US Presidential Election 2048 (The Last Century)

The US Presidential Election of 2048 was held on November 3, 2048. Incumbent Progress President Jake Mendez was term-limited due to 22nd Amendment. The Conservative Nominee U.S. Senator Landon Smith of Michigan defeated the Progressive nominee Vice President David Hogg of California and Libertarian nominee Karen Augustine of Florida.

As Mendez's popularity being high, finally though Vice President Hogg would win easily. But the Libertarians popularity increased among non-white liberals by 40%, when Karen Augustine said she agreed with President Mendez's policies. An young U.S. Senator from Michigan Landon Smith would run a conservative platform against Illegal Immigration and Robotics, Smith would be described as the head of the white working class.

As Augustine would have no chance of getting elected, the campaign focused Smith and Hogg. On November 6, three days after the election, Smith was elected president of the United States with 271 electoral votes. Augustine would win 3 states and the 1st district in Maine.