2028 Ramaswamy-Fetterman-Perot[change | change source]

2004 United States presidential election
538 members of the Electoral College; 270 electoral votes needed to win votes needed to win
Turnout	60.1% 5.9 pp

2028 United States presidential election
← 2024 2032 →
538 members of the Electoral College; 270 electoral votes votes needed to win
Turnout	74.6% 14.8 pp
President before election; Donald Trump; Republican	Elected President ; Vivek Ramaswamy; Republican

The 2028 United States presidential election was the 61st quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2028. The Republican ticket of Vice President Vivek Ramaswamy and U.S. Senator from Kentucky Rand Paul defeated the Democratic ticket of U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania John Fetterman and U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 3rd congressional district Dean Phillips and the Reform ticket of businessman Ross Perot Jr. and former Alabama State Treasurer George Wallace Jr. The election took place against the backdrop of the Chinese invasion of Taiwan and the Egyptian invasion of Israel. The election saw voter turnout of 74.6%, the highest by percentage of any presidential election in United States history.

The Republican Party held a government trifecta at the time of the election. The incumbent President of the United States was Republican Donald Trump, who was term-limited and prevented from running again. His Vice President, Vivek Ramaswamy, quickly became the front runner for the Republican nomination in 2028. His main competition came from Ron DeSantis, the former Governor of Florida, and Brian Kemp, the former Governor of Georgia. Ramaswamy won the Republican nomination at the 2028 Republican National Convention and selected Rand Paul, the junior U.S. Senator from Kentucky, as his running mate.

The Democratic Party had largely collapsed during the 2024 United States presidential election. Then-incumbent Joe Biden was nominated by the Democratic Party, but died of a stroke ahead of the election. As a result, then-Vice President Kamala Harris became the 47th President and Democratic nominee. She was incredibly unpopular and many disaffected Democrats split to form the Free Democratic Party or join the Forward Party. The rift had not healed by 2028 and the Democratic National Committee had self-dissolved in 2027. The remaining Democrats came together to organize the 2028 Democratic National Convention, which was held in a Target retail store in Manhattan. The Democratic Party ultimately nominated John Fetterman, the junior U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania. Fetterman selected Dean Phillips, the U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 3rd congressional district, as his running mate.

In 2024, the Reform Party had finally managed to recover from its 2000 primaries disaster. With new by-laws, a reformed platform, and a denouncement of Pat Buchanan, the Reform Party officially endorsed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his independent presidential campaign. Kennedy's 2024 campaign garnered a lot of support, and many Kennedy voters joined the Reform Party. Ross Perot Jr., a businessman and the son of Reform Party founder Ross Perot, ultimately rejoined the Reform Party after previously isolating himself from the organization. He received the Reform Party nomination for 2028. Perot selected George Wallace Jr., an Alabama politician and the son of American Independent Party founder George Wallace, as his running mate.

Nominations[change | change source]

Republican Party[change | change source]

Nominees[change | change source]


2028 Republican Party ticket
Vivek Ramaswamy	Rand Paul
for President	for Vice President

51st Vice President of the United States (2025–2029)	U.S. Senator from Kentucky (2011–2029)
Campaign

Candidates[change | change source]

*Candidates in this section are sorted by reverse date of withdrawal from the primaries*
Ron DeSantis	Brian Kemp	Greg Abbott	Lee Zeldin	Marjorie Taylor Greene	Rand Paul	Ted Cruz	Tulsi Gabbard

46th Governor of Florida (2019–2027)	83rd Governor of Georgia (2019–2027)	48th Governor of Texas (2015–present)	U.S. Representative from NY-01 (2015–2023)	U.S. Representative from GA-14 (2021–present)	U.S. Senator from Kentucky (2011–2029)	U.S. Senator from Texas (2013–present)	U.S. Representative from HI-02 (2021–present)
Campaign	Campaign	Campaign	Campaign	Campaign	Campaign	Campaign	Campaign
W: May 4 (endorsed Ramaswamy)	W: May 3 (endorsed DeSantis)	W: Mar 15 (endorsed DeSantis)	W: Mar 4 (endorsed Ramaswamy)	W: Feb 20 (endorsed Ramaswamy)	W: Feb 12 (endorsed Ramaswamy)	W: Feb 10 (endorsed Abbott)	W: Feb 10 (endorsed Ramaswamy)

Democratic Party[change | change source]

Nominees[change | change source]

2028 Democratic Party ticket
John Fetterman	Dean Phillips
for President	for Vice President

U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (2023–present)	U.S. Representative from MN-03 (2019–present)
Campaign

Candidates[change | change source]

*Candidates in this section are sorted by reverse date of withdrawal from the primaries*
Dean Phillips	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Hunter Biden	Kamala Harris	Michelle Obama	Pete Buttigieg	Michael Bloomberg	Marianne Williamson

U.S. Representative from MN-03 (2019–present)	U.S. Representative from NY-14 (2019–present)	Son of 46th President of the United States Joe Biden	47th President of the United States (2024–2025)	First Lady of the United States (2009–2017)	50th Vice President of the United States (2024–2025)	108th Mayor of New York City (2002–2013)	Author
Campaign	Campaign	Campaign	Campaign	Campaign	Campaign	Campaign	Campaign
W: April 8 (endorsed Fetterman)	W: March 19 (endorsed Fetterman)	W: March 5 (endorsed Phillips)	W: March 4 (endorsed Phillips)	W: March 2 (endorsed Harris)	W: March 1 (endorsed Harris)	W: February 29 (endorsed Phillips)	W: February 12 (endorsed Fetterman)

Reform Party[change | change source]

Nominees[change | change source]

2028 Reform Party ticket
Ross Perot Jr.	George Wallace Jr.
for President	for Vice President

Bussinessman and real estate developer	36th Alabama State Treasurer (1987–1995)
Campaign

Endorsements[change | change source]

Results[change | change source]

Electoral results[change | change source]

Electoral results
Presidential campaign	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
Presidential campaign	Party	Home state	Count	Percentage	Electoral vote	Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Vivek Ramaswamy	Republican	Ohio	122,398,763	48.3%	320	Rand Paul	Kentucky	318^[a]
						Donald Trump Jr.	Florida	1^[a]
						Brian Kemp	Georgia	1^[a]
John Fetterman	Democratic	Pennsylvania	66,299,330	26.4%	208	Dean Phillips	Minnesota	208
Ross Perot Jr.	Reform	Texas	28,049,716	11.5%	10	George Wallace Jr.	Alabama	10
Other			38,249,613	13.8%	—	Other		—
Total			254,997,422	100%	538			538
Needed to win					270			270

Notes[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 While Rand Paul was officially Vivek Ramaswamy's running mate, two faithless electors cast their ballots for other people to be Vice President of the United States. One faithless elector in Florida cast his ballot for Donald Trump Jr. and another faithless elector in Georgia cast his ballot for Brian Kemp.

2004 Lieberman-Bush-Kucinich[change | change source]

The 2004 United States presidential election was the 55th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 2, 2004. The Democratic ticket of Joe Lieberman, a U.S. Senator from Connecticut, and Bob Graham, a U.S. Senator from Florida, defeated the Republican ticket of George W. Bush, the incumbent President of the United States, and Dick Cheney, the incumbent Vice President of the United States. Happening in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and the Iraq War, foreign policy was a major issue in this election, alongside abortion, same-sex marriage, and the economy. Bush became the first incumbent President to lose reelection since his father George H. W. Bush in 1992, leading to rumors of a "Bush curse".

Results[change | change source]

Electoral results[change | change source]

Electoral results of the 2008 United States presidential election
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Count	Percentage	Electoral vote	Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Joe Lieberman	Democratic	Connecticut	62,533,136	51.1%	374	Bob Graham	Florida	374
George W. Bush	Republican	Texas	53,312,946	43.6%	164	Dick Cheney	Wyoming	164
Dennis Kucinich	Green	Ohio	5,450,012	4.5%	0	Ralph Nader	Connecticut	0
Michael Badnarik	Libertarian	Texas	1,030,764	0.8%	0	Richard Campagna	Iowa	0

Results by state[change | change source]


		Lieberman Democratic			Bush Republican			Kucinich Green			Badnarik Libertarian
State/district	EV	#	%	EV	#	%	EV	#	%	EV	#	%	EV
Alabama	9	806,490	41.12	-	1,119,414	57.08	9	1,708	0.09	-	33,466	1.71	-
Alaska	3	117,213	35.73	-	193,541	58.99	3	9,240	2.82	-	8,101	2.47	-
Arizona	10	1,016,591	50.76	10	959,310	47.90	-	14,707	0.73	-	12,027	0.60	-
Arkansas	6	489,821	47.98	-	508,516	49.81	6	9,257	0.91	-	13,272	1.30	-
California	55	6,941,106	56.06	55	4,082,764	32.97	-	1,294,008	10.45	-	63,552	0.51	-
Colorado	9	1,054,723	47.30	9	1,005,938	45.11	-	73,609	3.30	-	95,665	4.29	-
Connecticut	7	1,045,801	66.17	7	491,833	31.12	-	25,942	1.64	-	16,887	1.07	-
Delaware	3	225,599	60.01	3	146,827	39.05	-	3,298	0.88	-	235	0.06	-
Florida	27	4,150,805	52.75	27	3,285,635	41.76	-	372,137	4.73	-	59,824	0.76	-
Georgia	15	1,679,536	49.69	15	1,660,615	49.13	-	30,664	0.91	-	9,268	0.27	-
Hawaii	4	214,445	51.46	4	124,957	29.99	-	75,790	18.19	-	1,493	0.36	-
Idaho	4	213,910	37.00	-	344,510	59.60	4	2,457	0.43	-	17,184	2.97	-
Illinois	21	2,908,797	54.01	21	2,033,782	37.77	-	438,363	8.14	-	4,333	0.08	-
Indiana	11	1,112,379	42.97	-	1,447,719	55.93	11	24,135	0.93	-	4,238	0.16	-
Iowa	7	809,017	51.76	7	718,286	45.95	-	25,141	1.61	-	10,585	0.68	-
Kansas	6	503,254	40.52	-	702,617	56.57	6	5,768	0.46	-	30,497	2.46	-
Kentucky	8	819,649	44.99	-	982,954	53.95	8	3,296	0.18	-	16,145	0.89	-
Louisiana	9	960,789	48.48	-	988,777	988,777	9	14,801	0.75	-	17,262	0.87	-
Maine	4	423,768	57.83	4	271,569	37.06	-	26,884	3.67	-	10,615	1.45	-
Maryland	10	1,380,006	58.41	10	851,339	36.03	-	119,640	5.06	-	11,577	0.49	-
Massachusetts	12	1,874,230	62.82	12	771,144	25.85	-	305,481	10.24	-	32,591	1.09	-
Michigan	17	2,547,502	54.28	17	1,987,003	42.34	-	128,710	2.74	-	30,252	0.64	-
Minnesota	10	1,427,370	51.72	10	953,882	34.56	-	361,171	13.09	-	17,297	0.63	-
Mississippi	6	508,214	43.81	-	632,995	54.57	6	2,852	0.25	-	15,919	1.37	-
Missouri	11	1,407,047	51.17	11	1,311,149	47.68	-	20,723	20,723	-	10,959	0.40	-
Montana	3	188,102	41.46	-	237,169	52.27	3	2,921	0.64	-	25,541	5.63	-
Nebraska	5	297,526	37.39	-	468,229	58.85	5	2,149	0.27	-	27,772	3.49	-
Nevada	5	413,771	49.25	5	391,750	46.63	-	16,760	2.00	-	17,811	2.12	-
New Hampshire	4	384,808	54.39	4	302,342	42.73	-	11,316	1.60	-	9,027	1.28	-
New Jersey	15	2,194,592	59.88	15	1,368,942	37.35	-	75,827	2.07	-	25,635	0.70	-
New Mexico	5	394,253	50.20	5	326,346	41.55	-	50,169	6.39	-	14,573	1.86	-
New York	31	4,045,127	57.13	31	2,357,487	33.30	-	665,460	9.40	-	12,098	0.17	-
North Carolina	15	1,598,344	47.44	-	1,757,143	52.15	15	3,193	0.09	-	10,403	0.31	-

[Rand_Paul_Electoral_Votes-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 While Rand Paul was officially Vivek Ramaswamy's running mate, two faithless electors cast their ballots for other people to be Vice President of the United States. One faithless elector in Florida cast his ballot for Donald Trump Jr. and another faithless elector in Georgia cast his ballot for Brian Kemp.

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