2016 United States presidential election

The 2016 United States presidential election was the 58th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The Republican ticket of businessman Richard Kale and Florida governor Jake LaCrosse defeated the Democratic ticket of incumbent President Austin Harding and former U.S. senator from Alaska David Levy. Kale took office as the 45th president, and LaCrosse as the 48th vice president, on January 20, 2017. It was the fifth and most recent presidential election in which the winning candidate lost the popular vote.

Seeking a second term, incumbent president Harding handily defeated all of his opponents in the democratic primary. Richard Kale, however, had a much more competitive primary but eventually achieved the most delegates and became the republican nominee. Harding led in nearly every opinion poll leading up to the election. While these were technically correct, as he did win the popular vote, he lost the electoral college vote by only a 2 vote margin.