2012 United States Presidential Election (Payday 2)

The 2012 United States Presidential Election was the 57th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012. Political outsider and generally murky character Dr. Helmann and his running mate, former officer of the Boston Police Department Solomon Garrett, lost the election to businessman Nathan Steele and former Navy SEAL officer Nicolas.

Despite the nomination seemingly looking like it would go to President Barack Obama, his failure to grow the economy in recession lessened his chances in being an incumbent. This would see Dr. Helmann challenge Obama in the Democratic nomination and narrowly get enough delegates to officially be nominated by the convention. Steele on the other hand was able to gain an advantage with his steep funds as well as alleged tampering in the nomination to win the Republican primary. Various protests from both parties would spring up on the dubious results of the primaries, but nothing would be brought up that would challenge the results.

The campaign heavily focused on issues pertaining to the suspicious character of both candidates on the main tickets with leaks alleging various types of allegations against the two, allowing third parties to take more of the popular vote. Helmann had an assistant speak out against him on the campaign trail when she revealed his finances showing he forgot to pay his taxes, leading to an active investigation taking place that ended with his unfortunate passing in 2018. Steele would have his scrupulous behavior be revealed as late into the campaign it was revealed he may have been involved with the infamous Payday crew, possibly making the election much more contested than originally seen.