2022 Presidential Election (With Open Eyes)

The 2022 United States Presidential Election was the 54th quadrennial United States presidential election held on Tuesday, November 6, 2022. After the incumbent President James Harrison dropped out of the race citing health and memory concerns, Jeryd Mencken was chosen by the RNC as their nominee, and later defeated the Democratic candidate, Colorado Governor Daniel Jimenez. A group of pro-Mencken supporters committed a politically motivated attack in the city of Milwaukee that led to the destruction of approximately 96,000 ballots, believed to be heavily favored to Jimenez, led to a lengthy court battle that ended on January 6th, 2023 officially declaring Jeryd Mencken winner of the 2022 presidential election.

Incumbent President Jeff Barnes dropped out in July of 2022 citing health concerns, and Mencken managed to secure the Democratic nomination against 12 other candidates, largely due to the backing of WaystarRoyco CEO Logan Roy. Vice President Dave Boyer was initially seen as the favorite for the Republican nomination after Barnes dropped out, however ended up placing second against Mencken in a tough battle and secured the vice presidential nomination by September after a tough battle for second spot.

During the election season, Mencken and Jimenez campaigned mostly on domestic issues, such as increasing crime across the nation, high cost of living and education policies. Mencken did not associate himself with right-wing organizations specifically, however his connections to far-right newscaster FVN were called out often on the campaign trail by the Jimenez team. Jimenez came under scrutiny for his positions on public safety and policing along and tech regulation policies.

On election night, it was unclear who had won, with Wisconsin being too close to call due to the 2022 Milwaukee Ballot-Burning incident. Initial returns showed Mencken had won without many votes reporting in Milwaukee County by only a few ten thousand votes. Following exactly 2 months of both state and federal court battles, Mencken was declared the winner by roughly 1.1 percent on January 6th, 2023. The counting issues and lawsuits started mass instability and rioting across the United States with many Democrats contesting the certification of Wisconsin's election without accounting for the lost absentee ballots in Milwaukee, which likely would have swayed mostly Democratic. After the vote had been certified in the state of Wisconsin, Mencken won the election 276 electoral votes to Daniel Jimenez's 262 electoral votes. Mencken also won tight battles in the states of Arizona, New Hampshire and Georgia which helped him reach his narrow 6 electoral vote lead over the 270 to win mark.

Close States
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States where the margin of victory was less than 1%:
 * 1)  Arizona, 0.35% (Tipping Point State)
 * 2) Georgia, 0.41%
 * 3) New Hampshire, 0.44%
 * 4) North Carolina, 0.96%

States where the margin of victory was more than 1% but less than 5%:
 * 1) Pennsylvania, 1.51%
 * 2) Florida, 1.74%
 * 3) Wisconsin, 2.13%
 * 4) Michigan, 3.16%
 * 5) Ohio, 4.59%
 * 6) Nevada, 4.94%

States where the margin of victory was more than 5% but less than 10%:
 * 1) Texas, 5.39%
 * 2) Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, 5.63%
 * 3) Iowa, 6.33%
 * 4) Maine's 2nd Congressional District, 7.95%
 * 5) Kansas, 9.97%