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== 2028 United States presidential election ==



{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2028 United States presidential election
| country = United States 
| type = presidential
| opinion_polls =
| ongoing = yes
| previous_election = 2024 United States presidential election
| previous_year = ''2024''
| next_election = 2032 United States presidential election
| next_year = ''2032''
| election_date = November 7, 2028
| flag_year = 
| votes_for_election = 
| needed_votes =
| image1 =
| nominee1 =
| party1 = 
| home_state1 =
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 =
| image2 = 
| nominee2 =
| party2 = 
| home_state2 =
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 =
| map_image = {{2024 United States presidential election imagemap}}
| map_size = 
| map_caption = 2024 electoral map, based on the results of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]
| image_size = 200x200px
| title = [[President of the United States|President]]
| before_election = TBD
| before_party = 
| after_election = TBD
| after_party = 
}}
{{US 2028 presidential elections series}}

The '''2028 United States presidential election''' will be the 61st quadrennial U.S. presidential election. 

If Republican [[Donald Trump]] is elected President in [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]] to a second, nonconsecutive term, then he would be ineligible to seek a third term due to the restrictions of the [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-second Amendment]], as he won in 2016, and in this case, would've won in 2024. If Democrat [[Kamala Harris]] wins instead, she would then be eligible to seek a second term.

[[United States presidential election|U.S. presidential elections]] are scheduled on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Following that schedule, the 2028 elections are to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2028.<ref name="va">{{cite web|title=Election Planning Calendar|url=http://www.essex-virginia.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_62876/File/Voter%20Registration/Election%20Planning%20Calendar%20Through%202024%20%28ESSEX%29.pdf|website=essex-virginia.org|publisher=[[Essex County, Virginia]]|accessdate=6 February 2016}}</ref> 

The winner of the 2028 presidential election is scheduled to be inaugurated on January 20, 2029.

==Nominations== 

===Republican Party===
{{further information|2028 Republican Party presidential primaries}}


====Potential candidates====

===Democratic Party===
{{further information|2028 Democratic Party presidential primaries}}


====Potential candidates====

==See also==
*[[2028 United States elections]]
*[[2028 United States gubernatorial elections]]
*[[2028 United States House of Representatives elections]]
*[[2028 United States Senate elections]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}

{{2028 United States presidential election}}
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{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:United States presidential election, 2020}}

2W10 (talk) 01:02, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can we please wait at least until the 2024 election happens and the protection expires? This draft still contains nothing but boilerplate as it stands. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 06:28, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can we also avoid screwing the Table of Contents? Talk pages are not sandboxes, and the above code should have been put in draftspace, e.g. at Draft:2028 United States presidential election - which already exists and, whilst highly speculative, does have significantly more sourced conten than what has been given above. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 08:09, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What should the criteria be for inclusion?

Since there's been an edit war over who to include, there should probably be a discussion so we can discuss what the inclusion criteria should be for the article. David O. Johnson (talk) 00:52, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Same as always: two recent substantial sources. I will keep removing the whole list if it's just sourced to 2022 and 2023 and kitchen sink lists rather than recent substance. Reywas92^Talk 15:09, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

When will these edit wars stop?

Important edits including mines have been reverted due to the outcomes of these edit wars, they need to stop desperately or consequence will be asserted. Vlklng (talk) 00:55, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Inclusion of Donald Trump

Currently, President Donald Trump is listed under an "Ineligible" section among potential 2028 Republican candidates. This listing is a relic of pre-2024 speculation. For consistency, it would be more appropriate to remove him, as similar listings were not made for Barack Obama in 2016 or George W. Bush in 2008. 174.247.187.75 (talk) 00:59, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this time it is confusing some people due to the fact that he has had non-consecutive terms. I think it would be better to keep him on for simple clarification. Lukt64 (talk) 01:26, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Role for Donald Trump

I say we should start referring to Donald Trump as “President” rather than “President-elect”, this makes us avoid the hassle of changing all these words after he’s inaugurated in January, which by then this article will be more complex. And also, this is a 2028 election, he’ll already be POTUS by then and preparing to leave office. Vlklng (talk) 03:38, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. He's the president-elect until January 20. David O. Johnson (talk) 04:26, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We should look at the time of this article, by then he’ll already be president. Vlklng (talk) 11:37, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ineligible

If you list trump as ineligible, you should also list Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and George Bush as ineligible. 200.12.168.35 (talk) 03:53, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Candidates

Should we be using sources from before the last election as citations for speculation about this one? We have eight D candidates - including Kamala Harris, who I hesitatingly suggest is unlikely to give it another go - listed with a source from 2023 with Joe Biden's name in the headline. Should we not refrain from including politicians as candidates until after we have a reliable source talking about them from after Trump's victory? OZOO (t) (c) 12:15, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I tend to agree. This is why there has been a "in the past six months" rules for similar candidate listings. David O. Johnson (talk) 12:42, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correct. Ideally all sources will be after the 2024 election, but within the last 6 months is also appropriate. Reywas92^Talk 15:07, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I support the idea of only using sources from after the 2024 election, for purposes of context. I may be mistaken, but I believe we have done it this way in previous election articles. A. Randomdude0000 (talk) 18:52, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Re-add the potential candidate and polling sections removed without consensus. This is article is not in draft-space anymore, editors need consensus for removing almost the entire prose of the article. 72.0.191.77 (talk) 18:13, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please see the Talk:2028 United States presidential election#What should the criteria be for inclusion? section above.David O. Johnson (talk) 18:45, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Add Joe biden to the potencial candidates because he did not say he would retire 177.71.1.118 (talk) 19:47, 8 November 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Biden did not confirm his retirement in any point, a 2028 run cannot get ruled out 177.71.1.118 (talk) 19:51, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The overwhelming majority of politicians have "not ruled out" a run in 2028. If that was the only metric for including someone on the potential candidates list, we could flood the page with hundreds of potential candidates.

There is absolutely nothing to suggest Biden will run in 2028. He'll be 85, for one thing, but also I don't think anyone would back him if he tried and he hasn't said anything about it at all. AxioChrono (talk) 20:19, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done per comment above. A. Randomdude0000 (talk) 20:35, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]