Vivek Ramaswamy 2024

Vivek Ramaswamy began his 2024 presidential campaign on February 21, 2023, as a candidate in the 2024 Republican primary. He formally launched his candidacy at an interview on the Tucker Carlson Tonight show. In his campaign announcement, Ramaswamy pitched himself as a conservative with a vision for American national identity

According to Politico, Ramaswamy was inspired by Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election, and wanted to run "with an entrepreneurial spirit, unorthodox ideas, and few expectations". Ramaswamy considered a candidacy in the 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio, but decided not to run. Since that time, he had been mooted as a potential future presidential candidate. He would be the youngest and first Indian-Americanpresident if elected.

His central campaign promise is an extensive and severe downsizing of federal agencies. His other key campaign issue is environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) initiatives, which Ramaswamy alleges are detrimental agendas that mix business with politics. Ramaswamy markets himself as an "American nationalist" and "anti-woke" candidate. He has written that the corruption of American society by what he calls "victimhood narratives" makes it impossible to achieve merit-based hierarchies.

Ramaswamy opposes abortion, saying "I think abortion is murder." He opposes a federal ban on abortion but supports state-level six week abortion bans. He supports "exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother."

Ramaswamy opposes affirmative action, calling it the "single biggest form of institutionalized racism in America today." He has spoken in support of rescinding Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246.

Ramaswamy argues that foreign policy is "all about prioritization" and that good use of the US military is "protecting American soil and American interests, not a pointless war somewhere else."