2060 USA Presidential Election

The 2060 US Election was held on the 2nd November 2060. Ivanka Trump lost both the House and Senate in the 2058 midterms but still left office with a 47% approval rating even after the economy begin to stagnate and unemployment rose to 6% by the loss of the manufacturing sector of the Rust Belt. It was different to most as three major candidates emerged, instead of a two-way between the Republicans and Democrats. With the Democrats trying to move further to the left after the defeat of Joe O'Neil in 2056. During the beginning of the campaign the Republican nominee Thomas C Harrison the Former Secretary of State under Ivanka Trump's presidency. The Democrats chose Amy Gringrich a Senator from Georgia who failed to inspire voters being considered part of the corporate Democrat sphere.

An Independent Candidate, Michael Rosenberg business tycoon and former mayor of Milwaukee. He styled himself as a populist but a centrist campaigning on platforms held by both parties, but pledged to bring jobs back to the USA and too modernise American Infrastructure and jobs as they were lagging behind the rest of the world in clean, efficient transport and Green jobs. He performed well in all three debates by stating "What have these two parties done to improve the lives of American, they've entered the white house for over 200 years and Americans are still unhappy with the state of the country. A vote for me, is too end the stalemate America has been led by these two parties." His slogan was " Let's Change America Together!" He picked activist and former Green Party candidate for President in 2056, Laura Edmonton to be his running mate.

 Election results 

Michael Rosenberg / Laura Edmonton (I) - 299 Electoral Votes - 61,120,218

Thomas C Harrison / Francis Tillis (R) - 125 Electoral Votes - 50,343,754

Amy Gingrich / Sherrod Baldwin (D) - 55 Electoral Votes - 38,690,021

Turnout 150,153,993

This was an historic election as a it was the first time in over 200 years a candidate neither Democrat or Republican had won. After the Election he formed the Liberal Populists and planned to run his party in the 2052 midterms.

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