The 2020 election was not an exception with Donald Trump formally seeking a second term, the official Republican apparatus, both state and national, coordinated with his campaign to implement changes to make it difficult for any primary opponent to mount a serious challenge. In election cycles with incumbent presidents running for re-election, the race for the party nomination is usually pro-forma, with token opposition instead of any serious challengers and with their party rules being fixed in their favor. Main articles: 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries and 2020 Republican National Convention Primaries (endorsed Gabbard and Sanders, then Howie Hawkins) Secretary of Housing and Urban Developmentįormer vice admiral of the United States Navy representative, or a governor, (b) been included in a minimum of five independent national polls, or (c) received substantial media coverage.Ĭandidates in this section are sorted by date of withdrawalįounder of Farallon Capital and Beneficial State Bank The following major candidates have either (a) served as vice president, a member of the cabinet, a U.S. Main article: Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign 2020 Democratic Party ticket By June 5, 2020, Biden had officially gained enough delegates to ensure his nomination at the convention, and proceeded to work with Sanders to develop a joint policy task force. Biden then gained endorsements from Obama, Sanders and Warren. On April 8, 2020, Sanders dropped out, reportedly after being convinced by former president Barack Obama, leaving Biden as the only major candidate remaining, and the presumptive nominee. Gabbard then dropped out and endorsed Biden after the March 17, Arizona, Florida, and Illinois races. 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. Joe Biden then won the South Carolina primary, causing Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and Tom Steyer to abandon their campaigns (Buttigieg and Klobuchar then immediately endorsed Biden). Following Michael Bennet, Deval Patrick, and Andrew Yang dropping out, Sanders won the Nevada caucuses on February 22. Results were delayed in Iowa, with Pete Buttigieg winning in state delegate equivalents despite Bernie Sanders winning more votes, followed by Sanders narrowly winning over Buttigieg in the February 11, New Hampshire primary. Įntering the Iowa caucuses on February 3, 2020, the field had decreased to 11 major candidates. Overall, the 2020 primary field had 29 major candidates, breaking the record for the largest field under the modern presidential primary system previously set during the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries with 17 major candidates. During this period, there was a general shift to the left in regards to college tuition, healthcare, and immigration among Democrats in the Senate. Politico 's Elena Schneider described these clashes as a 'Democratic civil war'. House districts that Democrats hoped to gain from the Republican majority had contentious primary elections. Īfter Hillary Clinton's loss in the previous election, the Democratic Party was seen largely as leaderless, and was also seen as fractured between the centrist Clinton wing and the more progressive Sanders wing of the party, echoing the rift brought up in the 2016 primary election. Meanwhile, six states used ranked-choice voting in the primaries: Alaska, Hawaii, Kansas, and Wyoming for all voters and Iowa and Nevada for absentee voters. The last time this did not occur was the nomination of Adlai Stevenson II at the 1952 Democratic National Convention. This required a candidate to win a majority of pledged delegates from the assorted primary elections in order to win the party's nomination. In August 2018, the Democratic National Committee voted to disallow superdelegates from voting on the first ballot of the nominating process, beginning with the 2020 election. Main articles: 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and 2020 Democratic National Convention Primaries Main article: 2020 United States presidential election

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