July 2021 United States Elections

United States presidential election, July 2021

July 13, 2021
28 members of the Electoral College 15 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	66.7%
Nominee Howard Elkridge SteB April Kennedy Party Libertarian-Republican Party Social Democratic Party Independent Home state North North Jefferson Running mate Ian Bellinger Drunk Rose McAlister Electoral vote 16 8 4 States carried 3 (plus DC) 1 0 Popular vote 44.88% 36.44% 17.94%
Presidential election results map. Orange denotes states won by Elkridge/Bellinger and blue denotes those won by SteB/Drunk.
President before election Bo Libertarian-Republican Party Elected President Howard Elkridge Libertarian-Republican Party

The United States presidential election of July 2021, held between July 13, 2021, was the sixty-ninth U.S. presidential election.

Nominations

Libertarian-Republican Party

Primary Process

The Libertarian-Republican Party did not run a primary, as Elkridge ran unopposed.

Nominees

Libertarian-Republican Party ticket
Howard Elkridge	Ian Bellinger
for President	for Vice President
Senator	Vice President of the United States
Platform

Candidates

Candidates in this section are sorted by the percentage of votes recieved in the primary
Howard Elkridge
Senator (November 10, 2020 – July 13, 2021)
Unopposed

Social Democratic

Primary Process

The Social Democratic Party and Global Labour Party did not run a primary, as SteB ran unopposed.

Nominees

Global Labour and Social Democratic Party ticket
SteB	Drunk
for President	for Vice President
Governor of North State	Governor of Dixie
Platform

Candidates

Candidates in this section are sorted by the percentage of votes recieved in the primary
SteB
Governor (April 12, 2021 – July 18, 2021)
Unopposed

Indepedent

April Kennedy	Rose McAlister
for President	for Vice President
Representative	Governor

Campaign

A campaign ad from the Elkridge Campaign

The race originally started as a two-man race between Elkridge and SteB and the political parties and pundits were gearing up for another close election before April Kennedy the independent Representative announced their candidacy for President with former Vice Presidential candidate Rose McAlister from the March 2021 Presidential Election. A few days before the main debate and campaigning took place a report was released which showed SteB trying to merge tickets with Elkridge in an attempt to prevent a contingent election. This lead to Libertarian-Republicans to take an offensive and pin the controversy as a subversion of democracy which leads SteB to rebut back claiming it was Elkridge all along who attempted a merger. The entire controversy showed a drop in support for both candidates and allowed for April to move up as a serious candidate in the running.

A campaign ad from the SteB Campaign

The three campaigns of this election each brought something different when campaigning, in the beginning of the race many political pundits thought that the April/Rose ticket would throw all of its resources to its homes state of Jefferson in an attempt to head to a contingent election. But after the merger leak, they proceed to campaign in all states. Senator Elkridge campaigned in Dixie and the North the most trying to win the mandate in case of a contingent while leading in Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. April tried to score victories in their home state of Jefferson while winning Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico turned out to be one of the most toss-up states and again another key factor in deciding the Presidential Election just as in the previous election.

During the debates which heavily influenced the election, SteB and April both attacked Elkridge with Elkridge on the defense on occasion but mainly resorting to attacks on SteB. All three candidates debated vigorously but public opinion put Elkridge as the winner with SteB shortly behind and April last. The Vice Presidential debate was quieter and less publicized with the incumbent Ian largely not taking any attacks on the other two candidates. Many pundits thought that Drunk had won the Vice Presidential Debate. With the results too close to call no one knew who was gonna win the Election or if it would go to a contingent.

A campaign ad from the April Campaign

Overview

The results were in some doubt for some time. Many thought that the election was going to go into a contingent election until the Dixie Assembly made its electoral vote allocation winner take all (WTA). Many had expected a better result for April especially after out campaigning in their home state of Jefferson.

Presidential Candidate	Party	Home State	Popular Vote	Electoral Vote	Running Mate
					Vice-Presidential Candidate	Party	Home State	Electoral Vote
Howard Elkridge	Libertarian Party	North	44.88%	16	Ian Bellinger	Second Libertarian Party	Puerto Rico	16
SteB	Social Democratic Party	North	36.44%	8	Drunk	Social Democratic Party	Dixie	8
April Kennedy	Indepedent	Jefferson	17.94%	4	Rose McAlister	Indepedent	Jefferson	4
Other/Write-in			0.74%	—	Other/Write-in			—
Total			100%	29				29
Needed to win				15				15

Results by state

The table below displays the official vote tallies by each state's Electoral College voting method. The source for the results of all states is the official Federal Election Commission results. The column labeled "Margin" shows the winner of the state's margin of victory over their closest rival.

Unlike the previous presidential election, not all states had winner-take-all systems in place. Between this election and the previous, Dixie repealed its proportional allocation allowing all 6 of its Electoral Votes to be given to the winner. All other states were, however, proportional. This proved costly for the SteB Campaign, as their loss prevented them from taking any of Dixie's electoral votes.

SteB, being the Governor of the North, won his home state very closely. Elkridge who was the Senior Senator managed a very close second in the North. Dixie, Drunk who was SteB's running mate home state, was long considered to be a right-leaning, and SteB's loss to Elkridge hurt. This loss likely cost him the election, as with a win in Dixie he would have brought a contingent election from Electoral Votes. Elkridge's win of DC was a surprise, as many out campaigned there, with April failing to get a single electoral vote there put the race in dire view of a contingent.

April's loss of Jefferson hurt their campaign and even more as it is the home state of the top and bottom of the ticket. the surprise defeat by nearly 20 points set back the campaign and gave Elkridge enough electoral votes to win the Presidential Election.

Legend

States won by SteB/Drunk

States won by Howard Elkridge/Ian Bellinger

	Elkridge/Bellinger		SteB/Drunk		April/Rose		Margin	Total Electoral Vote
State	Popular Vote	Electoral Vote	Popular Vote	Electoral Vote	Popular Vote	Electoral Vote
North	42.72%	3	40.95%	3	16.42%	1	1.77%	7
Dixie	52.71%	6	34.23%	-	11.95%	-	15.75%	6
Jefferson	40.59%	3	32.15%	3	26.15%	2	8.44%	8
DC	55.41%	2	24.20%%	1	20.38%	-	17.19%	3
Puerto Rico	30.93%	1	35.91%	2	2.77%	1	2.	4
Total	16		8		4				26

Aftermath

In the wake of his defeat, SteB colluded with the then Governor of Puerto Rico Dallas to try to swing its electoral votes to the SteB/Drunk ticket ensuring a contingent election and giving the opening for SteB to win. This plan was leaked to the press and lead to Governor SteB's impeachment and resignation and helped end the Social Democratic Party after a series of losses. This was the last election in which someone of the Social Democratic Party was the party's nominee for President.