Chamath @ 01:10:20Wrong
politics
The 2024 U.S. presidential election will feature Ron DeSantis as the Republican nominee and Gavin Newsom as the Democratic nominee.
and I still think it's going to be DeSantis versus Newsom.View on YouTube
Explanation
The prediction was that the 2024 U.S. presidential election would be Ron DeSantis vs. Gavin Newsom.
In reality:
- The Republican nominee in 2024 was Donald Trump, who secured the GOP nomination after winning the Republican primaries; Ron DeSantis suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump in January 2024.
- The Democratic nomination process initially centered on Joe Biden, but after Biden withdrew from the race in July 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee following consolidation of party support.
At no point did either Ron DeSantis or Gavin Newsom become their party’s official presidential nominee in 2024. Therefore, the specific prediction "DeSantis versus Newsom" did not come true.
(Sources: contemporary 2024 U.S. election coverage and official primary/nomination results from major U.S. news organizations and election trackers confirming Trump as the GOP nominee and Harris as the Democratic nominee.)