ODYSSEY’S
PREDICTION

Use the white scrollbar to compare the maps.

A juxtaposition of the election maps from 2016 (left) and 2020 (right) is shown. In 2016, then-business magnate Donald Trump surprised pollsters and forecasters by winning the presidency for the Republicans over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In 2020, longtime Democratic politician and Senator Joe Biden knocked off incumbent President Donald Trump to win back the presidency for the Democratic party. Graphics by Kimberly Sanabria-Amaya

Based on these two maps, below is a third map depicting the ODYSSEY’s prediction for the 2024 election.

A graphic displays an electoral map of the country looking ahead to the 2024 presidential election. Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are each vying to be the 47th President of the U.S. Graphic by Kimberly Sanabria-Amaya

TRUMP AND HARRIS
ON THE ISSUES

THE PARTIES
COME TO ATHENS

THE PARTIES
COME TO
ATHENS

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff are both shown on the campaign trail. Ernst, speaking on behalf of former President Donald Trump, and Emhoff, speaking on behalf of his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, visited Athens within the space of a week to get out votes for their respective candidates. “This is the first election I’m voting in, and this is the first election that excites me,” University of Georgia student Sydney Palmer stated during her speech at Vice President Harris’s campaign event. Photos by Wyatt Meyer. Click to read the story!

Defense attorney Kalki Yalamanchili (left) and Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez (right) are shown. Photos by Wyatt Meyer.Click to read the story!

CENTRAL
SPEAKS

An illustration shows Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump watching as U.S. military aircraft take off. Unaware to most students, both candidates have a history of aggressive military actions against civilians. “No matter the color that appears on the TV on election night, the result will be different shades of gray,” Beat Editor Andréas Dillies said. Illustration by Kimberly Sanabria-Amaya. Click to read the story!

An illustration depicts Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump on either side of the U.S. flag. With both presidential candidates campaigning hard in the state, Georgian voters ought to be excited about going to the ballot box. “No matter whether you’re a chicken farmer in Oglethorpe County, a grocery bagger in Downtown Atlanta or a Clarke Central High School senior, you have a tangible impact at the proverbial ballot box,” Editor-in-Chief Wyatt Meyer wrote. Illustration by Sylvia Robinson. Click to read the story!

Kamala Harris, U.S. Vice President and Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election waves to the crowd at the 2024 Democratic National Convention Convention at the United Center in Chicago Illinois on Aug. 22. If elected, Harris would be the first female president of the U.S., bringing a new set of experiences to the position. “In a nation that prides itself on its ‘cultural diversity’ and ‘acceptance of all people,’ it is telling that outwardly, all bar one of its leaders have been the opposite of diverse: white and male,” Managing Editor Jane Ripps wrote. Photo by Eli Raikhel. Click to read the story!

Election Package by Jesse Dantzler

Individual Stories packaged by Lea D’Angelo