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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. [3] The Republican Party's ticket—Donald Trump, who was the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and JD Vance, the junior U.S. senator from Ohio—defeated the Democratic Party's ticket—Kamala Harris, the incumbent vice president, and Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota.
Trump is the first former president to run for president after leaving office since Herbert Hoover did so in 1940. If he wins the Republican nomination, he will be the first Republican to be nominated for president three separate times since Richard Nixon (Republican nominee in 1960 , 1968 , and 1972 ). [ 107 ]
Trump speaking at CPAC 2011. In 1987, Trump placed full-page advertisements in three major newspapers, [135] expressing his views on foreign policy and how to eliminate the federal budget deficit. [136] In 1988, he approached Lee Atwater, asking to be put into consideration to be Republican nominee George H. W. Bush's running mate. Bush found ...
Trump publicly speculated about running for president in the 2012 election, and made his first speaking appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February 2011. The speech is credited for helping kick-start his political career within the Republican Party. [ 32 ]
The poll was split along party lines, with 88% of Democrats and 16% of Republicans believing Trump should be charged. [14] A CNN poll conducted from March 31 to April 1 found that 60% of Americans approved of the indictment, but that 76% of Americans believed that "politics played at least some role in the decision to indict Trump." [15]
Trump speaking at his first campaign rally in Florida. By February 1, 2017, Trump's re-election campaign had already raised over $7 million. [78] The first rally organized by the campaign was held on February 18, 2017, in Melbourne, Florida, [79] and was attended by an estimated 9,000 supporters. [80]
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 2020. [a] The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Harris defeated the incumbent Republican president Donald Trump, and vice president Mike Pence. [9]