So in 2020 President Trump wins his re election with the popular vote this time against Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. 4 years later on the Republican side there were 6 presidential candidates in the race (Ted Cruz, Kris Kobach, Charlie Baker, Mike Pence, Josh Mandel, and Todd Young) on the Democratic side there were 3 presidential candidates. (Kamala Harris, Keith Ellison, and Tim Ryan) Tim Ryan similar to Martin O'Malley in 2016 didn't gain any traction and like Jim Webb was seen as too moderate. After Ted Cruz defeated Mike Pence in the Iowa Caucuses Mike Pence, Kris Kobach, and Josh Mandel suspended their campaigns. Pence as the incumbent Vice President kept neutral during the primaries. After Todd Young won the New Hampshire primary against Cruz and Baker Charlie Baker withdrew and endorsed Todd Young. Kris Kobach and Josh Mandel both endorsed Ted Cruz over Todd Young since Cruz was the more conservative option of the two. After Ted Cruz ended up winning 9 out of the 10 contests on Super Tuesday Todd Young suspended his campaign for president and endorsed Ted Cruz. After Super Tuesday both President Trump and Vice President Pence endorsed Ted Cruz. Cruz from that point steam rolled his way through the entire Republican Primary winning 55 out of the 57 contests unsurprisingly as he was on the only in the race. On the Democratic side Kamala Harris ended easily defeating Keith Ellison being the heavy favorite with women and latinos and white Christian working class democrats. Ted Cruz ended up defeating Kamala Harris in the electoral vote but narrowly loses the popular vote by around 20 thousand voted. How much would the left freak out and how big will their tantrums be
2024
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) / Sen. Josh Mandel (R-OH) - 327 EV / 48.5% PV (65,892,183)Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) / Gov. Steve Bullock (D-MT) - 211 EV / 48.5% PV (65,911,218)
