2072 United States presidential election



The 2072 United States presidential election was the 76th quadrennial United States presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2072. The Democratic Party ticket of David Cummings and Riko Tsukamoto defeated the Republican ticket of incumbents Álvaro Hunter and Julian Garnett, as well as the Green ticket of Annie Brown and Cody Dell; however, Hunter and Garnett narrowly won the national popular vote by a margin of about 3.5%, making them the eighth ticket in U.S. history to win the national popular vote while losing the Electoral College, an event that had not occurred since 2036. This was the first election ever where the Green Party won any electoral votes.

Close states
Margin of victory less than 1%:
 * 1) Tennessee, 0.15%
 * 2) Rhode Island, 0.25% (Tipping point state for Cummings victory)
 * 3) Maryland, 0.50%
 * 4) Illinois, 0.56%
 * 5) Massachusetts, 0.60%

Margin of victory between 1% and 5%:
 * 1) Connecticut, 1.97%
 * 2) Nevada, 2.43% (RCV)
 * 3) Florida, 2.67%
 * 4) South Carolina, 2.96%
 * 5) New York, 3.06%
 * 6) Maine, 4.80% (RCV)

Margin of victory between 5% and 10%:
 * 1) Pennsylvania, 5.07%
 * 2) Ohio, 5.48%
 * 3) Alaska, 6.10% (RCV)
 * 4) California, 6.26% (Tipping point state for Hunter victory)
 * 5) New Hampshire, 6.30%
 * 6) North Carolina, 6.74%
 * 7) Minnesota, 7.31% (Tipping point state for Brown victory)
 * 8) Puerto Rico, 7.45%
 * 9) New Mexico, 7.64%
 * 10) North Dakota, 8.08%
 * 11) Georgia, 9.32%
 * 12) Texas, 9.63%