2056 United States presidential election



The 2056 United States presidential election was the 68th quadrennial United States presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2056. Republican incumbent President Abdul O'Shea and incumbent Governor of New Hampshire Sam Bennett defeated the Democratic ticket of Thomas Grimke and Purya Hadjian, as well as the third-party Constitution ticket of Arnold Leding and Byron Keeler. This election revealed enormous shifts in the American political landscape; Leding was able to win his home state of Kentucky and garnered nearly 10% of the vote nationwide, even taking state ranked choice voting systems into account. However, O'Shea made major in-roads in New England and the mid-Atlantic states, enabling him to become the first Republican candidate to win Connecticut and Maine's 1st congressional district since 1988, and the first to win Rhode Island since 1984. Democrat Thomas Grimke made in-roads in the South and some parts of the West, even coming within 5% of winning Tennessee. However, by percentage he still underperformed 2052 nominee and president Laura Les by about 1.5% nationwide, showing that most of the narrowing of the margin was caused by Leding's candidacy.

This was also the first election in which the Oceanian Union participated; it voted for president O'Shea by a large margin.

Close states
Margin of victory less than 1% (30 electoral votes):
 * 1) New Mexico, 0.63%
 * 2) Georgia, 0.76%
 * 3) Kentucky, 0.81%

Margin of victory between 1% and 5% (52 electoral votes):
 * 1) Rhode Island, 1.11% (RCV)
 * 2) New Jersey, 1.76%
 * 3) Minnesota, 2.09%
 * 4) Maine's 1st congressional district, 2.31% (RCV results for district vote)
 * 5) Delaware, 4.28%
 * 6) Colorado, 4.70% (RCV)
 * 7) Tennessee, 4.79%

Margin of victory between 5% and 10% (209 electoral votes):
 * 1) Michigan, 5.05%
 * 2) Texas, 5.45%
 * 3) Washington, 5.58% (Tipping-point state) (RCV)
 * 4) Connecticut, 6.85% (RCV)
 * 5) North Carolina, 6.93%
 * 6) Nevada, 7.79% (RCV)
 * 7) Wisconsin, 8.13%
 * 8) Oregon, 8.90% (RCV)
 * 9) Florida, 9.02%
 * 10) Pennsylvania, 9.63%
 * 11) Missouri, 9.77%
 * 12) Ohio, 9.77%
 * 13) Virginia, 9.84%