The US election 2024 for the president is almost over and President-elect Donald Trump won all seven swing states. He collected more than 300 electoral votes, which was a massive victory compared with his failure in the past election. These are the official headlines from major news outlets, however, I have my takeaways from the US presidential election that I want to share with you. I will provide some interesting facts and fiction about the election and the republican party in the following paragraphs.
Elonized election
First of all, I want to talk about Elon, the wonderful. I believe Mr. Musk did a magnificent job in the election to convince more voters to show up in the polls and choose Trump over Harris. The successful entrepreneur used his creativity to reinvent Trump’s campaign through innovative methods such as giving prizes to voters and showing his talent in campaign rallies.
It is not yet obvious what are the benefits for Musk. Musk runs a group of companies and he wants to make contracts with governmental agencies to increase profits and dominate markets. He also needs support from the executive and legislative branches to test and trial new products. Seemingly, he has achieved what he was looking for, but I think he may still have another goal to achieve: the presidency.
Let’s imagine Elon was born in the US (He was born in Pretoria, South Africa, indeed) and would run for president as a republican nominee for 2028. I see it as very realistic regarding his ambitions and the lack of Trump after 2028 to unify the party. Besides political discussions, Musk is the guy who can lead the United States in a world dominated by AI, cryptocurrencies, and robots.
Tokenized election
President-elect Trump took advantage of Bitcoin and the crypto market gained a huge value. It was a win-win game for Trump and crypto holders. When the market is bullish, blockchain use cases will be justified by startups, so they can entice more funds and build effective products. Voting on blockchain using tokens on a blockchain network has already been tested in municipality elections across the world. Well, a pro-crypto government in America may facilitate blockchain voting that has meaningful consequences for the United States and many other countries.
It is not that complicated. Let’s say there are two main candidates in the 2028 election and each owns a token. It could be Elon Musk as the GOP nominee and Taylor Swift as the Democratic nominee! And then buy your send your favorite nominee’s token to its associated public address and they count transactions to each address and don’t even think about cheating since each transaction will be broadcasted to all voters (token holders) and literally, everyone verifies each transaction.
