Can Trump Lose the 2024 Election?

2024 is here; 2023 is in the past. Let’s see what’s in stock for the new year. February 29th is back. The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris! And of course, the time has come once again for the presidential election. Polls are showing that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee this year and Joe Biden the Democrat. According to the poll analyzing website FiveThirtyEight, 56.1% of voters answered, “I have not been satisfied with Biden’s presidency.” Before you start betting against Biden, I would like to inform you that, one, it is illegal for people under 18 to bet; two, you should never bet unless you are guaranteed to win; and three, Biden still has a chance.

Many of you have probably heard on the news (or, in my case, scrolling through my dad’s emails) about a lawsuit in Washington to kick Trump off the ballot. This would fall under the 14th Amendment, which gives the right to disqualify candidates who have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion" against the United States. While the effort in Washington wasn’t successful, the Supreme Court will decide challenges to Trump in other states. Also, a large percentage of Washington’s population votes progressive instead of conservative, so Trump’s status here doesn’t change much. If you want to know more about those cases, we have an article written by my colleague. He is very smart, so check it out. 

For those who are still here, hi! Despite Trump's ideas, which can be viewed as racist or sexist, he still won the 2016 election. But that was 2016; society is hopefully more developed now. Trump also is one of the few people who still think that climate change is not a major problem, with one example being that he believes that developing nuclear energy is more important than solving climate change (according to CNN). 

Well, there is one final thing that can happen: he goes to jail. Here are some of the dozens of felonies that Trump has been charged with: Two felony counts of obstructing official proceedings, and one felony count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. If Trump becomes president, he may have some power to change these cases. Worst case scenario, we get him impeached; worst worst case scenario, we wait a few years for his term to be over.

Ok, now I need to write a conclusion. Here it is: Bye!