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'{{About||related races|2020 United States elections|the presidential primaries|2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|and|2020 Republican Party presidential primaries}} {{short description|59th United States presidential election}} {{pp|small=yes}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use American English|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox election | election_name = 2020 United States presidential election | country = United States | flag_year = 1960 | type = presidential | opinion_polls = Nationwide opinion polling for the 2020 United States presidential election | ongoing = yes | previous_election = 2016 United States presidential election | previous_year = 2016 | election_date = November 3, 2020 | next_election = 2024 United States presidential election | next_year = 2024 | votes_for_election = 538 members of the [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]] | needed_votes = 270 electoral | turnout = | image_size = 200x200px | image1 = Donald Trump official portrait (cropped).jpg | nominee1 = [[Donald Trump]]<br>(presumptive) | party1 = Republican Party (United States) | home_state1 = [[Florida]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/31/trump-florida-residence-063564|title=Trump, a symbol of New York, is officially a Floridian now|publisher=[[Politico]]|date=October 31, 2019|last1=Choi|first1=Matthew|accessdate=October 31, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> | running_mate1 = [[Mike Pence]]<br>(presumptive) | image2 = [[File:3x4.svg|200x200px]] | nominee2 = [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|TBD]] | party2 = Democratic Party (United States) | home_state2 = | running_mate2 = TBD | image4 = | nominee4 = [[2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries|TBD]] | party4 = Libertarian Party (United States) | home_state4 = | running_mate4 = TBD | image5 = | nominee5 = [[2020 Green Party presidential primaries|TBD]] | party5 = Green Party (United States) | home_state5 = | running_mate5 = TBD | map_size = 350px | map = {{2020 United States presidential election imagemap}} | map_caption = The electoral map for the 2020 election, based on populations from the [[2010 United States Census|2010 Census]]. | title = President | before_election = [[Donald Trump]] | before_party = Republican Party (United States) | after_election = TBA | after_party = TBA }} {{US 2020 presidential elections series}} The '''2020 United States presidential election''' is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2020. It will be the 59th quadrennial [[United States presidential election|presidential election]]. Voters will select [[United States Electoral College|presidential electors]] who in turn will vote on December 14, 2020,<ref>[https://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-3-the-president/3-usc-sect-7.html "3 U.S.C. § 7 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 3. The President § 7. Meeting and vote of electors"], [[FindLaw]].com.</ref> to either elect a new [[President of the United States|president]] and [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]] or reelect the incumbents [[Donald Trump]] and [[Mike Pence]] respectively. The series of [[United States presidential primary|presidential primary elections and caucuses]] are being held from February to June 2020. This nominating process is an indirect election, where voters cast ballots selecting a slate of delegates to a political party's [[United States presidential nominating convention|nominating convention]], who then in turn elect their party's nominees for president and vice president. [[Donald Trump]], the 45th and incumbent president, has launched a reelection campaign for the Republican primaries; several state Republican Party organizations have cancelled their primaries in a show of support for his candidacy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/republicans-in-three-states-cancel-primaries-and-caucuses/|title=Republicans in three states cancel presidential nominating contests for 2020|website=CBS News|access-date=September 25, 2019}}</ref> Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee on March 17, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-wins-enough-delegates-to-become-gops-presumptive-nominee|title=Trump wins enough delegates to become GOP's presumptive nominee|date=2020-03-17|website=PBS NewsHour|language=en-us|access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref> 29 major candidates launched [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|campaigns for the Democratic nomination]], which became the largest field of candidates for any political party in the post-[[McGovern–Fraser Commission|reform]] period of American politics. The winner of the 2020 presidential election is scheduled to be inaugurated on January 20, 2021. ==Background== ===Procedure=== {{further|United States presidential election#Procedure}} [[Article Two of the United States Constitution|Article Two]] of the [[United States Constitution]] states that for a person to serve as president the individual must be a [[Natural-born-citizen clause|natural-born citizen of the United States]], at least 35 years old and a United States resident for at least 14 years. Candidates for the presidency typically seek the nomination of one of the [[List of political parties in the United States|various political parties]] of the United States, in which case each party develops a method (such as a [[primary election]]) to choose the candidate the party deems best suited to run for the position. The primary elections are usually [[indirect election]]s where voters cast ballots for a slate of party delegates pledged to a particular candidate. The party's delegates then officially nominate a candidate to run on the party's behalf. The presidential nominee typically chooses a vice presidential [[running mate]] to form that party's [[Ticket (election)|ticket]], who is then ratified by the delegates (with the exception of the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]], which nominates its vice presidential candidate by delegate vote regardless of the presidential nominee's preference). The general election in November is also an indirect election, in which voters cast ballots for a slate of members of the [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]]; these electors then directly elect the president and vice president.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9480396/US-Election-guide-how-does-the-election-work.html |title=US Election guide: how does the election work? |date=November 6, 2012 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |accessdate=October 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110114127/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9480396/US-Election-guide-how-does-the-election-work.html |archive-date=November 10, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> If [[contingent election|no candidate receives the minimum 270 electoral votes needed to win the election]], the [[United States House of Representatives]] will select the president from the three candidates who received the most electoral votes, and the [[United States Senate]] will select the vice president from the candidates who received the two highest totals. On August 26, 2019, the [[Maine legislature]] passed a bill adopting [[ranked-choice voting in the United States|ranked-choice voting]] both for presidential primaries and for the general election.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2019/08/26/maine-senate-passes-ranked-choice-voting-for-march-presidential-primaries/|title=Maine Senate passes ranked-choice voting for March presidential primaries|last=Miller|first=Kevin|date=August 26, 2019|work=[[Portland Press Herald]]|access-date=August 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-might-switch-to-a-ranked-choice-presidential-election-heres-how-it-would-look|title=Maine might switch to a ranked-choice presidential election. Here's how it would look.|last=Shepherd|first=Michael|date=August 28, 2019|work=[[CBS]] 13|access-date=August 28, 2019}}</ref> On September 6, 2019, Governor [[Janet Mills]] allowed the bill to become law without her signature, which delayed it from taking effect until after the [[2020 Maine Democratic primary|2020 Democratic primary]] in March, but puts Maine on track to be the first state to use ranked-choice voting for a presidential general election. The law continues the use of the [[United States Electoral College#Congressional district method|congressional district method]] for the allocation of electors, as [[Maine]] and [[Nebraska]] have used in recent elections.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bangordailynews.com/2019/09/06/politics/maine-will-use-ranked-choice-voting-in-next-years-presidential-election-but-not-the-2020-primaries/|title=Maine will use ranked-choice voting in next year's presidential election — but not the 2020 primaries|last=Shepherd|first=Michael|date=September 6, 2019|work=[[Bangor Daily News]]|access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref> The change could potentially delay the projection of the winner(s) of Maine's electoral votes for days after election day,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Berman |first1=Russell |title=A Step Toward Blowing Up the Presidential-Voting System |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/ranked-choice-voting-2020/598303/ |website=The Atlantic |accessdate=January 14, 2020|date=September 20, 2019 }}</ref> and will also complicate interpretation of the national [[direct election|popular vote]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Muller |first1=Derek |title=Maine, ranked choice voting, and the National Popular Vote Compact |url=https://excessofdemocracy.com/blog/2019/7/maine-ranked-choice-voting-and-the-national-popular-vote-compact |website=Excess of Democracy |accessdate=January 14, 2020}}</ref> The [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-second Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] states that an individual cannot be elected to the presidency more than twice. This prohibits former presidents [[Bill Clinton]], [[George W. Bush]], and [[Barack Obama]] from being elected president again. Former president [[Jimmy Carter]], having served only a single term as president, is not constitutionally prohibited from being elected to another term in the 2020 election, though he has no plans to do so, saying, "95 is out of the question. I'm having a hard time walking. I think the time has passed for me to be involved actively in politics, much less run for president."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/10/01/jimmy-carter-once-thought-he-was-nearing-death-longest-living-former-us-president-just-turned/|title=Jimmy Carter once thought he was nearing death. The longest-living former U.S. president just turned 95.|work=The Washington Post|first1=Deanna|last1=Paul|first2=John|last2=Wagner|date=October 1, 2019|accessdate=October 2, 2019}}</ref> ===Demographic trends=== {{further|Demography of the United States}} The age group of what will then be people in the 18-to-45-year-old bracket is expected to represent just under 40 percent of the United States' eligible voters in 2020. It is expected that more than 30 percent of eligible American voters will be [[Person of color|nonwhite]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/01/25/170240786/forget-2016-the-pivotal-year-in-politics-may-be-2020 |title=Forget 2016. The Pivotal Year In Politics May Be 2020 |date=January 25, 2013 |first=Linton |last=Weeks |publisher=[[NPR]] |accessdate=October 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006082924/http://www.npr.org/2013/01/25/170240786/forget-2016-the-pivotal-year-in-politics-may-be-2020 |archive-date=October 6, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> A bipartisan report indicates that changes in voter demographics since the [[2016 United States presidential election#Voter demographics|2016 election]] could impact the results of the 2020 election. [[African Americans]], [[Hispanic]]s, [[Asian people|Asians]], and other ethnic minorities, as well as "whites with a college degree", are expected to all increase their percentage of national eligible voters by 2020, while "whites without a college degree" will decrease. Generation Z, those born after 1996, will more than double to 10% of the eligible voters.<ref>https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/essay/an-early-look-at-the-2020-electorate/</ref> Traditionally, all these shifts were thought to potentially be an advantage for the Democratic nominee as they all have historically voted substantially more for Democrats than Republicans and continue to, however; that rate at which these groups, especially Generation Z, vote for Democrats is decreasing with non-whites<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/18/politics/poll-of-the-week-trump-black-voters/index.html</ref> and young voters<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-millennials-idUSKBN1I10YH</ref> both voting for and supporting Republicans at higher rates than before 2016. However, this is counteracted by whites and 65+ voters both voting for and supporting Democrats at a higher rate. These shifts have been slight overall nationally but substantially larger in swing states such as Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa.<ref>https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trumps-victory-divisions-by-race-gender-education/</ref><ref>https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/election-night-2016-24-million-youth-voted-most-rejected-trump</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/11/11/trump-got-more-votes-from-people-of-color-than-romney-did-heres-the-data/</ref><ref>https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/how%20groups%20voted?utm_campaign=item_268517&utm_medium=copy&utm_source=link_newsv9</ref> These shifts tend to occur more geographically favorably for Republicans than Democrats<ref>https://www.voterstudygroup.org/publication/party-hoppers</ref>, thus; it is possible Trump could win the [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]] while still losing the popular vote, possibly by an even larger margin than in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/demographic-shifts-show-2020-presidential-race-could-be-close-n868146 |title=Demographic shifts show 2020 presidential race could be close |date=April 22, 2018 |first=Dante |last=Chinni |work=[[NBC News]] |accessdate=April 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423004124/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/demographic-shifts-show-2020-presidential-race-could-be-close-n868146 |archive-date=April 23, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Simultaneous elections=== {{further|2020 United States Senate elections|2020 United States House of Representatives elections}} The presidential election will occur simultaneously with elections to the [[2020 United States Senate elections|Senate]] and the [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections|House of Representatives]]. Gubernatorial and legislative elections will also be held in several states. Following the election, the United States House will redistribute the seats among the 50 states based on the results of the [[2020 United States Census]], and the states will conduct a [[United States redistricting, 2022|redistricting]] of Congressional and state legislative districts. In most states the governor and the state legislature conduct the redistricting (although some states have [[redistricting commission]]s), and often a party that wins a presidential election experiences a [[coattail effect]] which also helps other candidates of that party win elections.<ref>{{cite journal |first=James E. |last=Campbell |title=Presidential Coattails and Midterm Losses in State Legislative Elections |journal=[[The American Political Science Review]] |date=March 1986 |volume=80 |issue=1 |pages=45–63 |jstor=1957083|doi=10.2307/1957083 }}</ref> Therefore, the party that wins the 2020 presidential election could also win a [[gerrymandering|significant advantage]] in the drawing of new Congressional and state legislative districts that would stay in effect until the 2032 elections.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/2016-democrats-already-have-plan-2020 |title=Forget 2016: Democrats already have a plan for 2020 |date=August 26, 2014 |first=Benjy |last=Sarlin |work=[[MSNBC]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028151748/http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/2016-democrats-already-have-plan-2020 |archive-date=October 28, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Impeachment=== The House of Representatives [[Impeachment of Donald Trump|voted to impeach President Trump]] on two counts on December 18, 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/us/politics/trump-impeached.html |title=Trump Impeached for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress |last=Fandos |first=Nicholas |date=December 18, 2019 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 18, 2019 |url-status=live |last2=Shear |first2=Michael D. |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The trial in the Senate began on January 21, 2020,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/01/21/797320215/senate-impeachment-trial-begins-with-fight-over-rules|title=After 13 Hours Of Fiery Debate, Senate Adopts Impeachment Trial Rules|last1=Naylor|first1=Brian|last2=Walsh|first2=Dierdre|date=January 21, 2020|work=NPR|accessdate=February 3, 2020}}</ref> and ended on February 5, resulting in [[Acquittal#United States|acquittal]] by the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/05/trump-impeachment-vote-110805|title=Trump acquitted on impeachment charges, ending gravest threat to his presidency|author1=Kyle Cheney|author2=Andrew Desiderio|author3=John Bresnahan|date=February 5, 2020|accessdate=February 5, 2020|work=[[Politico]]}}</ref> This is the first time a president has been impeached during his first term and while running for a second term.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/us/politics/trump-impeachment-trial.html|title=While Stained in History, Trump Will Emerge From Trial Triumphant and Unshackled|last=Baker|first=Peter|date=February 1, 2020|work=The New York Times|accessdate=February 3, 2020}}</ref> Trump continued to hold campaign rallies during the impeachment.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/30/trump-rally-iowa-impeachment-trial|title=Trump rails against 'deranged' foes as Iowa rally clashes with impeachment trial|last=Smith|first=David|date=January 31, 2020|work=The Guardian|accessdate= February 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/28/trump-rally-new-jersey-108512|title=Missing from Trump's rally: An impeachment diatribe|last=Friedman|first=Matt|date=January 28, 2020|work=Politico|accessdate=February 3, 2020}}</ref> This is also the first time since the modern presidential primaries were established in 1911 that a president has been subjected to impeachment while the primary season was underway.<ref name="Politiconov1">{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/31/impeachment-democratic-candidadtes-063478|title='There's no model for this': Impeachment timeline crashes into Democratic primary|first=Marc|last=Caputo|website=Politico|date=November 1, 2019|accessdate=December 18, 2019}}</ref> The impeachment process overlapped with the primary campaigns, forcing senators running for the Democratic nomination to remain in Washington for the trial in the days before and after the Iowa caucuses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-01-30/senators-campaign-in-iowa-remotely-as-they-wait-in-washington-through-trumps-trial|title=Senators Campaign in Iowa Remotely as They Wait in Washington Through Trump's Trial|last=Milligan|first=Susan|date=January 30, 2020|work=U.S. News|accessdate=February 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/10/trump-impeachment-2020-campaigns-096886|title='Don't tell me it doesn't matter': Impeachment trial hurts presidential campaigns|last=Everett|first=Burgess|date=January 10, 2020|work=Politico|accessdate=February 3, 2020}}</ref> ===Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic=== [[File:Electionsaltered.svg|thumb|right|States with at least one local, state, or federal primary election date or method of voting altered as of 29 March 2020. {{legend|#ff0000|Method of voting altered |border=0}} {{legend|#eeff00|Municipal election date altered |border=0}} {{legend|#0cff00|State level primary or election date altered |border=0}} {{legend|#1500ff|State level and municipal primary or election date altered |border=0}} {{legend|#b200ff|Federal level primary or election date altered |border=0}}]] {{see|2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States}} {{see|Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on politics}} Several events related to the 2020 presidential election have been altered or postponed due to the ongoing [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States|coronavirus pandemic]]. On March 10, following primary elections in six states, Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders cancelled planned campaign night events and further in-person campaigning and campaign rallies.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glueck |first1=Katie |title=Joe Biden Will Host ‘Virtual Events’ as Coronavirus Fears Heat Up |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/us/politics/biden-coronavirus-campaign-events.html |website=[[New York Times]] |accessdate=24 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ember |first1=Sydney |last2=Karni |first2=Annie |last3=Haberman |first3=Maggie |title=Sanders and Biden Cancel Events as Coronavirus Fears Upend Primary |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/politics/sanders-biden-rally-coronavirus.html |website=[[New York Times]] |accessdate=24 March 2020}}</ref> On March 12, President Trump also stated his intent to postpone further campaign rallies.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chalfant |first1=Morgan |title=Trump says he'll likely curtail rallies amid coronavirus |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/487259-trump-says-hell-likely-curtail-rallies-amid-coronavirus |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |accessdate=24 March 2020}}</ref> The 11th Democratic debate was held on March 15 without an audience at the [[CNN]] studios in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Democratic debate moved from Arizona to Washington, DC, over coronavirus concerns, DNC announces |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/politics/cnn-univision-debate-arizona-dc/index.html|website=CNN|date=March 12, 2020}}</ref> Several states have also postponed their primaries to a later date, including Georgia,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/03/14/coronavirus-georgia-presidential-primaries-postponed-until-may/5052124002/|title=Georgia presidential primaries postponed over coronavirus concerns|work=Associated Press|publisher=USA Today|date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> Kentucky,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/politics/kentucky-primary-postponed/index.html|title=Kentucky secretary of state says primary postponed|work=CNN|date=March 16, 2020}}</ref> Louisiana,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/13/louisiana-postpones-democratic-primary-over-coronavirus-the-first-state-to-do-so.html|title=Louisiana postpones Democratic primary over coronavirus, the first state to do so|work=CNBC|date=March 13, 2020}}</ref> Ohio,<ref>{{cite news|title=Coronavirus: Ohio Supreme Court allows delay to primary election|url=https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200316/coronavirus-ohio-supreme-court-allows-delay-to-primary-election|work=The Columbus Dispatch|date=March 17, 2020}}</ref> and Maryland.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/17/maryland-postpones-april-28-primary-election-over-coronavirus-133776|title=Maryland postpones April 28 primary election over coronavirus |work=Politico|date=March 17, 2020}}</ref> As of March 24, 2020, all major-party presidential candidates have halted in-person campaigning and campaign rallies over coronavirus concerns. Political analysts have stated that the moratorium on traditional campaigning coupled to the effects of the pandemic on the nation could have unpredictable effects on the voting populace and possibly, how the election will be conducted.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lerer |first1=Lisa |last2=Epstein |first2=Reid J. |title=How the Coronavirus Changed the 2020 Campaign |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/politics/coronavirus-2020-campaign.html |website=[[New York Times]] |accessdate=25 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Goodkind |first1=Nicole |title=10 questions about the 2020 election during the coronavirus pandemic, answered |url=https://fortune.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-2020-election-pandemic-primaries-postponed-voting-trump-biden-sanders-covid-19/ |website=[[Fortune (magazine)]] |accessdate=25 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Garrison |first1=Joey |title=As coronavirus pandemic delays 2020 primaries, is it time to worry about the November election? |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/03/17/coronavirus-pandemic-delays-primaries-time-worry-2020-november-election/5057930002/ |website=[[USA Today]] |accessdate=25 March 2020}}</ref> Government response to the impact of the pandemic from the Trump administration, coupled to the differing positions taken by congressional Democrats and Republicans regarding [[Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act|economic stimulus]] remains a major campaign issue for both parties.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/politics/coronavirus-2020-campaign.html|title=How the Coronavirus Changed the 2020 Campaign|work=The New York Times|date=March 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Stanage |first1=Niall |title=The Memo: Democrats grapple with virus response |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/488748-the-memo-democrats-grapple-with-virus-response |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |accessdate=25 March 2020}}</ref> ==Nominations== ===Republican Party nomination=== {{main|2020 Republican Party presidential primaries}} ====Primaries==== In election cycles with incumbent presidents running for re-election, the race for their party nomination are usually ''pro-forma'', with token opposition instead of any serious challengers and with their party rules being fixed in their favor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/when-presidents-get-primary-challenges/|title=When presidents get primary challenges|work=CBS News|date=August 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name="politico20190506"/> The 2020 election is no exception; with Donald Trump formally seeking a second term,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-hints-at-re-election-bid-vowing-eight-years-of-great-things/article/2612632 |title=Trump hints at re-election bid, vowing 'eight years' of 'great things' |date=January 22, 2017 |first=Sarah |last=Westwood |work=[[Washington Examiner]] |access-date=February 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/06/18/733505037/trump-set-to-officially-launch-reelection-but-hasnt-he-been-running-all-along |title=Trump Set To Officially Launch Reelection Bid, But Hasn't He Been Running All Along?| date=June 18, 2019 |first= Jessica |last=Taylor |work=NPR |access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref> the official Republican apparatus, both state and national, have coordinated with his campaign to implement changes to make it difficult for any primary opponent to mount a serious challenge.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-campaign-touts-republican-rule-changes-aimed-at-unified-2020-convention-idUSKBN1WM236|title=Trump campaign touts Republican rule changes aimed at unified 2020 convention|work=Reuters|date=October 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Republicans Quietly Rigging 2020 Nominating Contest for Trump|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/republicans-quietly-rig-2020-nominating-contest-for-trump.html|work=Intelligencer|publisher=[[nymag.com]]|date=October 8, 2019}}</ref> On January 25, 2019, the [[Republican National Committee]] unofficially endorsed Trump.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/26/rnc-vote-unanimous-support-trump-no-endorse-2020/|title=RNC unanimously pledges 'undivided support' for Trump, stops short of explicit 2020 endorsement|date=January 26, 2019 |first=Andrew |last=Blake |work=Washington Times |accessdate=June 27, 2019}}</ref> Several Republican state committees have scrapped their respective primaries or caucuses.<ref name="politico20190906">{{cite news|title=Republicans to scrap primaries and caucuses as Trump challengers cry foul|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/06/republicans-cancel-primaries-trump-challengers-1483126|work=Politico|first=Alex|last=Isenstadt|date=September 6, 2019|accessdate=September 6, 2019}}</ref> They have cited the fact that Republicans canceled several state primaries when [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[George W. Bush]] sought a second term in [[1992 Republican Party presidential primaries|1992]] and [[2004 Republican Party presidential primaries|2004]], respectively; and Democrats scrapped some of their primaries when [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]] were seeking reelection in [[1996 Democratic Party presidential primaries|1996]] and [[2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2012]], respectively.<ref>{{cite news|title=GOP plans to drop presidential primaries in four states to impede Trump challengers|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-plans-to-drop-presidential-primaries-in-4-states-to-impede-trump-challengers/ar-AAGV0kQ|work=The Boston Globe|publisher=MSN.com|first=Annie|last=Karni|date=September 6, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=GOP considers canceling at least three GOP primaries and caucuses, Trump challengers outraged|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-gop-canceling-gop-primaries-caucuses/story?id=65436462|work=ABC News|first1=Will|last1=Steakin|first2=Kendall|last2=Karson|date=September 6, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019}}</ref> After cancelling their races, some of those states like Hawaii and New York immediately binded their delegates to Trump,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/474243-hawaii-gop-cancels-presidential-preference-poll-and-commits-delegates-to|title=Hawaii GOP cancels presidential preference poll, commits delegates to Trump|date=December 12, 2019 |accessdate=December 12, 2019 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-new-york-cancels-gop-primary-20200303-tra2ex6cnfaz5gs6vbz7oitjxm-story.html|title=New York cancels Republican primary after Trump only candidate to qualify|publisher=New York Daily News|date=March 3, 2020}}</ref> while other such states like Kansas and Nevada later formally held a convention or meeting to officially award their delegates to him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kake.com/story/41015125/kansas-gop-wont-hold-a-caucus-in-2020|title=Kansas GOP won't hold a caucus in 2020|publisher=KAKE|date=September 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-gop-binds-delegates-to-trump-1963597/|title=Nevada GOP binds delegates to Trump|author=Debra J. Saunders|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=February 22, 2020}}</ref> In addition, the Trump campaign urged Republican state committees that used proportional methods to award delegates in 2016 (where a state's delegates are basically divided proportionally among the candidates based on the vote percentage) to switch to a "[[Plurality voting|winner-takes-all]]" (where the winning candidate in a state gets all its delegates) or "winner-takes-most" (where the winning candidate only wins all of the state's delegates if he exceeds a predetermined amount, otherwise they are divided proportionally) for 2020.<ref name="politico20190506">{{cite news|title=Rhode Island GOP switches to "winner-take-all" primary vote|url=https://apnews.com/bf5036b4c0c64842b37ec2805a3fbbdb|work=Associated Press|date=September 20, 2019}}</ref><ref name="AP20190920">{{cite news|title=Massachusetts Republicans move to protect Trump in 2020 primary|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/06/massachusetts-republicans-trump-2020-primary-1302875|work=Politico|first=Stephanie|last=Murray|date=May 6, 2019}}</ref> Nevertheless, reports arose beginning in August 2017 that members of the Republican Party were preparing a "shadow campaign" against the President, particularly from the moderate or establishment wings of the party. Then-[[Arizona]] senator [[John McCain]] said, "Republicans see weakness in this president."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/345462-mccain-republicans-see-weakness-in-trump|title=McCain: Republicans 'see weakness' in Trump|last=Greenwood|first=Max|date=August 5, 2017|website=TheHill|language=en|access-date=January 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/05/us/politics/2020-campaign-president-trump-cotton-sasse-pence.html|title=Republican Shadow Campaign for 2020 Takes Shape as Trump Doubts Grow |date=August 5, 2017 |first1=Jonathan |first2=Alexander |last1=Martin |last2=Burns |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=October 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021173314/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/05/us/politics/2020-campaign-president-trump-cotton-sasse-pence.html |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Maine]] senator [[Susan Collins]], [[Kentucky]] senator [[Rand Paul]], and former [[New Jersey]] governor [[Chris Christie]] all expressed doubts in 2017 that Trump would be the 2020 nominee, with Collins stating "it's too difficult to say."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sen-susan-collins-not-sure-trump-will-be-2020-gop-nominee/ |title=Sen. Susan Collins not sure Trump will be 2020 GOP nominee |date=August 21, 2017 |work=[[CBS News]] |accessdate=October 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023070305/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sen-susan-collins-not-sure-trump-will-be-2020-gop-nominee/ |archive-date=October 23, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsweek.com/trump-2020-election-white-house-manafort-696089 |title=TRUMP MAY NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION: RAND PAUL, CHRIS CHRISTIE |date=October 30, 2017 |first=Nicole |last=Goodkind |work=[[Newsweek]] |accessdate=November 4, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104104458/http://www.newsweek.com/trump-2020-election-white-house-manafort-696089 |archive-date=November 4, 2017}}</ref> Senator [[Jeff Flake]] claimed in 2017 that Trump was "inviting" a primary challenger by the way he was governing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/24/politics/kfile-jeff-flake-trump-primary-challenge/index.html |title=Sen. Jeff Flake: Trump 'inviting' 2020 primary challenge by how he's governing |date=August 24, 2017 |first=Andrew |last=Kaczynski |work=CNN |accessdate=October 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023064004/http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/24/politics/kfile-jeff-flake-trump-primary-challenge/index.html |archive-date=October 23, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Longtime political strategist [[Roger Stone]], however, predicted in May 2018 that Trump might not seek a second term were he to succeed in keeping all his campaign promises and "mak[ing] America great again".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/roger-stone-says-trump-may-not-run-in-2020-pledges-to-line-up-challenger-to-pence-haley-ticket |title=Roger Stone says Trump may not run in 2020, pledges to line up challenger to Pence-Haley ticket |date=May 19, 2018 |first=Daniel |last=Chaitin |work=Washington Examiner |accessdate=June 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612135917/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/roger-stone-says-trump-may-not-run-in-2020-pledges-to-line-up-challenger-to-pence-haley-ticket |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Former Massachusetts governor [[Bill Weld]] then became Trump's first major challenger in the Republican primaries following an announcement on April 15, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/15/politics/bill-weld-2020-trump/|title=Bill Weld officially announces he is challenging Trump for GOP nomination in 2020|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=April 15, 2019}}</ref> Weld, who was the Libertarian Party's nominee for vice president in 2016, is considered a long shot because his [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] views on several political positions such as abortion rights, gay marriage and marijuana legalization conflict with traditionalist [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] positions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/bill-weld-officially-targets-trump-with-long-shot-primary-bid|title=Bill Weld officially targets Trump with long-shot primary bid |first=Alison|last=Durkee|publisher=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=April 15, 2019}}</ref> In addition, businessman [[Rocky De La Fuente]] entered the race on May 16, 2019, but was not widely recognized as a major candidate. Former Illinois [[Illinois's 8th congressional district|representative]] [[Joe Walsh (American politician)|Joe Walsh]] launched a primary challenge on August 25, 2019, saying, "I'm going to do whatever I can. I don't want [Trump] to win. The country cannot afford to have him win. If I'm not successful, I'm not voting for him."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/25/politics/joe-walsh-take-on-trump-in-2020-republican-primary/index.html|title=Joe Walsh to take on Trump in 2020 Republican primary|publisher=CNN|date=August 25, 2019|accessdate=August 25, 2019}}</ref> Walsh ended his presidential bid on February 7, 2020, after drawing around 1% support in the Iowa caucuses. Walsh declared that "nobody can beat Trump in a Republican primary" because the Republican Party was now "a cult" of Trump. According to Walsh, Trump supporters had become "followers" who think that Trump "can do no wrong", after absorbing misinformation "from 'conservative' media. They don't know what the truth is and — more importantly — they don't care."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lyn Pence |first1=Nicole |title='I would rather have a socialist in the White House than Donald Trump,' says Republican Joe Walsh |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/republican-joe-walsh-drops-out-of-the-presidential-race-calls-gop-a-cult-and-trump-its-cult-leader-2020-02-07 |accessdate=February 8, 2020 |work=[[MarketWatch]] |date=February 7, 2020}}</ref> On September 8, 2019, former South Carolina governor and representative [[Mark Sanford]] officially announced that he would be another Republican primary challenger to Trump.<ref name="NYTimesSanford">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/us/politics/mark-sanford-president.html|title=Mark Sanford Will Challenge Trump in Republican Primary|website=The New York Times|last1=Burns|first1=Alexander|date=September 8, 2019}}</ref> He dropped out of the race 65 days later on November 12, 2019, after failing to gain support in Republican circles.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/former-sc-gov-mark-sanford-has-dropped-out-of-presidential/article_3def9eee-0171-11ea-84ec-8bd313d6fd8a.html|title=Former SC Gov. Mark Sanford has dropped out of presidential race |date=November 12, 2019|accessdate=November 12, 2019|work=[[The Post and Courier]] |location=Charleston, South Carolina |author=Caitlin Byrd}}</ref> Still, [[Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign|Donald Trump's re-election campaign]] has essentially been ongoing since his victory in 2016, leading pundits to describe his tactic of holding rallies continuously throughout his presidency as a "never-ending campaign".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-road-to-2020-donald-trumps-never-ending-campaign |title=The Road to 2020: Donald Trump's Never-Ending Campaign |date=February 18, 2017|first=Scott |last=Bixby |newspaper=[[The Daily Beast]] |accessdate=January 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806140236/http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-road-to-2020-donald-trumps-never-ending-campaign |archive-date=August 6, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> On January 20, 2017, at 5:11&nbsp;p.m., he submitted a letter as a substitute of FEC Form 2, by which he reached the legal threshold for filing, in compliance with the [[Federal Election Campaign Act]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.azfamily.com/story/34380443/trump-breaks-precedent-files-on-first-day-as-candidate-for-re-election |title=Trump breaks precedent, files as candidate for re-election on first day |date=January 30, 2017 |first=Lee |last=Morehouse |publisher=[[KTVK]] |access-date=February 21, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130223626/http://www.azfamily.com/story/34380443/trump-breaks-precedent-files-on-first-day-as-candidate-for-re-election |archive-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> Trump has run an active campaign during the primary season, even holding rallies in the February primary states, including South Carolina and Nevada where those Republican races were canceled.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-rally-las-vegas-today-2020-campaign-las-vegas-convention-center-live-stream-updates-2020-02-21/|title='Here we go again,' Trump says about intel reports of Russian meddling in 2020|publisher=CBS News|date=February 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump rallies his base to treat coronavirus as a 'hoax'|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/28/trump-south-carolina-rally-coronavirus-118269|work=Politico|date=February 28, 2020}}</ref> Through Super Tuesday, March 3, Trump won every race. Including those states who have canceled their races and have awarded their delegates to him, Trump through Super Tuesday won an estimated 1,023 of the 1,276 required to officially become the presumptive Republican Party nominee.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Republican Convention 2020|url = http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/R|website = www.thegreenpapers.com|accessdate=March 8, 2020}}</ref> After the March 10 primaries, he was a mere 11 delegates shy of clinching, which he did the following week. As of March 21, he has received 11,446,331 popular votes. On March 17, 2020, having won every state and every delegate but one, Trump became the presumptive nominee.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Budryk |first=Zack |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/488148-trump-becomes-presumptive-gop-nominee-after-sweeping-primaries |title=Trump becomes presumptive GOP nominee after sweeping primaries |date=March 17, 2020 |work=The Hill |access-date=March 17, 2020 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> Weld suspended his campaign the next day.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Karni |first=Annie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/us/politics/bill-weld-drops-out.html |title=Bill Weld, Trump’s Last G.O.P. Challenger, Exits Presidential Race |date=March 18, 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 18, 2020 |url-status=live |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ====Presumptive nominee==== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" |- | colspan="28" style="background:#f1f1f1;" | [[File:Republican Disc.png|65px|center|link=Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party (United States)]]<big>'''Presumptive 2020 Republican Party ticket |- ! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}; width:200px;"|{{colored link|white|Donald Trump}} ! style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}}; width:200px;"|{{colored link|white|Mike Pence}} |- style="color:#000; font-size:100%; background:#ffd0d7;" | style="width:3em; width:200px;"|'''''for President''''' | style="width:3em; width:200px;"|'''''for Vice President''''' |- | [[File:Official Portrait of President Donald Trump.jpg|center|200x200px|border]]<!-- DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR CONSENSUS. See [[Talk:Donald Trump]] --> | [[File:Vice President Pence Official Portrait.jpg|center|200x200px|border]]<!-- DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR CONSENSUS. See [[Talk:Mike Pence]] --> |- | [[President of the United States]]<br /><small>(2017–present)</small> | [[Vice President of the United States]]<br /><small>(2017–present)</small> |- | colspan=2 |[[Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign|'''Campaign''']] |- | colspan=2 |[[File:TrumpPenceKAG.png|center|275px]] |} ====Other candidates==== The following major candidates have either: (a) held public office, (b) been included in a minimum of five [[Opinion polling for the 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries#National polling|independent national polls]], or (c) received substantial media coverage.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Burns|first1=Alexander|last2=Flegenheimer|first2=Matt|last3=Lee|first3=Jasmine C.|last4=Lerer|first4=Lisa|last5=Martin|first5=Jonathan|title=Who's Running for President in 2020?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/politics/2020-presidential-candidates.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 21, 2019|accessdate=March 10, 2019|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219132542/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/politics/2020-presidential-candidates.html|archive-date=February 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Scherer|first1=Michael|last2=Uhrmacher|first2=Kevin|last3=Schaul|first3=Kevin|title=Who is hoping to challenge Trump for president in 2020?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/politics/2020-presidential-hopefuls/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 14, 2018|accessdate=March 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014085144/https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/politics/2020-presidential-hopefuls/|archive-date=October 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=2020 presidential election: Track which candidates are running|url=https://www.axios.com/2020-presidential-election-candidates-announce-running-15472039-9bf49de4-351a-46b3-bdde-b980947b21ea.html|publisher=Axios|date=January 11, 2019|accessdate=March 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308081036/https://www.axios.com/2020-presidential-election-candidates-announce-running-15472039-9bf49de4-351a-46b3-bdde-b980947b21ea.html|archive-date=March 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |-^† | colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:120%; color:white; background:{{Republican Party (United States)/meta/color}};" |''Candidates in this section are sorted by state ballot access'' |- style="font-size:120%;" ! scope="col" style="width:3em;"|[[Bill Weld]]<br><small>(suspended)</small> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;"|[[Joe Walsh (American politician)|Joe Walsh]]<br><small>(suspended)</small> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;"|[[Rocky De La Fuente]] ! scope="col" style="width:3em;"|[[Mark Sanford]]<br><small>(suspended)</small> |- | [[File:Bill Weld campaign portrait.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Rep Joe Walsh.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Rocky De La Fuente1 (2) (cropped).jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Mark Sanford, Official Portrait, 113th Congress.jpg|center|x120px]] |- style="text-align:center" | [[Governor of Massachusetts|Governor]] of [[Massachusetts]]<br /><small>(1991–1997)</small> | [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Illinois's 8th congressional district|IL-08]]<br /><small>(2011–2013)</small> | Businessman and [[Perennial candidate]] | [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[South Carolina's 1st congressional district|SC-01]]<br /><small>(1995–2001, 2013–2019)</small><br/>[[Governor of South Carolina|Governor]] of [[South Carolina]]<br /><small>(2003–2011)</small> |- style="text-align:center" | [[File:Bill Weld campaign 2020.png|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Joe Walsh 2020 Logo-black.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Rocky De La Fuente 2020 presidential campaign logo.png|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Mark Sanford 2020.png|frameless|100x100px]] |- style="text-align:center" | [[Bill Weld 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Joe Walsh 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Rocky De La Fuente#2020_presidential|Campaign]] | [[Mark Sanford 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] |- style="text-align:center" | W: March 18, 2020<br/><small>'''255,264''' votes<br />'''1''' delegate | W: February 7, 2020<br/><small>'''166,739''' votes</small><br /><br> | Campaign active<br/><small>'''71,908''' votes</small><br /><br> | W: November 11, 2019<br/><small>'''4,271''' votes</small><br /><br> |- style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Brusk |first1=Steve |last2=Sullivan |first2=Kate |title=Bill Weld officially announces he is challenging Trump for GOP nomination in 2020 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/politics/bill-weld-2020-trump/index.html |website=CNN |accessdate=March 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Zilbermints |first1=Regina |title=Weld drops out of GOP primary |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/488289-weld-drops-out-of-gop-primary |website=The Hill |accessdate=March 20, 2020 |language=en |date=18 March 2020}}</ref> | <ref>{{cite news |title=Former Rep. Joe Walsh enters race as Trump challenger |url=https://video.foxnews.com/v/6077489464001#sp=show-clips |publisher=Fox News |date=26 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Stracqualursi |first1=Veronica |title=Joe Walsh ends Republican primary challenge against Trump |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/07/politics/joe-walsh-ends-campaign/index.html |accessdate=7 February 2020 |publisher=CNN |date=7 February 2020}}</ref> | <ref>{{cite news |title=Rouqe De La Fuente presidential campaign, 2020 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Roque_De_La_Fuente_presidential_campaign,_2020 |publisher=Ballotpedia}}</ref> | <ref name="NYTimesSanford"/><ref name="SanfordSuspends">{{cite news |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/former-sc-gov-mark-sanford-has-dropped-out-of-presidential/article_3def9eee-0171-11ea-84ec-8bd313d6fd8a.html|title=Former SC Gov. Mark Sanford has dropped out of presidential race |date=November 12, 2019|accessdate=November 12, 2019|publisher=[[The Post and Courier]]|last=Byrd|first=Caitlin}}</ref> |} ====Endorsements==== {{main|Endorsements in the 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries}} ===Democratic Party nomination=== {{main|2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries}} ====Primaries==== In August 2018, the [[Democratic National Committee]] voted to disallow [[superdelegate]]s from voting on the first ballot of the nominating process, beginning with the 2020 election. This would require a candidate to win a majority of pledged delegates from the assorted primary elections in order to win the party's nomination. The last time this did not occur was the nomination of [[Adlai Stevenson II]] at the [[1952 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/25/politics/democrats-superdelegates-voting-changes/index.html |title=DNC changes superdelegate rules in presidential nomination process|date=August 25, 2018 |first=Adam |last=Levy |work=[[CNN]] |accessdate=August 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826232355/https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/25/politics/democrats-superdelegates-voting-changes/index.html |archive-date=August 26, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Meanwhile, six states will use [[Ranked-choice voting in the United States|ranked-choice voting]] in the primaries: Alaska, Hawaii, Kansas, and Wyoming for all voters; and Iowa and Nevada for absentee voters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://inthesetimes.com/article/21959/ranked-choice-voting-2020-democratic-primary-maine-kansas|title=Ranked Choice Voting Is On a Roll: 6 States Have Opted In for the 2020 Democratic Primary|last=Daley|first=David|date=July 9, 2019|work=In These Times|access-date=August 22, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0160-5992}}</ref> After [[Hillary Clinton]]'s loss in the [[2016 United States presidential election|previous]] election, the Democratic Party was seen largely as leaderless<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/324903-for-democrats-no-clear-leader |title=For Democrats, no clear leader |date=March 31, 2017 |first=Jonathan |last=Easley |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |accessdate=January 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129231222/http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/324903-for-democrats-no-clear-leader |archive-date=January 29, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> and fractured between the [[centrist]] Clinton wing and the more [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]] [[Bernie Sanders|Sanders]] wing of the party, echoing the rift brought up in the [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016|2016 primary]] election.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newrepublic.com/minutes/142419/2020-democratic-primary-going-all-out-brawl-party-needs |title=The 2020 Democratic primary is going to be the all-out brawl the party needs. |date=April 28, 2017 |first=Graham |last=Vyse |work=[[The New Republic]] |accessdate=January 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141132/https://newrepublic.com/minutes/142419/2020-democratic-primary-going-all-out-brawl-party-needs|archive-date=January 29, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/opinion/clinton-sanders-democratic-party.html |title=The Struggle Between Clinton and Sanders Is Not Over |date=September 7, 2017 |first=Thomas B. |last=Edsall |newspaper=The New York Times |accessdate=March 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326000959/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/opinion/clinton-sanders-democratic-party.html |archive-date=March 26, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> This divide between the establishment and progressive wings of the party has been reflected in several elections leading up to the 2020 primaries, most notably in 2017 with the election for [[Democratic National Committee chairmanship election, 2017|DNC chair]] between moderate-backed [[Tom Perez]] and progressive-backed [[Keith Ellison]]:<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/27/democratic-national-committee-election-tom-perez-keith-ellison |date=February 27, 2017 |title=After the divisive Democratic National Committee chair election, what's next? |newspaper=The Guardian |accessdate=March 23, 2018 |last1=Abramson |first1=Jill |last2=Aronoff |first2=Kate |last3=Camacho |first3=Daniel José |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324061947/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/27/democratic-national-committee-election-tom-perez-keith-ellison |archive-date=March 24, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Perez was elected chairman, and Ellison was appointed the [[Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee|deputy chair]], a largely ceremonial role. In 2018, several [[U.S. House]] districts that Democrats hoped to gain from the Republican majority had contentious primary elections. These clashes were described by ''[[Politico]]''{{'}}s Elena Schneider as a "Democratic civil war".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/19/moser-fletcher-texas-democratic-congress-house-runoff-551681 |title=Democrats clash over party's direction in key Texas race |date=May 19, 2018 |first=Elena |last=Schneider |work=[[Politico]] |accessdate=May 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519222657/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/19/moser-fletcher-texas-democratic-congress-house-runoff-551681 |archive-date=May 19, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Meanwhile, there has been a general shift to the left in regards to college tuition, healthcare, and immigration among Democrats in the Senate, likely to build up credentials for the upcoming primary election.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/30/2020-liberal-democrats-trump-opponent-319239 |title=Dem senators fight to out-liberal one another ahead of 2020 |date=December 30, 2017 |first=Elana |last=Schor |work=Politico |accessdate=January 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203123518/https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/30/2020-liberal-democrats-trump-opponent-319239 |archive-date=February 3, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Ryan W. |title=New York's Kirsten Gillibrand, Bill de Blasio echo progressive calls to 'abolish ICE' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/29/kristen-gillibrand-bill-de-blasio-echo-progresive-calls-abolish-ice/746694002/ |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |work=USA Today |date=June 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702150050/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/29/kristen-gillibrand-bill-de-blasio-echo-progresive-calls-abolish-ice/746694002/ |archive-date=July 2, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Overall, the 2020 primary field had 29 major candidates,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/politics/2020-presidential-candidates.html |title=Who's Running for President in 2020? |last=Burns |first=Alexander |date=March 5, 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 8, 2020 |last2=Flegenheimer |first2=Matt |last3=Lee |first3=Jasmine C. |last4=Lerer |first4=Lisa |last5=Martin |first5=Jonathan}}</ref> breaking the record for the largest field under the modern presidential primary system previously set during the [[2016 Republican Party presidential primaries|2016 GOP primaries]] with 17 major candidates.<ref name="politifact2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/may/02/big-democratic-primary-field-what-need/|title=The big 2020 Democratic primary field: What you need to know|website=[[PolitiFact]]|language=en|accessdate=June 23, 2019|date=May 2, 2019|first=Louis |last=Jacobson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522201223/https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/may/02/big-democratic-primary-field-what-need/|archive-date=May 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Several female candidates entered the race, increasing the likelihood of the Democrats nominating a woman for the second time in a row.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/24/2020-year-of-woman-democrats-post-weinstein-kamala-harris-klobuchar-gillibrand-warren-215860 |title=Why 2020 Will Be the Year of the Woman |date=November 24, 2017 |first=Bill |last=Scher |work=Politico |accessdate=June 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623193911/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/24/2020-year-of-woman-democrats-post-weinstein-kamala-harris-klobuchar-gillibrand-warren-215860 |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Entering the [[2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses|Iowa caucuses]] on February 3, 2020, however, the field had decreased to 11 major candidates. [[Pete Buttigieg]] narrowly defeated [[Bernie Sanders]] in Iowa, then Sanders edged Buttigieg in the February 11 [[2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary|New Hampshire primary]]. Following [[Michael Bennet]], [[Deval Patrick]], and [[Andrew Yang]] dropping out, Sanders won the [[2020 Nevada Democratic caucuses|Nevada caucuses]] on February 22. [[Joe Biden]] then won the [[2020 South Carolina Democratic primary|South Carolina primary]], causing Buttigieg, [[Amy Klobuchar]], and [[Tom Steyer]] to abandon their campaigns (Buttigieg and Klobuchar then immediately endorsed Biden). After [[Super Tuesday]], March 3, [[Michael Bloomberg]] and [[Elizabeth Warren]] quit the race, leaving three candidates left: Biden and Sanders, the main contenders, and [[Tulsi Gabbard]], who remained in the race despite facing nigh-on insurmountable odds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/super-tuesday-sets-up-bernie-sanders-vs-joe-biden-2020-primary-fight.html|title='Which side are you on?' Bernie Sanders frames 2020 primary race with Joe Biden as fight against corporate, political elite|date=March 4, 2020|last1=Pramuk|first1=Jacob|website=CNBC}}</ref> Gabbard then dropped out and endorsed Biden after the March 17 [[2020 Arizona Democratic primary|Arizona]], [[2020 Florida Democratic primary|Florida]], and [[2020 Illinois Democratic primary|Illinois]] races.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/19/tulsi-gabbard-ends-white-house-bid-137242|title=Tulsi Gabbard ends White House bid, endorses Biden|work=Politico|last1=Forgey|first1=Quint|accessdate=March 19, 2020|date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> ====Declared major candidates==== {{As of|df=US|2020|03|19}}, there are two major candidates running active campaigns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/2020-democratic-presidential-candidates-190225202457543.html|title=Who are the 2020 US Democratic presidential candidates?|date=February 29, 2020|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|access-date=February 29, 2020}}</ref> {{Excerpt|2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|fragment=declared major}} ====Withdrawn candidates==== The following major candidates have either: (a) served as [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]], a member of the [[Cabinet of the United States|cabinet]], a [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]], a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]], or a [[List of United States governors|governor]], (b) been included in a minimum of five [[Opinion polling for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries#National polling|independent national polls]], or (c) received substantial media coverage. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |- ^† | colspan="9" style="text-align:center; width:700px; font-size:120%; color:white; background:{{Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color}};"|''Candidates in this section are sorted by date of withdrawal from the primaries'' |- style="font-size:120%;" ! scope="col" style="width:14.3%;" | [[Tulsi Gabbard]] ! scope="col" style="width:14.3%;" | [[Elizabeth Warren]] ! scope="col" style="width:14.3%;" | [[Michael Bloomberg]] ! scope="col" style="width:14.3%;" | [[Amy Klobuchar]] ! scope="col" style="width:14.3%;" | [[Pete Buttigieg]] ! scope="col" style="width:14.3%;" | [[Tom Steyer]] ! scope="col" style="width:14.3%;" | [[Deval Patrick]] |- | [[File:Tulsi Gabbard (48011616441) (cropped).jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Elizabeth Warren by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Michael Bloomberg by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Amy Klobuchar by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Pete Buttigieg by Gage Skidmore.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Tom Steyer by Gage Skidmore.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Deval Patrick 2016.jpg|frameless|center|x120px]] |- style="text-align:center" | [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Hawaii's 2nd congressional district|HI-02]]<br /><small>(2013–present)</small> | [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from [[Massachusetts]]<br /><small>(2013–present)</small> | [[Mayor of New York City|Mayor]] of [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]<br /><small>(2002–2013)</small><br />[[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Bloomberg L.P.]] | [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from [[Minnesota]]<br /><small>(2007–present)</small> | [[List of mayors of South Bend, Indiana|Mayor]] of [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]], [[Indiana]]<br /><small>(2012–2020)</small> | Hedge fund manager<br />Founder of [[Farallon Capital]] and [[Beneficial State Bank]] | [[Governor of Massachusetts]]<br /><small>(2007–2015)</small> |- style="text-align:center" | [[File:Tulsi Gabbard logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Mike Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Amy Klobuchar 2020 presidential campaign logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Pete for America logo (Strato Blue).svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Tom Steyer 2020 logo (black text).svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Devallogo2020.png|frameless|100x100px]] |- style="text-align:center" | [[Tulsi Gabbard 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Amy Klobuchar 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Pete Buttigieg 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Tom Steyer 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Deval Patrick 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] |- style="text-align:center" | W: March 19, 2020 <small>(endorsed Biden)</small><br /><small>'''163,526''' votes<br />'''2''' delegates</small> | W: March 5, 2020 <br /><small>'''2,457,588''' votes<br />'''75''' delegates</small> | W: March 4, 2020 <small>(endorsed Biden)</small><br /><small>'''2,414,053''' votes<br />'''50''' delegates</small> | W: March 2, 2020 <small>(endorsed Biden)</small><br /><small>'''482,684''' votes<br />'''7''' delegates</small> | W: March 1, 2020 <small>(endorsed Biden)</small><br /><small>'''827,392''' votes<br />'''26''' delegates</small> | W: February 29, 2020 <br><small>'''244,198''' votes</small> <br /> | W: February 12, 2020 <small>(endorsed Biden)</small><br /><small>'''18,405''' votes</small><br> <br /> |- style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/11/politics/tulsi-gabbard-van-jones/index.html |title=Tulsi Gabbard says she will run for president in 2020 |last1=Kelly |first1=Caroline |access-date=January 11, 2019 |date=January 12, 2019 |work=CNN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111233547/https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/11/politics/tulsi-gabbard-van-jones/index.html |archive-date=January 11, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tulsi Gabbard drops out of the Democratic presidential primary, endorses Joe Biden |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/19/tulsi-gabbard-drops-out-of-the-democratic-presidential-primary.html |last1=Dzhanova |first1=Yelena |last2=Kim |first2=Sunny |accessdate=March 19, 2020 |work=CNBC |date=March 19, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | <ref name="warren">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/09/senator-elizabeth-warren-democrat-2020-presidential-campaign |work=[[The Guardian]] |first1=Tom |last1=McCarthy |date=February 9, 2019 |title=Senator Elizabeth Warren officially launches 2020 presidential campaign |access-date=February 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209162927/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/09/senator-elizabeth-warren-democrat-2020-presidential-campaign |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Herndon |first=Astead W. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-drops-out.html |title=Elizabeth Warren, Once a Front-Runner, Drops Out of Presidential Race |date=March 5, 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 5, 2020 |url-status=live |last2=Goldmacher |first2=Shane |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-2020-presidency.html |title=Michael Bloomberg Joins 2020 Democratic Field for President |last=Burns |first=Alexander |date=November 24, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 24, 2019 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/mike-bloomberg-ends-presidential-campaign-after-poor-super-tuesday-finish |title=Mike Bloomberg drops out of presidential race, endorses Biden |date=March 4, 2020 |publisher=PBS}}</ref> | <ref name="klobuchar announcement2">{{cite news |last=Golshan |first=Tara |url=https://www.vox.com/2019/2/10/18136170/amy-klobuchar-running-president-announcement |title=Sen. Amy Klobuchar has won every one of her elections by huge margins. Now she's running for president |date=February 10, 2019 |access-date=February 10, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210203324/https://www.vox.com/2019/2/10/18136170/amy-klobuchar-running-president-announcement |archive-date=February 10, 2019 |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]}}</ref><ref name="KlobucharDrops">{{cite news |last1=Schnieder |first1=Elena |title=Klobuchar drops out of 2020 campaign, endorses Biden |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/02/klobuchar-to-drop-out-of-2020-campaign-endorse-biden-118823 |access-date=March 2, 2020 |work=Politico |date=March 2, 2020}}</ref> | <ref name="ButtigiegAnnounce22">{{cite news |last1=Karson |first1=Kendall |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mayor-presidential-contender-pete-buttigieg-officially-enter-2020/story?id=62345455 |title=Pete Buttigieg, little-known mayor turned presidential contender, makes historic bid |date=April 14, 2019 |work=[[ABC News]] |access-date=April 14, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414101148/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mayor-presidential-contender-pete-buttigieg-officially-enter-2020/story?id=62345455 |archive-date=April 14, 2019 |last2=Gomez |first2=Justin}}</ref><ref name="ButtgiegOut2">{{cite news |last=Epstein |first=Reid J. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/us/politics/pete-buttigieg-drops-out.html |title=Pete Buttigieg Drops Out of Democratic Presidential Race |date=March 1, 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 1, 2020 |url-status=live |last2=Gabriel |first2=Trip |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | <ref name="Steyer22">{{cite news |last1=Burns |first1=Alexander |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/tom-steyer-president.html |title=Tom Steyer Will Run for President and Plans to Spend $100 Million on His Bid |date=July 9, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tom-steyer-drops-out-of-the-2020-presidential-race-2020-2 |title=Tom Steyer drops out of the 2020 presidential race |last=Panetta |first=Grace |date=February 29, 2020 |website=Business Insider |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref> | <ref name="PatrickEnters22">{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/latest-deval-patrick-announces-2020-presidential-bid-67003208 |title=Deval Patrick announces 2020 presidential bid |date=November 14, 2019 |work=[[ABC News]] |access-date=November 14, 2019 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref name="usatoday22">{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/02/12/deval-patrick-drops-out-democratic-presidential-race/4692297002/ |title=Deval Patrick drops out of Democratic presidential race |last1=Morin |first1=Rebecca |date=February 12, 2020 |website=USA Today |access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref> |- style="font-size:120%;" ! scope="col" | [[Michael Bennet]] ! scope="col" | [[Andrew Yang]] ! scope="col" | [[John Delaney (Maryland politician)|John Delaney]] ! scope="col" | [[Cory Booker]] ! scope="col" | [[Marianne Williamson]] ! scope="col" | [[Julian Castro|Julián Castro]] ! scope="col" | [[Kamala Harris]] |- | [[File:Michael Bennet by Gage Skidmore.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Andrew Yang by Gage Skidmore.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:John Delaney by Gage Skidmore.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Cory Booker by Gage Skidmore.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Marianne Williamson November 2019.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Julian Castro 2019 crop.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Kamala Harris April 2019.jpg|center|x120px]] |- style="text-align:center" | [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from [[Colorado]]<br /><small>(2009–present)</small> | Entrepreneur<br />Founder of [[Venture for America]] | [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Maryland's 6th congressional district|MD-06]]<br /><small>(2013–2019)</small> | [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from [[New Jersey]]<br /><small>(2013–present)</small><br />[[List of mayors of Newark, New Jersey|Mayor]] of [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[New Jersey]]<br /><small>(2006–2013)</small> | Author<br />Founder of [[Project Angel Food]] | [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]<br /><small>(2014–2017)</small><br />[[List of mayors of San Antonio|Mayor]] of [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]<br /><small>(2009–2014)</small> | [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from [[California]]<br /><small>(2017–present)</small><br />[[Attorney General of California|Attorney General]] of [[California]]<br /><small>(2011–2017)</small> |- style="text-align:center" | [[File:Michael Bennet 2020 presidential campaign logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Andrew Yang 2020 logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:John Delaney 2020 logo.svg|100x100px]] | [[File:Cory Booker 2020 Logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Marianne Williamson 2020 presidential campaign logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Julian Castro 2020 presidential campaign logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] |- style="text-align:center" | [[Michael Bennet 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Andrew Yang 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[John Delaney 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Cory Booker 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Marianne Williamson 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Julián Castro 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] |- style="text-align:center" | W: February 11, 2020 <br/><small>'''39,948''' votes</small> | W: February 11, 2020 <small>(endorsed Biden)</small><br /><small>'''103,256''' votes</small> | W: January 31, 2020 <small>(endorsed Biden)</small><br /><small>'''15,923''' votes</small> | W: January 13, 2020 <small>(endorsed Biden)</small><br /><small>'''28,990''' votes</small> | W: January 10, 2020 <small>(endorsed Sanders)</small><br /><small>'''21,409''' votes</small> | W: January 2, 2020 <small>(endorsed Warren)</small><br /><small>'''36,072''' votes</small> | W: December 3, 2019 <small>(endorsed Biden)</small><br /><small>'''862''' votes</small> |- style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Bennet-announce22">{{cite news |last1=Gregorian |first1=Dareh |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/colorado-sen-bennet-enters-presidential-race-after-prostrate-cancer-treatment-n1000971 |title=Colorado Sen. Bennet enters presidential race after prostate cancer treatment |date=May 2, 2019 |access-date=May 2, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502230609/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/colorado-sen-bennet-enters-presidential-race-after-prostrate-cancer-treatment-n1000971 |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |language=en |website=[[NBC News]]}}</ref><ref name="Bennet-withdraws22">{{cite news |url=https://www.wdtn.com/news/your-local-election-hq/michael-bennet-ends-2020-bid-after-poor-showing-in-new-hampshire/ |title=Michael Bennet ends 2020 presidential bid after poor showing in New Hampshire |date=February 11, 2020 |access-date=February 11, 2020 |agency=Associated Press |language=en |website=WDTN.com}}</ref> | <ref>{{cite news |last=Schwarz |first=Hunter |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/03/politics/2020-dem-announcements/index.html |title=Here's how 2020 Democrats announced their campaigns |date=February 13, 2019 |work=[[CNN]] |access-date=February 13, 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/11/21067473/andrew-yang-drops-2020-presidential-election |title=Andrew Yang suspends his 2020 presidential campaign |last=Matthews |first=Dylan |date=February 11, 2020 |website=Vox.com |language=en |access-date=February 12, 2020}}</ref> | <ref name="DelaneyAnnouncementOpEd">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/john-delaney-why-im-running-for-president/2017/07/28/02460ae4-73b7-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html |title=John Delaney: Why I'm running for president |date=July 28, 2017 |first=John |last=Delaney |work=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=July 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728213323/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/john-delaney-why-im-running-for-president/2017/07/28/02460ae4-73b7-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html |archive-date=July 28, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wang |first1=Amy B |title=John Delaney says he's dropping out of presidential race |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-delaney-says-hes-dropping-out-of-presidential-race/2020/01/31/69187b22-41fe-11ea-b5fc-eefa848cde99_story.html |date=January 31, 2020 |website=The Washington Post |access-date=January 31, 2020}}</ref> | <ref name="BookerAnnounce">{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/01/cory-booker-2020-announcement-1140797 |title=Cory Booker launches bid for president |last=Korecki |first=Natasha |date=February 1, 2019 |work=[[Politico]] |language=en-US |access-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201183540/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/01/cory-booker-2020-announcement-1140797 |archive-date=February 1, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BookerDropout">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/politics/cory-booker-ends-presidential-race/ |access-date=January 13, 2020 |title=Cory Booker ends 2020 presidential campaign |last=Buck |first=Rebecca |date=January 13, 2020 |website=[[CNN]] |url-status=live}}</ref> | <ref name="williamson">{{cite web |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Marianne-Williamson-Announces-Presidential-Candidacy-505014341.html |title=Author Marianne Williamson Announces Presidential Candidacy |agency=City News Service |website=[[NBC]] |date=January 29, 2019 |access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref><ref name="williamsonends">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/us/politics/marianne-williamson-drops-out.html |title=Marianne Williamson Drops Out of 2020 Presidential Race |first=Maggie |last=Astor |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 10, 2020 |access-date=January 10, 2020}}</ref> | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/c8cca001bcbf427189cace7af1de6722 |title=Former Obama housing chief Julian Castro joins 2020 campaign |last=Weber |first=Paul J. |date=January 12, 2019 |agency=Associated Press |language=en-US |access-date=January 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112185938/https://apnews.com/c8cca001bcbf427189cace7af1de6722 |archive-date=January 12, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/us/politics/julian-castro-dropping-out.html |title=Julián Castro Ends Presidential Run: 'It Simply Isn't Our Time' |last=Medina |first=Jennifer |date=January 2, 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 2, 2020 |last2=Stevens |first2=Matt |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | <ref name="harris announcement">{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Politics/sen-kamala-harris-announces-run-president-2020/story?id=60472358 |title=Sen. Kamala Harris announces she will run for president in 2020 |date=January 21, 2019 |first=Adam |last=Kelsey |work=[[ABC News]] |access-date=January 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121223318/https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-container/Politics/sen-kamala-harris-announces-run-president-2020/story?id=60472358 |archive-date=January 21, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="politicod3c">{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/03/kamala-harris-drops-out-out-of-presidential-race-074902 |title=Kamala Harris drops out of presidential race |date=December 3, 2019 |first=Christopher |last=Cadelago |work=[[Politico]] |access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref> |- style="font-size:120%;" ! scope="col" | [[Steve Bullock (American politician)|Steve Bullock]] ! scope="col" | [[Joe Sestak]] ! scope="col" | [[Wayne Messam]] ! scope="col" | [[Beto O'Rourke]] ! scope="col" | [[Tim Ryan (Ohio politician)|Tim Ryan]] ! scope="col" | [[Bill de Blasio]] ! scope="col" | [[Kirsten Gillibrand]] |- | [[File:Steve Bullock by Gage Skidmore.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Joe Sestak August 2019 (3) (cropped).jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Wayne Messam by Marc Nozell (cropped).jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Beto O'Rourke April 2019.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Tim Ryan by Gage Skidmore.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Bill de Blasio by Gage Skidmore.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Kirsten Gillibrand August 2019.jpg|center|x120px]] |- style="text-align:center" | [[List of Governors of Montana|Governor]] of [[Montana]]<br /><small>(2013–present)</small><br />[[Montana Department of Justice|Attorney General]] of [[Montana]]<br /><small>(2009–2013)</small> | [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district|PA-07]]<br /><small>(2007–2011)</small><br />Former [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]] of the [[United States Navy]] | [[Miramar, Florida#Government|Mayor]] of [[Miramar, Florida|Miramar]], [[Florida]]<br /><small>(2015–present)</small> | [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Texas's 16th congressional district|TX-16]]<br /><small>(2013–2019)</small> | [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Ohio's 13th congressional district|OH-13]]<br /><small>(2013–present)</small><br />[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Ohio's 17th congressional district|OH-17]]<br /><small>(2003–2013)</small> | [[Mayor of New York City|Mayor]] of [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]<br /><small>(2014–present)</small> | [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from [[New York (state)|New York]]<br /><small>(2009–present)</small><br />[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[New York's 20th congressional district|NY-20]]<br /><small>(2007–2009)</small> |- style="text-align:center" | [[File:Steve Bullock 2020 presidential campaign logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | {{n/a}} | [[File:Wayne Messam 2020 presidential campaign logo.png|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Beto O'Rourke 2020 presidential campaign logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Timryan2020.png|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Bill de Blasio 2020 presidential campaign logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Gillibrand 2020 logo.png|frameless|100x100px]] |- style="text-align:center" | [[Steve Bullock 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Joe Sestak 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Wayne Messam 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Beto O'Rourke 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Tim Ryan 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Bill de Blasio 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Kirsten Gillibrand 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] |- style="text-align:center" | W: December 2, 2019 <br/><small>'''601''' votes</small> | W: December 1, 2019 <small>(endorsed Klobuchar)</small><br /><small>'''5,251''' votes</small> | W: November 19, 2019 <br/><small>'''0''' votes</small>{{efn|name="no_ballots"|Candidate did not appear on any ballots.}} | W: November 1, 2019 <small>(endorsed Biden)</small><br /><small>'''1''' vote</small>{{efn|name="no_ballots"}} | W: October 24, 2019 <small>(endorsed Biden)</small><br /><small>'''0''' votes</small>{{efn|name="no_ballots"}} | W: September 20, 2019 <small>(endorsed Sanders)</small><br /><small>'''0''' votes</small>{{efn|name="no_ballots"}} | W: August 28, 2019 <small>(endorsed Biden)</small><br /><small>'''0''' votes</small>{{efn|name="no_ballots"}} |- style="text-align:center" | <ref name="BullockAnnounce">{{cite tweet |number=1128238526330359808 |user=GovernorBullock |title=To give everyone a fair shot, we must do more than defeat Donald Trump. We have to defeat the corrupt system that keeps people like him in power, and we need a fighter who's done it before. That's why I'm running for President. Join our team: http://stevebullock.com |first=Steve |last=Bullock |date=May 14, 2019 |access-date=May 14, 2019}}</ref><ref name="bullockdropout">{{cite web |last1=Weigel |first1=David |title=Montana Gov. Steve Bullock drops out of presidential race |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/montana-gov-steve-bullock-drops-out-of-presidential-race/2019/12/01/26c220ec-14a0-11ea-a659-7d69641c6ff7_story.html?tidr=a_breakingnews&hpid=hp_no-name_mhp-breaking-news%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar |website=Washington Post |access-date=December 2, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Olson |first1=Laura |title=Former Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak announces presidential bid |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-pa-joe-sestak-announces-run-for-president-20190623-bmsevkhpizcyril3jbfclqhk7a-story.html |newspaper=The Morning Call |date=June 23, 2019 |access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref><ref name="axiosdec1">{{cite news |last1=Perano |first1=Ursala |title=Democrat Joe Sestak drops out of 2020 presidential race |url=https://www.axios.com/joe-sestak-drops-out-2020-presidential-race-413ab22a-6132-4d5d-80a0-81a0b6655245.html |newspaper=Axios |date=December 1, 2019 |access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref> | <ref name="Messam">{{cite news |last1=Merica |first1=Dan |title=Florida Mayor Wayne Messam announces 2020 presidential bid |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/28/politics/wayne-messam-announces-2020-bid/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=March 28, 2019 |access-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328160240/https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/28/politics/wayne-messam-announces-2020-bid/index.html |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/20/20799135/wayne-messam-2020-presidential-primary-suspend-campaign |title=Wayne Messam, who called on Americans to #BeGreat, suspends his presidential bid |first=Sean |last=Collins |date=November 20, 2019 |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |access-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref> | <ref name="Beto-announce">{{cite web |last1=Bradner |first1=Eric |last2=Santiago |first2=Leyla |title=Beto O'Rourke announces he's running for president in 2020 |url=https://us.cnn.com/2019/03/14/politics/beto-orourke-announces-2020-campaign/index.html |date=March 14, 2019 |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=March 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314104508/https://us.cnn.com/2019/03/14/politics/beto-orourke-announces-2020-campaign/index.html |archive-date=March 14, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Beto-withdrew">{{cite web |title=Democrat Beto O'Rourke ends presidential bid |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50268843 |date=November 1, 2019 |publisher=BBC |access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref> | <ref name="Ryan-announce">{{cite news |last1=Vitali |first1=Ali |title=Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan throws his name into growing 2020 field |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/ohio-rep-tim-ryan-throws-his-name-growing-2020-field-n990841 |website=[[NBC News]] |access-date=April 4, 2019 |date=April 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404164934/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/ohio-rep-tim-ryan-throws-his-name-growing-2020-field-n990841 |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/24/politics/tim-ryan-ends-campaign/index.html |title=Tim Ryan ends 2020 presidential campaign |last=Merica |first=Dan |date=October 24, 2019 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> | <ref name="bdb">{{cite news |first=Sally |last=Goldenberg |title=New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio enters crowded Democratic 2020 field |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/16/bill-de-blasio-2020-election-1328141 |access-date=May 16, 2019 |work=Politico |date=May 16, 2019}}</ref><ref name="deblasiowithdrew">{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/20/bill-de-blasio-ends-2020-presidential-campaign-1506011 |title=Bill de Blasio ends 2020 presidential campaign |last1=Goldenberg |first1=Sally |last2=Forgey |first2=Quint |website=[[Politico]] |date=September 20, 2019 |access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref> | <ref>{{cite news |last1=Stracqualursi |first1=Veronica |title=Kirsten Gillibrand officially jumps into 2020 race, teases speech at Trump hotel in New York |url=https://us.cnn.com/2019/03/17/politics/kirsten-gillibrand-presidential-campaign-2020/index.html |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=March 17, 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317151553/https://us.cnn.com/2019/03/17/politics/kirsten-gillibrand-presidential-campaign-2020/index.html |archive-date=March 17, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Gillibrandwithdrew">{{cite news |last1=Burns |first1=Alexander |title=Kirsten Gillibrand Drops Out of Democratic Presidential Race |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/us/politics/kirsten-gillibrand-2020-drop-out.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 28, 2019 |access-date=August 28, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> |- style="font-size:120%;" ! scope="col" | [[Seth Moulton]] ! scope="col" | [[Jay Inslee]] ! scope="col" | [[John Hickenlooper]] ! scope="col" | [[Mike Gravel]] ! scope="col" | [[Eric Swalwell]] ! scope="col" | [[Richard Ojeda]] |- | [[File:Seth Moulton August 2019.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Jay Inslee by Gage Skidmore.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:John Hickenlooper by Gage Skidmore.jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:Mike Gravel cropped.png|center|x120px]] | [[File:Eric Swalwell (48016282941) (cropped).jpg|center|x120px]] | [[File:MAJ Richard Ojeda.jpg|center|x120px]] |- style="text-align:center" | [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts's 6th congressional district|MA-06]]<br /><small>(2015–present)</small> | [[List of Governors of Washington|Governor]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington]]<br /><small>(2013–present)</small><br />[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Washington's 1st congressional district|WA-01]]<br /><small>(1999–2012)</small><br />[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Washington's 4th congressional district|WA-04]]<br /><small>(1993–1995)</small> | [[Governor of Colorado|Governor]] of [[Colorado]]<br /><small>(2011–2019)</small><br />[[Government of Denver#Mayor|Mayor]] of [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]<br /><small>(2003–2011)</small> | [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from [[Alaska]]<br /><small>(1969–1981)</small> | [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[California's 15th congressional district|CA-15]]<br /><small>(2013–present)</small> | [[West Virginia Senate|West Virginia state senator]] from WV-SD07<br /><small>(2016–2019)</small> |- style="text-align:center" | [[File:Seth Moulton 2020 presidential campaign logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Jay Inslee 2020 logo3.png|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:John Hickenlooper 2020 presidential campaign logo.png|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Gravel Mg web logo line two color.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | [[File:Eric Swalwell 2020 presidential campaign logo.svg|frameless|100x100px]] | {{n/a}} |- style="text-align:center" | [[Seth Moulton 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Jay Inslee 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[John Hickenlooper 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Mike Gravel 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Eric Swalwell 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] | [[Richard Ojeda 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]] |- style="text-align:center" | W: August 23, 2019 <br/><small>'''0''' votes</small>{{efn|name="no_ballots"}} | W: August 21, 2019 <br/><small>'''1''' vote</small>{{efn|name="no_ballots"}} | W: August 15, 2019 <small>(endorsed Bennet)</small><br /><small>'''1''' vote</small>{{efn|name="no_ballots"}} | W: August 6, 2019 <small>(endorsed Gabbard and Sanders)</small><br /><small>'''0''' votes</small>{{efn|name="no_ballots"}} | W: July 8, 2019 <br/><small>'''0''' votes</small>{{efn|name="no_ballots"}} | W: January 25, 2019 <br/><small>'''0''' votes</small>{{efn|name="no_ballots"}} |- style="text-align:center" | <ref name="Moulton">{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/rep-seth-moulton-latest-democrat-enter-2020-field-n996881 |title=Rep. Seth Moulton is latest Democrat to enter 2020 field |date=April 22, 2019 |access-date=April 22, 2019 |last=Seitz-Wald |first=Alex |work=[[NBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422133700/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/rep-seth-moulton-latest-democrat-enter-2020-field-n996881 |archive-date=April 22, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MoultonWithdraw">{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/seth-moulton-ends-presidential-campaign-n1045536 |title=Seth Moulton ends presidential campaign |website=[[NBC News]] |last1=Allen |first1=Jonathon |language=en |date=August 23, 2019 |access-date=August 23, 2019}}</ref> | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/politics/inslee-2020-presidential-campaign/index.html |title=Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announces 2020 presidential bid |first=Dan |last=Merica |date=March 1, 2019 |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=March 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303004005/https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/politics/inslee-2020-presidential-campaign/index.html |archive-date=March 3, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="InsleeWithdraw">{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/jay-inslee-drops-out-2020-presidential-race-n1045066 |title=Jay Inslee drops out of the 2020 presidential race |date=August 21, 2019 |website=[[NBC News]] |access-date=August 21, 2019 |first=Dareh |last=Gregorian}}</ref> | <ref>{{cite tweet |user=Hickenlooper |number=1162046556440268800 |title=This morning, I'm announcing that I'm no longer running for President. While this campaign didn't have the outcome we were hoping for, every moment has been worthwhile & I'm thankful to everyone who supported this campaign and our entire team. https://bit.ly/2TzVKbS |last=Hickenlooper |first=John |date=August 15, 2019 |language=en |access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/08/15/Democrat-Hickenlooper-drops-out-of-2020-presidential-race/7271565884334/ |title=Democrat Hickenlooper drops out of 2020 presidential race |website=UPI |last1=Hughes |first1=Clyde |date=August 15, 2019 |language=en |access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref> | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mike-gravel-president-2020-twitter-819247/ |title=The Teens Have Officially Convinced Mike Gravel to Run for President |last=Stuart |first=Tessa |website=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=April 8, 2019 |date=April 8, 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408200928/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mike-gravel-president-2020-twitter-819247/ |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-gravel-2020-campaign-ends_n_5d277ea5e4b0bd7d1e195918 |title=Ex-Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel Ends Unorthodox 2020 Campaign, Endorses Bernie Sanders And Tulsi Gabbard |last=Shen-Berro |first=Julian |date=August 7, 2019 |website=HuffPost |language=en |access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref> | <ref name="Swalwell-announce">{{cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/08/eric-swalwell-presidential-announcement-california/ |title=Eric Swalwell jumps into presidential race with long-shot White House bid |last1=Tolan |first1=Casey |date=April 8, 2019 |newspaper=The Mercury News |access-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408231527/https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/08/eric-swalwell-presidential-announcement-california/ |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SwalwellWithdraw">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrat-eric-swalwell-drops-out-of-presidential-race/ |title=Democrat Eric Swalwell drops out of presidential race |last=Hudak |first=Zak |work=[[CBS News]] |date=July 8, 2019}}</ref> |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://theintercept.com/2018/11/11/richard-ojeda-2020-president/ |title=Richard Ojeda, West Virginia Lawmaker Who Backed Teachers Strikes, Will Run for President |last=Grim |first=Ryan |date=November 11, 2018 |work=[[The Intercept]] |access-date=December 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219220521/https://theintercept.com/2018/11/11/richard-ojeda-2020-president/ |archive-date=December 19, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="theintercept1">{{cite news |url=https://theintercept.com/2019/01/25/richard-ojeda-president-drops-out/ |title=Richard Ojeda Drops Out of Presidential Race |last=Grim |first=Ryan |date=January 25, 2019 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US |access-date=January 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125192518/https://theintercept.com/2019/01/25/richard-ojeda-president-drops-out/ |archive-date=January 25, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> |} ====Endorsements==== {{main|Endorsements in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries}} ===Libertarian Party nomination=== ====Declared candidates==== The following candidates have received over 5% of the vote in the 2020 Libertarian primaries, or have held a major political office. {{Excerpt|2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries|fragment=declared}} |- | data-sort-value="Chafee, Lincoln"|[[File:Lincoln Chafee (14103606100 cc56e38ddd h).jpg|120px]]<br />'''[[Lincoln Chafee]]'''|| style="background:#DC143C;" | | {{dts|1953|3|26}}<br />(age {{age nts|1953|3|26}})<br />[[Providence, Rhode Island]] |'''[[Governor of Rhode Island]] (2011–2015)'''<br /> [[United States Senator|U.S. Senator]] from Rhode Island (1999–2007)<br />[[Mayor]] of [[Warwick, Rhode Island|Warwick]], Rhode Island (1993–1999)<br />[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate for [[President of the United States|President]] in [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2016]] | [[File:Flag of Wyoming.svg|75px]]<br />[[Wyoming]] | {{Hs|2020-01-05}}<br />[[Lincoln Chafee 2020 presidential campaign|Campaign]]<br />January 5, 2020 | data-sort-value="20492"| 40<br /><small>(0.17%)</small> | '''0''' | <ref name="LincolnRuns">{{cite news |last=Nesi |first=Ted |date=January 5, 2020 |title=Chafee files to run for president again |url=https://www.wpri.com/news/politics/chafee-files-to-run-for-president-again/ |work=WPRI-TV |location=Providence |access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lincoln-chafee-2020-presidential-election-ex-rhode-island-senator-governor-files-to-run-for-president-as-libertarian/ |title=Ex-Rhode Island senator, governor Lincoln Chafee files to run for president as Libertarian |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US |date=January 6, 2020 |access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref> |} ====Endorsements==== {{Excerpt|2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries|Endorsements}} ===Green Party nomination=== {{main|2020 Green Party presidential primaries}} On July 24, 2019, the [[Green Party of the United States]] officially recognized the campaign of [[Howie Hawkins]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://howiehawkins.us/hawkins-officially-recognized-as-green-party-candidate/|title=Hawkins officially recognized as Green Party candidate|date=July 24, 2019}}</ref> On August 26, 2019, [[Dario Hunter|Dario Hunter's]] campaign was also recognized.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dariohunter.com/news|title=DARIO HUNTER AWARDED OFFICIAL RECOGNITION AS A GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE|date=August 26, 2019}}</ref> The remaining candidates may obtain formal recognition after meeting the established criteria by the party's Presidential Campaign Support Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gpus.org/rules-procedures/#10|title=Rules and Procedures of the Green Party of the United States|website=Green Party US}}</ref> On October 26, 2019, Hawkins was nominated by [[Socialist Party USA]], in addition to seeking the Green nomination.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=SPofUSA|number=1188213871359778816|title=The Socialist Party is excited to announce Howie Hawkins as its presidential nominee for the 2020 election!|date=October 26, 2019|author=[[Socialist Party USA]]|accessdate=October 26, 2019}}</ref> ====Declared candidates==== {{Excerpt|2020 Green Party presidential primaries|fragment=declared}} |- |} ====Endorsements==== {{Excerpt|2020 Green Party presidential primaries|Endorsements}} ===Other nominations and independent candidates=== {{main|Third-party and independent candidates for the 2020 United States presidential election}} {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" |- !style="width:15em;"|Party !Presidential nominee !Vice presidential nominee !style="width:5em;" data-sort-type="number"|Attainable Electors<br />(''write-in'') !style="width:18em;"|States with ballot access<br />(''write-in'') !style="width:2em;"|Ref. |- |[[American Solidarity Party]] |[[File:Brian T. Carroll - head shot .75 aspect ratio.png|150x150px]]<br />'''Brian Carroll'''<br />Educator from [[California]] |[[File:Amar_Right_Clean.jpg|150x150px]]<br />'''Amar Patel'''<br />Chairman of the Illinois ASP |''(53)'' |''(Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/elec_law_summary.pdf|page=14|title=Election Law Summary|publisher=Elections Division|website=Oregon Secretary of State|access-date=2016-10-19|quote=Oregon voters have the option of not voting for any of the candidates for office who are printed on the ballot, but instead writing in a name of a candidate for each office. All write-in votes for each office on the ballot are tallied together with a lump sum recorded unless: 1 No names of candidates are printed on the ballot for the office; or 2 If the total number of write-in votes for candidates equals or exceeds the total number of votes for any candidate for the same nomination or office. In these two circumstances, the county clerk tallies all write-in votes cast for the office to show the total number of votes for each write-in candidate.}}</ref> Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont<ref name="write-in">{{cite web |url=http://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_for_presidential_candidates#Requirements_for_write-in_candidates|title=Ballot access for presidential candidates|website=Ballotpedia|access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref>)'' |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/605/201910019163579605/201910019163579605.pdf|title=FEC Form 2|website=FEC.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Carroll |first1=Brian |title=April 5, 2019 Preview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnZb2naU92Y |website=YouTube |accessdate=April 15, 2019 |date=April 2, 2019}}</ref> |- |[[Bread and Roses (political party)|Bread and Roses]] |'''[[Jerome Segal]]'''<br>Philosopher from [[Maryland]] |TBA |10 |Maryland |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/jerome-segal-of-maryland-socialist-bread-and-roses-party-to-run-for-president/2019/08/28/26a02ce8-c8f7-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html?arc404=true|title=Jerome Segal, of Maryland socialist Bread and Roses party, to run for president|date=August 28, 2019|first=Rachel|last=Chason|work=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=September 3, 2019}}</ref> |- |''Independent'' |'''[[Mark Charles]]'''<br>Activist from the [[District of Columbia]] |TBA |TBD |TBD |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/yá-át-tééh-i-am-running-for-president-qkbih7f1lkyAFcvN7x6LDw/|title='Yá'át'tééh ... I am running for president'|website=IndianCountryToday.com|last1=Bennet-Begay|first1=Jourdan|date=May 30, 2019}}</ref> |- |[[Party for Socialism and Liberation]],<br>[[Peace and Freedom Party]] |[[File:Gloria_La_Riva_at_Trump_inauguration_protest_SF_Jan_20_2017.jpg|150x150px]]<br>'''[[Gloria La Riva]]'''<br />Activist from [[California]] |[[File:Leonard Peltier headshot from FBI Poster - 01.gif|150x150px]]<br>'''[[Leonard Peltier]]'''<br />Activist from [[Florida]] |TBD |TBD |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.larivapeltier2020.org/campaign_announcement|title=Party for Socialism and Liberation launches 2020 presidential campaign|date=September 25, 2019|first=Gloria|last=La Riva|work=[[Party for Socialism and Liberation]]|accessdate=September 27, 2019}}</ref> |- |[[Prohibition Party]] |[[File:PhilCollinsProhibition.png|150x150px]]<br>'''[[Phil Collins (politician)|Phil Collins]]'''<br>Former [[Libertyville Township, Lake County, Illinois|Libertyville Township]] Trustee from [[Nevada]] |'''Billy Joe Parker'''<br>Activist from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |6 |Mississippi<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Political_parties_in_Mississippi|title=Political parties in Mississippi|website=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 16, 2019}}</ref> |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prohibitionparty.org/presidential-candidate|title=Presidential Candidate|website=prohibitionparty.org|accessdate=October 16, 2019}}</ref> |- |''Independent'' ("ACE Party") |[[File:VoiceoverPete Portrait crop.png|150x150px]]<br>'''[[VoiceoverPete|Pete Accetturo]]'''<br>[[YouTube]] personality from [[Florida]] |TBD |TBD |TBD |<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kvatum|first=Lia|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/hundreds-of-people-have-filed-to-run-for-president-in-2020-meet-a-few-of-them/2019/09/13/b97cd450-c03a-11e9-9b73-fd3c65ef8f9c_story.html|title=Hundreds of people have filed to run for president in 2020. Meet a few of them.|date=September 16, 2019|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=2020-03-20|url-status=live|language=en}}</ref> |- |[[Socialist Action (United States)|Socialist Action]] |'''[[Jeff Mackler]]'''<br>Activist from [[California]] |'''Heather Bradford'''<br>Public school teacher from [[Minnesota]] |TBD |TBD |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://socialistaction.org/2019/05/11/socialist-action-launches-2020-presidential-campaign/|title=Socialist Action launches 2020 presidential campaign|date=May 11, 2019|first=Nick|last=Baker|work=[[Socialist Action (United States)|Socialist Action]]|accessdate=September 8, 2019}}</ref> |- |[[Socialist Equality Party (United States)|Socialist Equality Party]] |[[File:Joekishore1 (cropped).jpg|150x150px]]<br>'''[[Joseph Kishore]]'''<br>National Secretary of the SEP from [[Michigan]] |'''Norissa Santa Cruz'''<br> Activist from [[California]] |TBD |TBD |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/kish-j29.html|title=SEP presidential candidate Joseph Kishore opens 2020 campaign with address to students and supporters in Michigan|date=January 29, 2020|work=[[World Socialist Web Site]]|author=WSWS Reporters|accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</ref> |- |[[Socialist Workers Party (United States)|Socialist Workers Party]] |'''[[Alyson Kennedy]]'''<br> Mineworker and Labor Leader from [[Texas]] |'''Malcolm Jarrett''' <br> Activist from [[Pennsylvania]] |TBD |TBD |<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet the SWP candidates: Alyson Kennedy & Malcolm Jarrett |url=https://themilitant.com/2020/02/01/the-swp-candidates/ |accessdate=16 February 2020 |issue=Vol. 85. No. 5 |publisher=[[The Militant]] |date=February 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Behold the Dallas-Based Underdog Candidate of the 2020 Presidential Election |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2020/02/behold-the-dallas-based-underdog-candidate-of-the-2020-presidential-election/ |accessdate=16 February 2020 |work=D Magazine |last1=Shinneman|first1=Shawn|date=5 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |- |} ==Party conventions== {{Location map many | USA |left| width=400 | caption= {{Legend|blue|Democratic Party}} {{Legend|red|Republican Party}} {{Legend|gold|Libertarian Party}} {{Legend|green|Green Party}} | alt=Map of United States showing Milwaukee, Charlotte, Austin, Detroit, and St. Louis | mark1=blue pog.svg | mark1size=10 | lat1_deg=43.045028 | lon1_deg=-87.918167 | label1=Milwaukee | position1=top | mark2=red pog.svg | mark2size=10 | lat2_deg=35.225 | lon2_deg=-80.839167 | label2=Charlotte | position2=top | mark3=gold pog.svg | mark3size=8 | lat3_deg=30.264980 | lon3_deg=-97.746600 | label3=Austin | position3=top | mark4=green pog.svg | mark4size=8 | lat4_deg=42.331429 | lon4_deg=-83.045753 | label4=Detroit | position4=bottom }} <!--1=Rep 2=Dem 3=Lib 4=Green--> The [[2020 Democratic National Convention]] is scheduled from July 13 to 16 in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]].<ref name="Dates">{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/politics/dnc-2020-convention-dates/index.html|title=Exclusive: Democrats, anticipating heated primary, set earlier 2020 convention date|work=CNN|last1=Merica|first1=Dan|access-date=June 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615191455/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/politics/dnc-2020-convention-dates/index.html|archive-date=June 15, 2018|url-status=live|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://politi.co/2He5YeC|title=DNC picks Milwaukee to host 2020 convention|last=Korecki|first=Natasha|last2=Thompson|first2=Alex|website=Politico|language=en|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref><ref name="DemConven">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/eager-democrats-2020-prep-dnc-eyes-convention-cities-debates-rule-n872841|title=Eager Democrats 2020 prep: DNC eyes convention cities, debates, rule changes|last=Seitz-Wald|first=Alex|date=May 9, 2018|work=[[NBC News]]|access-date=May 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509212723/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/eager-democrats-2020-prep-dnc-eyes-convention-cities-debates-rule-n872841|archive-date=May 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[2020 Republican National Convention]] is planned to be held in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], from August 24 to 27.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=[[WCNC-TV|WCNC]].com | url=https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/2020-republican-national-convention-dates-announced/275-599687656 | title=2020 Republican National Convention dates announced|author=WCNC Staff| date=October 1, 2018 | access-date=January 17, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002132338/https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/politics/2020-republican-national-convention-dates-announced/275-599687656 | archive-date=October 2, 2018 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> This was to be the first time since [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]] that the two major party conventions be held at least one month apart with the [[2020 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] in between, but the 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed until 2021<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bleier |first1=Evan |title=IOC Member: 2020 Tokyo Olympics Will Be Postponed |url=https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/sports/tokyo-olympics-postponed-due-pandemic |website=InsideHook |publisher=InsideHook |accessdate=March 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>Lesniewski, Niels (October 1, 2018) [https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/republicans-set-2020-convention-dates "Republicans Set 2020 Convention Date for Late August"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126001043/https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/republicans-set-2020-convention-dates |date=January 26, 2019 }}, ''[[Roll Call]]''. Retrieved January 25, 2019.</ref> (in [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]] and [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]], the Democratic and Republican conventions were held in back-to-back weeks following the Summer Olympics, while in 2016 both were held before the [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio Games]]). The [[2020 Libertarian National Convention]] will be held in [[Austin, Texas]], over [[Memorial Day]] weekend from May 22 to 25.<ref>[[Richard Winger|Winger, Richard]] {{cite web|url=http://ballot-access.org/2017/12/11/libertarian-party-sets-location-and-date-of-2020-presidential-convention/|title=Libertarian Party Sets Location and Date of 2020 Presidential Convention|date=December 11, 2017|work=[[Ballot Access News]]|accessdate=December 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101308/http://ballot-access.org/2017/12/11/libertarian-party-sets-location-and-date-of-2020-presidential-convention/|archive-date=December 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Francis |first1=Eric |title=An alternative to the right/left political menu |url=https://cal-catholic.com/an-alternative-to-the-right-left-political-menu/ |accessdate=December 6, 2018 |publisher=California Catholic Daily |date=December 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206102407/https://cal-catholic.com/an-alternative-to-the-right-left-political-menu/ |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[2020 Green National Convention]] will be held in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]] from July{{nbsp}}9 to 12.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://secure.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/irvresult?pid=967|title=Selection of Site for 2020 Presidential Nominating ConventionANM|work=[[Green National Committee]]|accessdate=August 19, 2019}}</ref> The [[Constitution Party National Convention#2020 Convention|2020 Constitution National Convention]] was to be held in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]] from April 29 to May 2,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.constitutionparty.com/convention-qa/|title=Convention Q&A|work=[[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]]|accessdate=February 24, 2020|date=February 10, 2020}}</ref> but due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, the party instead decided to hold a convention through a video conference from May 1 to May 2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballot-access.org/2020/03/25/constitution-party-will-hold-a-teleconference-national-convention/|title=Constitution Party Will Hold a Videoconference National Convention|website=Ballot Access News|last1=Winger|first1=Richard|date=March 25, 2020|accessdate=March 28, 2020}}</ref> ==General election debates== {{Location map+ | USA | width = 320 | caption = Sites of the 2020 general election debates | alt = Map of United States showing debate locations | places = {{Location map~ | USA | label = '''University of Notre Dame<br />''' | label_size = 75 | position = left | lat_deg = 41.700278 | lon_deg = -86.238611 }} {{Location map~ | USA | label = '''University of Utah<br />''' | mark = Green pog.svg | label_size = 75 | position = bottom | lat_deg = 40.75 | lon_deg = -111.883 }} {{Location map~ | USA | label = '''University of Michigan<br />''' | label_size = 75 | position = top | lat_deg = 42.281389 | lon_deg = -83.748333 }} {{Location map~ | USA | label = '''Belmont University<br />''' | label_size = 75 | position = right | lat_deg = 36.166667 | lon_deg = -86.783333 }} }} On October 11, 2019, the [[Commission on Presidential Debates]] announced that three general election debates would be held in the fall of 2020, the first is scheduled to take place on September 29 at the [[University of Notre Dame]] in [[Notre Dame, Indiana]], the second is scheduled to take place on October 15 at the [[University of Michigan]] in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], and the third is scheduled to take place on October 22 at [[Belmont University]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. Additionally, one vice presidential debate is scheduled for October 7, 2020, at the [[University of Utah]] in [[Salt Lake City]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/11/2020-presidential-debate-schedule-revealed-044525|work = [[Politico]]|date = October 11, 2019|accessdate = October 11, 2019|title = General-election debate schedule revealed for 2020|last1 = Montellaro|first1 = Zach|last2 = Shepard|first2 = Steven}}</ref> Trump is reportedly considering skipping the debates.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/us/politics/trump-presidential-debate-democrat.html |title=Will Trump Debate a Democrat in 2020? He's Not So Sure.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 13, 2019|accessdate=December 13, 2019|author1=Maggie Haberman|author2=Annie Karni}}</ref> ==General election polling== {{main|Nationwide opinion polling for the 2020 United States presidential election|Statewide opinion polling for the 2020 United States presidential election}} ==State predictions== Most election predictors use: * "<u>tossup</u>": no advantage * "<u>tilt</u>" (used sometimes): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean" * "<u>lean</u>": slight advantage * "<u>likely</u>" or "<u>favored</u>": significant, but surmountable, advantage (*highest rating given by [[Fox News]]) * "<u>safe</u>" or "<u>solid</u>": near-certain chance of victory <!--Colors and sorting: In many cases the incumbent has yet to say their intention of running for another term. If an incumbent intends to retire then place "<br />{{Small|(Retiring)}}" after the incumbent's name. See [[Template:USRaceRating]] for how to apply rating. --> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- style="vertical-align:bottom" ! State ! [[Cook Partisan Voting Index|PVI]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://decisiondeskhq.com/news/2016-state-pvi-changes |title=2016 State PVI Changes – Decision Desk HQ |website=decisiondeskhq.com |date=December 15, 2017 |access-date=July 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613111559/https://decisiondeskhq.com/news/2016-state-pvi-changes/ |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ! Previous<br />result ! [[Cook Political Report|Cook]]<br />{{Small|March 9,<br />2020}}<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Electoral College Ratings |url=https://cookpolitical.com/sites/default/files/2020-03/EC%20030920.4.pdf |publisher=[[Cook Political Report]] |date=October 29, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 2020}}</ref> ! [[Inside Elections|IE]]<br />{{Small|December 19,<br />2019}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Presidential Ratings |url=https://insideelections.com/ratings/president |publisher=[[Inside Elections]] |date=April 19, 2019 |access-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref> ! [[Sabato's Crystal Ball|Sabato]]<br />{{Small|November 7,<br />2019}}<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 President |url=http://crystalball.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2020-president/ |publisher=[[Sabato's Crystal Ball]] |date=November 7, 2019 |access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref> ! [[Politico]]<br />{{Small|November 19,<br />2019}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/2020-election/race-forecasts-and-predictions/president/ |title=2020 Election Forecast |publisher=[[Politico]] |date=November 19, 2019 |author=Steven Shepard, Allan James Vestal, Beatrice Jin, Andrew Briz, Scott Bland, Lily Mihalik, Charlie Mahtesian, Andrew McGill, Mike Zapler, Andy Goodwin, Sushant Sagar, Robin Turner|access-date=November 19, 2019}}</ref> |- ! [[#Alabama|Alabama]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="114" | R+14 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=62.1 | 62.1% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE--> | {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Alaska|Alaska]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="109" | R+9 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=51.3 | 51.3% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Arizona|Arizona]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="105" | R+5 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=48.9 | 48.9% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Tilt|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} |- ! [[#Arkansas|Arkansas]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="115" | R+15 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=60.6 | 60.6% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#California|California]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-12" | D+12 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-61.7" | 61.7% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} |- ! [[#Colorado|Colorado]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="099" | D+1 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-48.2" | 48.2% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}} |- ! [[#Connecticut|Connecticut]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="094" | D+6 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-54.6" | 54.6% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} |- ! [[#Delaware|Delaware]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="094" | D+6 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-53.1" | 53.1% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|D}} |- ! [[#District of Columbia|District of Columbia]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-41" | D+41 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-90.9" | 90.9% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} |- ! [[#Florida|Florida]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="102" | R+2 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=49.0 | 49.0% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} |- ! [[#Georgia|Georgia]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="105" | R+5 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=50.8 | 50.8% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} |- ! [[#Hawaii|Hawaii]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-18" | D+18 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value=-62.2 | 62.2% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Rot-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} |- ! [[#Idaho|Idaho]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="119" | R+19 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=59.3 | 59.3% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Illinois|Illinois]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="093" | D+7 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-55.8" | 55.8% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} |- ! [[#Indiana|Indiana]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="109" | R+9 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=56.8 | 56.8% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Rot-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Iowa|Iowa]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="103" | R+3 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=51.2 | 51.2% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} |- ! [[#Kansas|Kansas]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="113" | R+13 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=56.7 | 56.7% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Kentucky|Kentucky]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="115" | R+15 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=62.5 | 62.5% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Louisiana|Louisiana]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="111" | R+11 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=58.1 | 58.1% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Maine|Maine]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="097" | D+3 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-47.8" | 47.8% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}} <!--IE-->|rowspan="3" {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}}<br />{{small|(only statewide<br />rating given)}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}} |- ! [[Maine's 1st Congressional District|ME-1]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="092" | D+8 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-54.0" | 54.0% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} |- ! [[Maine's 2nd congressional district|ME-2]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="102" | R+2 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="47.8" | 51.3% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} |- ! [[#Maryland|Maryland]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-12" | D+12 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-60.3" | 60.3% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} |- ! [[#Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="088" | D+12 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-60.1" | 60.1% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} |- ! [[#Michigan|Michigan]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="099" | D+1 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=47.5 | 47.5% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Tilt|D|Flip}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D|Flip}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} |- ! [[#Minnesota|Minnesota]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="099" | D+1 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-46.4" | 46.4% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}} |- ! [[#Mississippi|Mississippi]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="109" | R+9 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=57.9 | 57.9% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Missouri|Missouri]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=109 | R+9 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=56.8 | 56.8% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Rot-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Montana|Montana]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="111" | R+11 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=56.2 | 56.2% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Nebraska|Nebraska]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="114" | R+14 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=58.8 | 58.8% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE--> | rowspan="4" {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}}<br />{{small|(only statewide<br />rating given)}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[Nebraska's 1st congressional district|NE-1]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="111" | R+11 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="56.2" | 56.2% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[Nebraska's 2nd congressional district|NE-2]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="104" | R+4 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="47.2" | 47.2% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} |- ! [[Nebraska's 3rd congressional district|NE-3]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="127" | R+27 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="73.9" | 73.9% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Nevada|Nevada]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="099" | D+1 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-47.9" | 47.9% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} |- ! [[#New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] | {{Party shading/None}} | {{sort|100|EVEN}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-47.0" | 47.0% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} |- ! [[#New Jersey|New Jersey]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="093" | D+7 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-55.0" | 55.0% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} |- ! [[#New Mexico|New Mexico]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="097" | D+3 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-48.4" | 48.4% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|D}} |- ! [[#New York|New York]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value=-11 | D+11 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-59.0" | 59.0% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} |- ! [[#North Carolina|North Carolina]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="103" | R+3 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=49.8 | 49.8% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} |- ! [[#North Dakota|North Dakota]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=116 | R+16 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=63.0 | 63.0% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Ohio|Ohio]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=103 | R+3 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=51.7 | 51.7% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} |- ! [[#Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="120" | R+20 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=65.3 | 65.3% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Oregon|Oregon]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="095" | D+5 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-50.1" | 50.1% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|D}} |- ! [[#Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] | {{Party shading/None}} | {{sort|100|EVEN}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=48.2 | 48.2% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Tilt|D|Flip}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} |- ! [[#Rhode Island|Rhode Island]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="090" | D+10 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-54.4" | 54.4% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|D}} |- ! [[#South Carolina|South Carolina]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="108" | R+8 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=54.9 | 54.9% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#South Dakota|South Dakota]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="114" | R+14 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=61.5 | 61.5% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Tennessee|Tennessee]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="114" | R+14 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=60.7 | 60.7% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Texas|Texas]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="108" | R+8 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=52.2 | 52.2% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R}} |- ! [[#Utah|Utah]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="120" | R+20 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=45.5 | 45.5% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|R}} |- ! [[#Vermont|Vermont]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value=-15 | D+15 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-56.7" | 56.7% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} |- ! [[#Virginia|Virginia]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="099" | D+1 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-49.7" | 49.7% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Likely|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D}} |- ! [[#Washington|Washington]] | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="093" | D+7 | {{Party shading/Democratic}} data-sort-value="-52.5" | 52.5% D <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|D}} |- ! [[#West Virginia|West Virginia]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="119" | R+19 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=68.5 | 68.5% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |- ! [[#Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] | {{Party shading/None}} | {{sort|100|EVEN}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=47.2 | 47.2% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Tossup}} |- ! [[#Wyoming|Wyoming]] | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value="125" | R+25 | {{Party shading/Republican}} data-sort-value=67.4 | 67.4% R <!--Coo-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--IE-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--SCB-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} <!--Pol-->| {{USRaceRating|Safe|R}} |} ==See also== {{portal|Modern history|Politics|United States}} * [[2020 United States gubernatorial elections]] * [[2020 United States Senate elections]] * [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections]] ==Notes== {{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Wikiquote}} {{2020 United States presidential election}} {{2020 United States elections}} {{United States presidential elections}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:2020 United States presidential election| ]] [[Category:History of the United States (1991–present)]] [[Category:Contemporary history of the United States]]'