2024 United States Presidential Election

The 2024 United States presidential election was the 60th quadrennial election, held on November 5, 2024. The Republican ticket of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds defeated incumbent Democratic President Joe Biden and incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris in the closest race in a quarter century. The election took place during a hard- hitting recession in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first election since 1980 in which an Incumbent Democratic President lost re-election to a second term. It was also the sixth and most recent presidential election in which the winning candiate lost the popular vote.