2024 Constitutional States Presidential Election (Divided We Stand)

The 2024 Constitutional States Presidential Election was the 1st quadrennial presidential election in the Constitutional American States, held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Incumbent President Donald Trump of the Patriot Rally defeated his former pre-divide Vice President, Mike Pence, of the big-tent American Unity Party.

Following the Great Division in July of 2023, the United States ceased to be a single entity, splitting into the Constitutional American States and Union of American Republics. Donald Trump was near-unanimously appointed President by the CS Senate, and, beginning in August, supporters of President Trump formed the Patriot Rally, the first political party in the CS. Later that same month, opponents of the President, led by Mike Pence, the former Vice President of the United States, Evan McMullin, a political activist and candidate for US Senate in 2022, and former US Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger formed the American Unity Party, or simply Unity.

Beginning in early 2024, Trump was unanimously selected by the Rally as its nominee, while the real race laid in the Vic Presidency, which many jockeyed for, such as Ron DeSantis, Josh Hawley, Mike Pompeo, Tim Scott, and Kristi Noem. Ultimately, Trump chose Hawley, and the two were officially nominated in the summer. In the UNC, Pence was narrowly selected, beating McMullin by a narrow margin. Brian Kemp, the Governor of Georgia, was chosen as Pence's running mate.

Trump, being enormously popular in the CAS, campaigned on his success in reviving the economy, uniting the heartland under the Star Spangled Cross, and on bringing back family values and protecting American borders. Pence accused Trump of being a "tyrant", and attacked him as "anti-democratic" and as a false conservative. He also called Trump a socialist for his support of the Family Protection Act proposed by Hawley's wing of the Rally, and attacked his executive order to execute drug dealers.

Ultimately, Trump would win by a ten-point margin, defeating Pence in a landslide in both the popular vote and electoral college.

Background
Following the 2023 Recession, political anger was at its highest, and riots and protests began to break out across the country.

Patriot Nomination
Upon the Patriot Rally's formation, there was little doubt as to who it would nominate.

American Unity Nomination
In July 0f 2023, leading opponents of Trump within the CAS began to band together and form a unified front.