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+[[United States presidential election|Presidential elections]] were held in the [[United States]] on November 5, 2024. The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]'s [[Ticket (election)|ticket]]—[[Kamala Harris]], the incumbent [[U.S. vice president]], and [[Tim Walz]], the incumbent [[governor of Minnesota]]—defeated the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]'s ticket—[[Donald Trump]], who served as the 45th [[president of the United States]] from 2017 to 2021, and [[JD Vance]], a [[U.S. senator]] from [[Ohio]].
+The incumbent president, Democrat [[Joe Biden]], initially [[Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign|ran for re-election]] as the party's [[presumptive nominee]], facing little opposition and easily defeating Representative [[Dean Phillips]] of [[Minnesota]] during the [[2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries|Democratic primaries]]; however, what was broadly considered a [[2024 Joe Biden–Donald Trump presidential debate|poor debate performance]] in June 2024 intensified [[Age and health concerns about Joe Biden|concerns about his age and health]], and led to [[List of Democrats who opposed the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign|calls within his party]] for him to leave the race. After initially declining to do so, [[Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election|Biden withdrew]] on July 21, becoming the first eligible incumbent president to withdraw since [[Withdrawal of Lyndon B. Johnson from the 1968 United States presidential election|Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968]]. Biden endorsed Harris, who was voted [[Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign|the party's nominee]] by the delegates on August 5 and became the first nominee who did not participate in the [[United States presidential primary|primaries]] since [[Hubert Humphrey 1968 presidential campaign|Hubert Humphrey, also in 1968]]. Harris [[2024 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection|selected Walz as her running mate]].
+Trump, who lost [[2020 United States presidential election|the 2020 presidential election]] to Biden, [[Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign|ran for reelection]] to a nonconsecutive second term. He was shot in the ear in [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|an assassination attempt]] on July 13, 2024. Trump was nominated as the Republican Party's presidential candidate during the [[2024 Republican National Convention]] alongside his running mate, Vance. [[Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign|The Trump campaign]] ticket supported mass deportation of undocumented immigrants;{{Efn|While Trump's proposed deportation program primarily targeted illegal immigrants, he also pledged to displace legal immigrants.}} an [[isolationism|isolationist]] "[[America First]]" foreign policy agenda with support of Israel in the [[Gaza war]] and skepticism of Ukraine in its [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|war with Russia]]; [[Transphobia in the United States|anti-transgender policies]]; and [[Tariffs in the second Trump administration|tariffs]]. The campaign also made [[False or misleading statements by Donald Trump|false and misleading statements]], including [[False claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election|claims of electoral fraud in 2020]]. [[Trumpism|Trump's political movement]] was seen by some historians and some former [[First cabinet of Donald Trump|Trump administrators]] as [[authoritarian]].
+Harris won the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] with 303 electoral votes to Trump's 235. She carried every state that Biden won in 2020, including the critical battlegrounds of [[2024 United States presidential election in Michigan|Michigan]], [[2024 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], [[2024 United States presidential election in Wisconsin|Wisconsin]], [[2024 United States presidential election in Arizona|Arizona]], [[2024 United States presidential election in Georgia|Georgia]], and [[2024 United States presidential election in Nevada|Nevada]]. She also won [[2024 United States presidential election in Nebraska|Nebraska's 2nd congressional district]], which had been a key target for both campaigns. Harris lost [[2024 United States presidential election in North Carolina|North Carolina]] and [[2024 United States presidential election in Florida|Florida]] by narrow margins. She became the first woman and first Asian American to be elected president of the United States. Harris won the national [[List of United States presidential elections by popular vote margin|popular vote]] with 51.2%, defeating Trump by a margin of approximately 4 million votes. Analysts credited Harris's victory to high Democratic turnout, broad suburban support, and improved margins among women and young voters.