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[19], The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump on two counts on December 18, 2019. It will be the 59th quadrennial presidential election. It is expected that more than 30 percent of eligible American voters will be nonwhite. [114][115], 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 "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. 2020 Election Predictions in America. Sanders issued a statement after the news report, saying in part, "I don't care, frankly, who Putin wants to be president. RTÉ is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. If elected and inaugurated, Harris would be the second person of color to be vice-president (after Herbert Hoover's vice president Charles Curtis), first woman, first African-American, and first Asian-American vice president of the United States. [2] The series of presidential primary elections and caucuses were held from February to August 2020. "[117][118] 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. [234] Hawkins has secured ballot access to 381 electoral votes as of September 20, 2020, and has write-in access to 133 electoral votes. The following major candidates have either: (a) served as vice president, a member of the cabinet, a U.S. senator, a U.S. representative, or a governor, (b) been included in a minimum of five independent national polls, or (c) received substantial media coverage. The 2020 United States presidential election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The president,[98] Vice-President[99] and several Republican members of Congress[100][101] stated that a full complement of the court was needed to decide the upcoming election. [54] The briefing was delivered by Shelby Pierson, the intelligence community's top election security official and an aide to acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire. Most states expanded or encouraged voting by mail as an alternative, but many voters complained that they never received the absentee ballots they had requested. The general election in November is also an indirect election, in which voters cast ballots for a slate of members of the Electoral College; these electors then directly elect the president and vice president. Meáin Náisiúnta Seirbhíse Poiblí na hÉireann. 29 September: First presidential debate, Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Mark Sanford has dropped out of presidential race", "The Road to 2020: Donald Trump's Never-Ending Campaign", "Trump breaks precedent, files as candidate for re-election on first day", "Trump rallies his base to treat coronavirus as a 'hoax, "Trump becomes presumptive GOP nominee after sweeping primaries", "Bill Weld, Trump's Last G.O.P. My message to Putin is clear: stay out of American elections, and as president, I will make sure that you do. [124] In addition, businessman Rocky De La Fuente also entered the race, but was not widely recognized as a major candidate. [85] On August 18, after the House of Representatives had been recalled from its August break to vote on a bill reversing the changes, DeJoy announced that he would roll back all the changes until after the November election. [23][b] Trump continued to hold campaign rallies during the impeachment. [31] The 11th Democratic debate was held on March 15 without an audience at the CNN studios in Washington, D.C.[32] Several states also postponed their primaries to a later date, including Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, and Maryland. 17-20 August: The Democratic National Convention. © RTÉ 2020. 14 December: Members of the Electoral College cast their ballots for president. Run from the world. She is the third female vice presidential running mate after Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 and Sarah Palin in 2008. 24-27 August: The Republican National Convention. 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Trump or Biden would be the oldest candidate to be elected president, and if sworn in, Biden would become the oldest person to serve as president at 78 years old (surpassing Ronald Reagan who was 77 years old at the end of his second term). I don't want [Trump] to win. [146] 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. [70] This has been described as a threat "to upend the constitutional order". [82] In addition to the anticipated high volume of mailed ballots, the prediction was due in part to numerous measures taken by the Louis DeJoy, the newly installed Postmaster General of the United States, including banning overtime and extra trips to deliver mail,[83] which caused delays in delivering mail,[84] and dismantling and removing hundreds of high-speed mail sorting machines from postal centers. [147], After Hillary Clinton's loss in the previous election, the Democratic Party was seen largely as leaderless[148] and 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. Then-Arizona senator John McCain said, "Republicans see weakness in this president. [94], On September 18, 2020, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. [73][74] On July 30, Trump tweeted that "With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history" and asked if it should be delayed until people can safely cast ballots in person. [102][103] The 2020 election was no exception; with Donald Trump formally seeking a second term,[104][105] 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. [137][138][139], 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. [3] If 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. 22 October: Third presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. [248] On August 5, the in-person portion of the Convention was scaled down even further, with major speeches including Biden's being switched to a virtual format. Incumbent President Donald Trump has the power of incumbency. [161] By June 5, 2020, Biden had officially gained enough delegates to ensure his nomination at the convention,[162] and proceeded to work with Sanders to develop a joint policy task force. [15], A bipartisan report indicates that changes in voter demographics since the 2016 election could impact the results of the 2020 election. Following Michael Bennet, Deval Patrick, and Andrew Yang dropping out, Sanders won the Nevada caucuses on February 22. [135] Weld suspended his campaign the next day. [49][50] On October 4, 2019, Microsoft announced that "Phosphorus", a group of hackers linked to the Iranian government, had attempted to compromise e-mail accounts belonging to journalists, U.S. government officials and the campaign of a U.S. presidential candidate. Élection américaine 2020 : les dates importantes et le calendrier. African Americans, Hispanics, 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. [132] Trump ran an active campaign during the primary season, even holding rallies in the February primary states, including South Carolina and Nevada where Republican primaries were canceled. 7 October: Vice presidential debate, the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. [261][262] Political analysts have stated that the moratorium on traditional campaigning coupled with the effects of the pandemic on the nation could have unpredictable effects on the voting populace and possibly, how the election will be conducted. "[128] On September 8, 2019, former South Carolina governor and representative Mark Sanford officially announced that he would be another Republican primary challenger to Trump. The country cannot afford to have him win. Welcome to our growing #LeftUnity campaign! [122], Former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld became Trump's first major challenger in the Republican primaries following an announcement on April 15, 2019. Voting-rights advocates have expressed fear of similar chaos on a nationwide scale in November, recommending states to move to expand vote-by-mail options. [44] At least seven new cases of the coronavirus infection were traced to this election. [77][78], Voting by mail has become an increasingly common practice in the United States, with 25% of voters nationwide mailing their ballots in 2016 and 2018. On July 19, Trump declined to answer whether he would accept the results, telling Fox News anchor Chris Wallace that "I have to see. Originally scheduled for June 19, the Trump campaign changed the date of this gathering due to the Juneteenth holiday. [72], In April 2020, Biden suggested that Trump may try to delay the election, saying that Trump "is gonna try to kick back the election somehow, come up with some rationale why it can't be held". [155] Several female candidates entered the race, increasing the likelihood of the Democrats nominating a woman for the second time in a row. I'm not going to say no. The series of presidential primary elections and caucuses were … Here are the key upcoming dates in the 2020 presidential election. [131] On January 20, 2017, at 5:11 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. On July 28, The Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint alleging the Trump campaign was laundering millions of dollars. [103][116], 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. [157] Gabbard then dropped out and endorsed Biden after the March 17, Arizona, Florida, and Illinois races. "[53], On February 13, 2020, American intelligence officials advised members of the House Intelligence Committee that Russia was interfering in the 2020 election in an effort to get Trump re-elected. [89], President Trump has been very critical of voting by mail, often making allegations of massive voter fraud. These clashes were described by Politico's Elena Schneider as a "Democratic civil war". Alors que la quasi-totalité des enquêtes d'opinion le donnaient perdant, le candidat républicain l'emporte sur la candidate démocrate, Hillary Clinton, en … The President § 7. ", "Maine Senate passes ranked-choice voting for March presidential primaries", "Maine might switch to a ranked-choice presidential election. Run from your memories of your father, your mother, and the woman you left behind. [152][153], Overall, the 2020 primary field had 29 major candidates,[154] breaking the record for the largest field under the modern presidential primary system previously set during the 2016 GOP primaries with 17 major candidates. On February 21, The Washington Post reported that, according to unnamed U.S. officials, Russia was interfering in the Democratic primary in an effort to support the nomination of Senator Bernie Sanders. [156], Entering the Iowa caucuses on February 3, 2020, however, the field had decreased to 11 major candidates. [17], The presidential election will occur simultaneously with elections to the Senate and the House of Representatives. Other swing states, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, are also scheduled to mail out ballots before the end of the month. [92] As of May 19, 2020, there were 350 outstanding matters on the agency's enforcement docket and 227 items waiting for action. You are an American. This nominating process is an indirect election, where voters cast ballots selecting a slate of delegates to a political party's nominating convention, who then in turn elect their parties' nominees for president and vice president. [125][126], Former Illinois representative Joe Walsh launched a primary challenge on August 25, 2019, saying, "I'm going to do whatever I can. 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 redistricting of Congressional and state legislative districts. [47] 7.7 million people watched the event, a Saturday audience record for Fox News. It can fall on or between November 2 and November 8. [29][30] On March 12, President Trump also stated his intent to postpone further campaign rallies. 4 September: North Carolina, a key battleground state, becomes the first state to start sending mail ballots to voters. [69] Congressional Republicans rebuked Trump by saying there would be a peaceful transition if Trump lost, although they did not explain how they would guarantee such a transition if Trump were to refuse leaving the presidency. "[63][64][65] At an August 17 campaign event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Trump said that "the only way we're going to lose this election is if this election is rigged". It is 2016. [95] The death of Justice Ginsburg resulted in large increases in momentum for both the Democrats and Republicans.[96][97]. As a result, the election (among them was a presidential primary) went ahead as planned. 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. [38], The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act included money for states to increase mail-in voting. [130], 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". The Federal Election Commission, which was created in 1974 to enforce campaign finance laws in federal elections, has not functioned since July 2020 due to vacancies in membership. [90] In September 2020, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, who was appointed by Trump, testified under oath that the FBI has "not seen, historically, any kind of coordinated national voter fraud effort in a major election, whether it's by mail or otherwise".[91]. [67] At a September 19 campaign rally at Fayetteville, North Carolina, Trump declared that "[y]ou can't have [Biden] as your president. The winner of the 2020 presidential election is scheduled to be inaugurated on January 20, 2021. [247] On June 24, 2020, it was announced that the convention would be held in a mixed online-in person format, with most delegates attending remotely but a few still attending the physical convention site. [56] Russia has repeatedly interfered in the election to support the candidacy of President Trump. He said he would reinstate overtime hours, roll back service reductions, and halt the removal of mail-sorting machines and collection boxes. 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Jeff Flake: Trump 'inviting' 2020 primary challenge by how he's governing", "Roger Stone says Trump may not run in 2020, pledges to line up challenger to Pence-Haley ticket", "Bill Weld officially announces he is challenging Trump for GOP nomination in 2020", "Bill Weld officially targets Trump with long-shot primary bid", "Roque 'Rocky' De La Fuente is running for U.S. president — again", "Who is Rocky De La Fuente? Drug case: Daddy Saif refuses to help Sara? [258], On October 11, 2019, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced that three general election debates would be held in the fall of 2020. [256], The 2020 Green National Convention was originally to be held in Detroit, Michigan, from July 9 to 12. [45], On June 20, 2020, despite continuing concerns over COVID-19,[46] the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that Trump's campaign could hold a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Bank of Oklahoma (BOK) Center. 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[244], The 2020 Democratic National Convention was originally scheduled for July 13–16 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,[245][246] but was delayed to August 17–20 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. RTÉ uses cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy. [58][59][60], During the election, multiple articles have been published suggesting that Trump may not, or will not, accept the election results, owing primarily to his tweets suggesting that the election will be rigged against him and his own suggestions that he will not accept electoral defeat. [108], Several Republican state committees scrapped their respective primaries or caucuses,[109] citing the fact that Republicans canceled several state primaries when George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush sought a second term in 1992 and 2004, respectively; and Democrats scrapped some of their primaries when Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were seeking reelection in 1996 and 2012, respectively. The analysis predicted that 80 million ballots could be cast by mail in 2020—more than double the number in 2016. Candidates for the presidency typically seek the nomination of one of the 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. Matthew Dunlap, the Maine Secretary of State, rejected a number of signatures that had not been collected by a registered voter as required under the Maine Constitution, resulting in there being insufficient signatures for the veto referendum to qualify for the ballot. [265], The electoral map for the 2020 election, based on populations from the, Other third party and independent candidates. 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