US History/2024 Vote

The 2024 presidential election was held to choose who would replace Joe Biden. It took place during a period of deep political and societal division. Primary season Republican Primaries right|thumb|200x200px|Results from the 2024 Republican presidential primaries. Blue is Trump, orange is Haley thumb|right|200px|Then-former president Donald Trump announced his campaign for a second term on November 15, 2022 Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, was elected in 2016 but lost reelection to a second term in 2020 to Joe Biden. On November 15, 2022, he announced his bid for the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential electionStracqualursi Gabby Orr,Kristen Holmes,Veronica 2022-11-16 Former President Donald Trump announces a White House bid for 2024 CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/politics/trump-2024-presidential-bid 2025-09-04 CNN en Trump won the Iowa caucuses on January 15, 2024 in a landslide.Opsahl Robin 2024-11-06 AP: Former president Donald Trump wins Iowa in 2024 general election • Iowa Capital Dispatch https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/11/05/ap-former-president-donald-trump-wins-iowa-in-2024-general-election/ 2025-09-04 Iowa Capital Dispatch en-US He ran against his former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, Florida governor Ron DeSantis, and Vivek Ramaswamy, a wealth management executive.Gomez Henry Allen Jonathan January 15, 2024 Trump easily wins the Iowa caucuses — a big first step toward a 2024 rematch with Biden https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/iowa-caucuses-open-trump-aiming-break-records-rivals-fight-second-rcna132686 live https://web.archive.org/web/20240115231233/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/iowa-caucuses-open-trump-aiming-break-records-rivals-fight-second-rcna132686 January 15, 2024 2025-05-01 NBC News Following the Iowa caucuses, DeSantis and Ramaswamy withdrew their bids. On March 6, Haley withdrew her campaign. Trump won every state's Republican primary except Vermont's. Due to his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Trump's eligibility to be on the ballot was challenged by Colorado, Illinois, and Maine, with the Supreme Court ultimately ruling these disqualification efforts unconstitutional.Sherman Mark March 4, 2024 Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-insurrection-election-colorado-51e79c0f03013034c8a042cb278b6446 2025-05-03 March 4, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240304052037/https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-insurrection-election-colorado-51e79c0f03013034c8a042cb278b6446 live Trump secured enough delegates to win the Republican nomination on March 12, becoming the Republican presumptive nominee. Vakil Caroline March 12, 2024 Trump clinches GOP nomination https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4527253-donald-trump-gop-nomination-delegates/ 2025-05-01 The Hill Trump official accepted the Republican nomination on at the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 19, 2024.2024-07-19 Trump accepts presidential nod on RNC’s final night: Recap en-US The Hill https://thehill.com/homenews/4779639-rnc-trump-2024-live-updates/ 2025-09-04 Democratic Primaries thumb|202x202px|Then-President Joe Biden announced his re-election campaign on April 25, 2023 Democrat Joe Biden, elected the 46th president of the United States in the 2020 election, announced his run for a second term on April 25, 2023 with Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate.Gittleson Ben Nagle Molly April 25, 2023 Joe Biden announces he is running for president again, setting up possible Trump rematch ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/joe-biden-running-reelection-2024-setting-trump-rematch/story?id=98801535 2025-05-01 Biden's main opponents in the Democratic primaries included Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota and venture capitalist Jason Palmer. Biden easily won every state primary and became the Democratic presumptive nominee on March 12, 2024.Yoon Robert Sweedler Maya 12 March 2024 How Biden won enough delegates for another Democratic presidential nomination https://apnews.com/article/biden-democrats-nomination-president-delegate-34a06d45d909c077fbeed17014f92986 2025-05-01 Associated Press However, after his poor debate performance against Donald Trump, Biden dropped out from the race and endorsed Kamala Harris. Harris became the official nominee through a virtual roll-call of Democratic National Convention delegate held on August 1-5, 2024.Desk NPR Washington 2024-08-06 It's official: Kamala Harris becomes Democrats' 2024 presidential nominee en NPR https://www.npr.org/2024/08/01/nx-s1-5060456/harris-democratic-nominee-roll-call-delegates 2025-09-04 Nominees Republican Nominees left|thumb|267x267px|Donald Trump right|thumb|250x250px|JD Vance On July 13, Donald Trump became the Republican Party presidential nominee for the third consecutive election. He appointed Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate and vice presidential pick.Ohio Senator JD Vance is Donald Trump's pick for vice president https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/15/jd-vance-donald-trump-vp-pick/74123080007/ 2025-05-02 USA Today The Republican National Convention, where the nomination was held, was hosted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Democratic Nominees left|thumb|267x267px|Kamala Harris right|thumb|267x267px|Tim Walz Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, suspended his campaign on July 21 and endorsed his vice president Kamala Harris to run in his stead.July 21, 2024 Harris says she will "earn and win" Democratic nomination https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/biden-trump-election-07-21-24#h_fda5151d2b9b9e7d1836c629eb88c750 CNN Harris quickly garnered the necessary delegates to make her the Democratic nominee for president, and she formally accepted the nomination on August 22 at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.Quinn Melissa August 23, 2024 Harris accepts historic presidential nomination, says election offers "fleeting opportunity" to move past "bitterness, cynicism" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harris-dnc-speech/ www.cbsnews.com Harris became the first woman of color to be a major party presidential nominee. On August 6, she had chosen Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate.Election 2024 live updates: Harris picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate https://apnews.com/live/trump-harris-vp-pick-election-updates live https://web.archive.org/web/20240806144257/https://apnews.com/live/trump-harris-vp-pick-election-updates August 6, 2024 2025-05-02 AP News en Controversies and turning points thumb|250x250px|Biden addresses the nation on his decision to withdraw his campaign Biden was faced with widespread concerns about his age (81 at the time) and health during his 2024 campaign. At that point, Biden was the oldest sitting president in the nation's history. A widely-criticized debate performance with Trump on June 27 exacerbated these concerns. Ultimately, Biden decided to withdraw his bid for reelection on July 21. Biden became the first president to drop his reelection bid since Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1968 election. Biden would serve until the end of his term on January 20, 2025.Joe Biden drops out of election, upending race for White House https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e5xpdzkd8o 2025-05-02 www.bbc.com en-GB In 2023 and 2024, Trump was found liable and guilty across multiple legal proceedings. He was indicted four times in 2023 on charges related to his efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, mishandling national security documents, and falsifying business records. He was convicted of falsifying business records on May 30, 2024, becoming the first former President to be convicted of a felony.Charalambous Peter Pereira Ivan May 30, 2024 Donald Trump becomes 1st US president tried and convicted of crimes https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-president-donald-trump-found-guilty-manhattan-hush/story?id=110647273 2025-05-02 ABC News en A changed race Transitioning to the new ticket Biden is the first presidential candidate to drop out of the race after receiving a majority of the delegates during the primary elections.Ask an expert: Harris 2024? Here’s what election and campaign finance laws say Penn State University https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/ask-expert-harris-2024-heres-what-election-and-campaign-finance-laws-say 2025-09-04 www.psu.edu This situation presented Harris and her team to address unprecedented situations. After announcing his withdrawal, the campaign committee set up to manage his presidential run changed its name from "Biden for President" to "Harris for President".Sneed David Wright, Sara Murray, Katelyn Polantz, Tierney 2024-07-21 Kamala Harris formally takes over Biden-Harris campaign account – she’s the only one who could CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/21/politics/fec-biden-harris-campaign-account 2025-09-04 CNN en2024-07-21 FEC Form 2 Statement of Candidacy https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/303/202407219665705303/202407219665705303.pdf 2025-09-04 Federal Election Commission This allowed Harris to "hit the ground running" so to speak, with access to Biden's field offices and staff, campaign headquarters, and the $96 million in campaign funds. This smooth transition was only possible because Harris was officially on the ticket for the Biden campaign as the Vice Presidential candidate. Some election law experts questioned the legality of this transition, though it was never officially contested and remains an "untested issue".Ask an expert: Harris 2024? Here’s what election and campaign finance laws say Penn State University https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/ask-expert-harris-2024-heres-what-election-and-campaign-finance-laws-say 2025-09-04 www.psu.eduHarris Unlikely to Face Obstacles in Using Biden’s Campaign Funds https://mcfn.org/article/harris-unlikely-to-face-obstacles-in-using-biden-s-campaign-funds 2025-09-04 Michigan Campaign Finance Network en In the first twenty-four hours of her candidacy, her campaign raised $81 million, the highest single-day total in presidential history.Samuels Brett 2024-07-22 Harris breaks 24-hour fundraising record after Biden drops out en-US The Hill https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4786610-harris-breaks-fundraising-record/ 2025-09-04 Assassination attempts against Trump thumb|200x200px|Trump pays respect to Corey Comperatore, a firefighter who lost his life in the Pennsylvania assassination attemptOn July 13, 2024, during an outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Trump was shot in his upper right ear by Thomas Matthew Crooks in a failed assassination attempt.2024-07-13 Trump rally in Butler County ends abruptly after apparent gunshots are heard in crowd https://radio.wpsu.org/2024-07-13/trump-rally-butler-county-ends-abruptly-after-apparent-gunshots-are-heard-in-crowd 2025-05-02 WPSU enYee Curtis Santana Rebecca Whitehurst Lindsay Orsi Peter July 13, 2024 Live updates: Shooter dead, rally attendee killed and Trump whisked off stage after gunshots ring out at rally Associated Press News https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024 live 2025-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20240713222136/https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024 July 13, 2024 One attendee was murdered, while multiple others were injured. This marked the first time that a president or former president was injured in an assassination attempt since the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan. On September 15, Trump was again targeted for assassination at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida by Ryan Routh. Trump was not shot at and no injuries were reported.Devine Curt Chapman Isabelle Medina Daniel de puy Kamp Majlie Glover Scott Ash Audrey Kuznia Rob 2 September 16, 2024 Man detained in apparent assassination attempt on Trump criticized former president on social media en CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/trump-attempted-assassination-man-detained/index.html live 2025-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20240916140052/https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/trump-attempted-assassination-man-detained/index.html September 16, 2024 Main issues in the campaign Some main campaign issues during the election cycle were abortion,March 11, 2024 Here's why abortion will be such a big issue for the ballot come November https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/heres-why-abortion-will-be-such-a-big-issue-for-the-ballot-come-november/3305057/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240311222821/https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/heres-why-abortion-will-be-such-a-big-issue-for-the-ballot-come-november/3305057/ March 11, 2024 2025-05-02 NBC border security and immigration,Sahil, Kapur April 17, 2024 7 big issues at stake in the 2024 election https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/issues-trump-biden-2024-election-health-care-abortion-tax-immigration-rcna147637 live https://web.archive.org/web/20240703012241/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/issues-trump-biden-2024-election-health-care-abortion-tax-immigration-rcna147637 July 3, 2024 2025-05-02 NBC climate change,Gongloff Mark January 30, 2024 The 2024 election just might turn on ... climate change? https://www.pressherald.com/2024/01/30/opinion-the-2024-election-just-might-turn-on-climate-change/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240213032748/https://www.pressherald.com/2024/01/30/opinion-the-2024-election-just-might-turn-on-climate-change/ February 13, 2024 2025-05-02 Portland Press Herald democracy,Fields Gary Sanders Linley December 15, 2023 Americans agree that the 2024 election will be pivotal for democracy, but for different reasons Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/democracy-2024-election-trump-biden-poll-39309519c8473175c25ab5a305e629ba live 2025-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20231216014504/https://apnews.com/article/democracy-2024-election-trump-biden-poll-39309519c8473175c25ab5a305e629ba December 16, 2023 the economy,Cook Charlie March 2, 2023 Will 2024 Be About the Economy, or the Candidates? https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/will-2024-be-about-economy-or-candidates live https://web.archive.org/web/20230325201533/https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/will-2024-be-about-economy-or-candidates March 25, 2023 2025-05-02 Cook Political Report education,Manchester Julia January 29, 2023 Republicans see education as winning issue in 2024 https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3833724-republicans-see-education-as-winning-issue-in-2024/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20230129170545/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3833724-republicans-see-education-as-winning-issue-in-2024/ January 29, 2023 2025-05-02 The Hill foreign policy,Ward Alexander Berg Matt October 20, 2023 2024: The foreign policy election? https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2023/10/20/2024-the-foreign-policy-election-00122691 live https://web.archive.org/web/20231120235105/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2023/10/20/2024-the-foreign-policy-election-00122691 November 20, 2023 2025-05-02 Politico healthcare,Colvin Jill Miller Zeke November 27, 2023 Trump says he will renew efforts to replace 'Obamacare' if he wins a second term Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/trump-obamacare-health-care-biden-c2b1f5776310870deed2fb997b07fc2c live 2025-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20231204043350/https://apnews.com/article/trump-obamacare-health-care-biden-c2b1f5776310870deed2fb997b07fc2c December 4, 2023 and transgender healthcare.Here's where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on LGBTQ+ issues https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2024-presidential-candidates-stand-lgbtq-issues/story?id=103313107 live https://web.archive.org/web/20231206183159/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2024-presidential-candidates-stand-lgbtq-issues/story?id=103313107 December 6, 2023 2025-05-02 ABC News Harris focused on a narrow set of issues in her short campaign, namely taxation, abortion, democracy, and the economy.2024-11-05 Kamala Harris' policy plans and platform on key issues for the 2024 election - CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-platform-policy-positions-2024/ 2025-09-04 www.cbsnews.com en-US Given the growing dissatisfaction with the cost-of-living and inflation, her campaign speeches and materials focused heavily on her plans to lower home, grocery, and energy prices.A New Way Forward en-US Kamala Harris for President: Official Campaign Website https://kamalaharris.com/a-new-way-forward/ 2025-09-04 Trump focused on immigration, inflation, ending foreign military engagements, promotion of tariffs, promotion of oil and gas drilling expansion, and lowering the crime rate.Issues Donald J. Trump For President 2024 https://www.donaldjtrump.com/issues/ 2025-09-04 www.donaldjtrump.com en Results thumb|200x200px|The 2024 electoral map The election was held on November 5, 2024. In the early hours of the next day, the race was called for Trump and Vance. Trump's victory was largely attributed to to voters' complaints about the economy, immigration, and state of the nation. Trump won decisively, with 312 electoral college votes to Harris' 226. With 49.8% of the nationwide vote to Harris' 48.3%, Trump became the first Republican to win the national popular vote since George W. Bush in the 2004 election.November 6, 2024 Trump wins the White House in a political comeback rooted in appeals to frustrated voters Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/election-day-trump-harris-white-house-83c8e246ab97f5b97be45cdc156af4e2 Harris called Trump on November 6 to congratulate him.November 6, 2024 Harris called Trump to concede US presidential election, aides say Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harris-called-trump-concede-us-presidential-election-aides-say-2024-11-06/ 2025-05-02 She delivered a concession speech later that day.Harris to concede to Trump after election loss https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyg856px7eo 2025-05-02 BBCStein 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 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/nov/06/us-presidential-election-2024-donald-trump-kamala-harris-latest-news-updates 2025-05-02 Trump became the second president to be elected to a nonconsecutive second term, 132 years after Grover Cleveland won the 1884 election. Trump also became the first felon elected president and the oldest person ever elected president, at the age of 78.Hajela Deepti November 6, 2024 Trump isn't first to be second: Grover Cleveland set precedent of non-consecutive presidential terms Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/grover-cleveland-president-nonconsecutive-terms-7ea2c92c72911462ccb1bc2e7352fa23 2025-05-02 Trump and Vance were inaugurated as the 47th president and 50th vice president respectively on January 20, 2025. References 2024 United States presidential election Biden Hope 2 100%