It's January 20, 2025. What happened if the previous poster's person is president megathread?

[Progressive Pessimist]

I guess I'll do NewYorkExpress's suggestion:

Cuomo doesn't run for re-election in 2022 out of disgrace over his role in the nursing home scandal. Spitzer gets nominated instead by the Democratic Party in a major comeback and wins the general election. He then goes on to be incredibly popular in the state and nationwide for his role in regulating Wall Street again, and beats Harris in a primary for the 2024 nomination after Biden retires. He faces Ted Cruz in the general election whose Cancun controversy made him very popular among the GOP base due to sheer contrarian spite and since Trump ended up not running and endorsing him, but ends up losing to Spitzer in 2024 with the 318-220 map being the result.

Beto O'Rourke.

[Progressive Pessimist]

As Secretary of Transportation, Buttigieg oversees the construction of a nationwide high-speed rail system that revolutionizes travel and garners him massive praise and appreciation by Americans from all backgrounds. After Biden declines to run for re-election, he runs instead and wins the nomination. He then faces a non-Trump GOP nominee and makes the election about infrastructure and transportation which he handily uses to his advantage and wins.

Matthew McConaughey.