From tight races and polarised electorates to variations between the Electoral College and the popular vote, the forthcoming U.S. 2024 presidential election is not going to be much different from the American elections of the past.
Although there are several other minor parties, such as the Green and Constitution parties, and some independent candidates as well, since 1852, a candidate from the Republican or Democratic parties has always won or become runner-up in the US presidential elections, except in 1912, when Theodore Roosevelt, a popular former Republican president and a unique candidate unto himself came in second while not running under the banner of one of the two major parties and lost to Woodrow Wilson.
