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The 2052 United States Presidential Election was the 67th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday November 5, 2052. Incumbent President Evalyn Jacobi, the Progressive nominee defeated Conservative Paul Blanco in the general election.
The election was set against the backdrop of World War III, and Jacobi won by a comfortable margin of the popular vote, partly as a result of the recent Allied victory at the Battle of Hainan.
Background[]
By early-2052, Japanese-led Coalition forces had taken much of the Pacific region, while Turkish, German, and French forces were closing in on Poland. As well, the US was still in the task of rebuilding their space and air power.
Jacobi's prospects changed in mid to late-2052. In May of that year, US forces decisively defeated the Japanese at the Battle of Hainan and began to push into the South China Sea, while also seizing Japan's assets in Canada and the North Pacific. In space, Japanese forces were driven from Luna, and in Europe, the US and British air forces were beginning their bombing campaigns against the Turks.
With the tide turning in favor of the allies and the public's renewed confidence in the administration, Jacobi won a decisive victory on the first ballot, pledging to win the war for the United States.
Nominations[]
With the outcome of the war still in doubt, some Progressive leaders opposed Jacobi's re-nomination on the grounds that she could not win. Ohio Governor Matthew Jacobs became the only candidate to contest Jacobi's re-nomination actively, but he withdrew in March when a slew of Progressive officials, including some within the state of Ohio upon whom Jacobs' campaign depended, endorsed Jacobi for re-nomination. Jacobi was still popular with most members of the Progress Party, and she received the nomination for a second term as president at the convention in Atlanta, Georgia on June 7–8, 2052.