2036 United States presidential election



The 2036 United States presidential election was the 63rd quadrennial United States presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 2036. The Republican Party ticket of the Governor of Illinois Gary Braun and the former Secretary of Health and Human Services Will Ainsworth defeated the Democratic ticket of Senator from Maryland Jamie Raskin and the former Governor of Minnesota Peggy Flanagan. This was also the closest presidential election in the popular vote since 1960, and the seventh time in U.S. history in which a person was elected president while losing the popular vote. The popular vote margin (0.26%) was the narrowest in the 21st century. Braun ran on a relatively moderate platform, especially when it came to environmental issues, while Raskin ran on a progressive platform.

Close states
Margin of victory less than 1% (48 electoral votes):
 * 1) Nevada, 0.07%
 * 2) Florida, 0.12%
 * 3) Minnesota, 0.57%

Margin of victory between 1% and 5% (49 electoral votes):
 * 1) Arizona, 2.62%
 * 2) Georgia, 2.83% (Tipping-point state)
 * 3) Maine, 3.64% (RCV)
 * 4) New Hampshire, 4.59%
 * 5) Michigan, 4.71%

Margin of victory between 5% and 10% (133 electoral votes):
 * 1) Colorado, 5.27%
 * 2) Virginia, 5.82%
 * 3) North Carolina, 5.86%
 * 4) Texas, 5.95%
 * 5) Wisconsin, 6.90%
 * 6) Pennsylvania, 7.16%
 * 7) Illinois, 7.40%
 * 8) Puerto Rico, 7.88%