The-Great-Placeholder | Rust Belt] states, where Trump registered strong gains in 2016, causing Biden to cruise to victory in these state. However, DeSantis won the critical swing states of Florida, his home state, and Ohio, his running-mate's home state. Biden flipped [The-Great-Placeholder | Texas], [The-Great-Placeholder | North Carolina], and [The-Great-Placeholder | Iowa]. Biden was the first Democrat to win Texas since [The-Great-Placeholder | 1976], North Carolina since [The-Great-Placeholder | 2008], and Iowa since [The-Great-Placeholder | 2012].