2024 United States presidential election

2024 United States presidential election

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538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout	63.9% (2.7 pp)[1]
Nominee Donald Trump Kamala Harris Party Republican Democratic Home state Florida California Running mate JD Vance Tim Walz Electoral vote 312 226 States carried 31 + ME-02 19 + DC + NE-02 Popular vote 77,303,573[2] 75,019,257[2] Percentage 49.9%[2] 48.4%[2]
Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Trump/Vance and blue denotes those won by Harris/Walz. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.[3]
President before election Joe Biden Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

The 2024 United States presidential election was the 60th quadrennial presidential election. The election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, along with other state and federal elections. It is the first presidential election to use population information from the 2020 census.^[4] The Republican ticket of former President Donald Trump and Ohio U.S. senator JD Vance won the election. They defeated the Democratic ticket of incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

President Joe Biden originally ran for reelection to a second term and became the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee, but ended his campaign on July 21, 2024 after a bad debate performance and concerns about his age and health. He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president.^[5] She picked Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz as her running mate. Had she won, she would have become the first female president in U.S. history. Harris is the first nominee who did not participate in the primaries since Hubert Humphrey in 1968.^[6]

Former President Donald Trump ran for reelection for a non-consecutive term. He picked Ohio U.S. Senator JD Vance as his running mate. He is the first President to serve two non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland. In 2023 and 2024, Trump was found liable and guilty in civil and criminal proceedings, becoming the first former president to be convicted of a crime.^[7] Trump survived an assassination attempt on July 13, 2024.

Some main campaign issues during the election cycle are abortion,^[8][9][10] border security and immigration,^[11][12] climate change,^[13][14] democracy,^[15][16] the economy,^[17] education,^[18] foreign policy,^[19] healthcare,^[20] and LGBT rights.^[21]

Trump won a decisive victory, winning 312 electoral college votes to Harris' 226. Additionally, Trump became the first Republican to win the national popular vote since George W. Bush in 2004. Trump and Vance won the election in the early hours of November 6 as the next and 47th president and 50th vice president of the United States.^[22] Harris called Trump on November 6 to congratulate him.^[23] She delivered a concession speech later that day.^[24][25] Trump is the second president to be elected to a non-consecutive second term, 132 years after Grover Cleveland won the 1892 election. Trump is also the oldest person ever elected president, at the age of 78.^[26] Harris is the most recent sitting vice president to run for the presidency and lose since Al Gore in 2000 and the most recent Democratic presidential nominee to lose the national popular vote since John Kerry in 2004.^[27]
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1. ↑ Lindsay, James M. (December 18, 2024). "The 2024 Election by the Numbers". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Cite error: The named reference aper was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
3. ↑
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   • "2024 US Presidential Election Results: Live Map". ABC News. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
4. ↑ "Election Planning Calendar" (PDF). essex-virginia.org. Essex County, Virginia. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 7, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
5. ↑ "Joe Biden drops out of election, upending race for White House". www.bbc.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
6. ↑ "Party like it's 1968? History repeats itself, Biden decision throws Chicago DNC into uncertain future". NBC Chicago. July 21, 2024. Archived from the original on July 23, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
7. ↑ Charalambous, Peter; Pereira, Ivan (May 30, 2024). "Donald Trump becomes 1st US president tried and convicted of crimes". ABC News. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
8. ↑ For sources on this, see:
   • Edsall, Thomas B. (April 12, 2023). "How The Right Came To Embrace Intrusive Government". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 12, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023. Republicans in states across the country are defiantly pushing for the criminalization of abortion — of the procedure, of abortifacient drugs and of those who travel out of state to terminate pregnancy... According to research provided to The Times by the Kaiser Family Foundation, states that have abortion bans at various early stages of pregnancy with no exception for rape or incest include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
   • Weisman, Jonathan (April 11, 2023). "Pressured by Their Base on Abortion, Republicans Strain to Find a Way Forward". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 11, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
   • Godfrey, Elaine (May 4, 2022). "The GOP's Strange Turn Against Rape Exceptions". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
9. ↑ McCammon, Sarah (November 8, 2023). "Abortion rights win big in 2023 elections, again". NPR. Archived from the original on December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
10. ↑ "Here's why abortion will be such a big issue for the ballot come November". NBC. March 11, 2024. Archived from the original on March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
11. ↑ Sahil, Kapur (April 17, 2024). "7 big issues at stake in the 2024 election". NBC. Archived from the original on July 3, 2024. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
12. ↑ Arnsdorf, Isaac. "Trump brags about efforts to stymie border talks: 'Please blame it on me'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
13. ↑ Gongloff, Mark (January 30, 2024). "The 2024 election just might turn on ... climate change?". Portland Press Herald. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
14. ↑ Andreoni, Manuela (January 16, 2024). "Climate is on the Ballot Around the World". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 16, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
15. ↑ Fields, Gary; Sanders, Linley (December 15, 2023). "Americans agree that the 2024 election will be pivotal for democracy, but for different reasons". Associated Press. Archived from the original on December 16, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
16. ↑ "Saving democracy is central to Biden's campaign messaging. Will it resonate with swing state voters?". CBS News. February 18, 2024. Archived from the original on March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
17. ↑ Cook, Charlie (March 2, 2023). "Will 2024 Be About the Economy, or the Candidates?". Cook Political Report. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
18. ↑ Manchester, Julia (January 29, 2023). "Republicans see education as winning issue in 2024". The Hill. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
19. ↑ Ward, Alexander; Berg, Matt (October 20, 2023). "2024: The foreign policy election?". Politico. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
20. ↑ Colvin, Jill; Miller, Zeke (November 27, 2023). "Trump says he will renew efforts to replace 'Obamacare' if he wins a second term". Associated Press. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
21. ↑ "Here's where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on LGBTQ+ issues". ABC News. Archived from the original on December 6, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
22. ↑ "Trump wins the White House in a political comeback rooted in appeals to frustrated voters". The Associated Press. November 6, 2024.
23. ↑ "Harris called Trump to concede US presidential election, aides say". Reuters. November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
24. ↑ "Harris to concede to Trump after election loss". BBC. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
25. ↑ Stein, Chris; Chao-Fong, Léonie; Sedghi, Amy; Lawther, Fran; Lawther (Earlier), Fran (November 6, 2024). "US election 2024 live: Kamala Harris to concede after Donald Trump wins second term as president". The Guardian. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
26. ↑ Hajela, Deepti (November 6, 2024). "Trump isn't first to be second: Grover Cleveland set precedent of non-consecutive presidential terms". AP News. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
27. ↑ Dovere, Edward-Isaac (November 6, 2024). "Where Harris' campaign went wrong". CNN. Retrieved November 7, 2024.