2020 United States presidential election

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This article is about the election itself. For the 2020 election timeline, see United States presidential election, 2020 timeline.
United States presidential election, 2020
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538 members of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
The electoral map for the 2020 election, based on populations from the 2010 census
President before election

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 Elected President

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The United States presidential election of 2020, scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2020, will be the 59th quadrennial U.S. presidential election. Voters will select presidential electors who in turn will elect a new president and vice president through the electoral college. The series of presidential primary elections and caucuses are likely to be held during the first six months of 2020. This nominating process is also 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 party's presidential nominee.

The incumbent president will be eligible to seek re-election.

Background

Procedure

Further information: United States presidential election § Procedure

Article Two of the United States Constitution states that for a person to be elected and serve as President of the United States the individual must be a 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 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 elections 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 general election in November is also an indirect election, where voters cast ballots for a slate of members of the Electoral College; these electors then directly elect the President and Vice President.[1][2]

Demographic trends

The 2020 U.S. presidential election will mark the first time all members of the millennial generation will be eligible to vote.[3] The age group of what will then be persons in the 18 to 45-year-old bracket will represent 40 percent of the United States' eligible voters in 2020.[4] It has also been estimated that 15 percent of eligible voters in the 2020 U.S. presidential election will be Hispanic.[4]

Simultaneous elections

The presidential election will occur at the same time as elections to the Senate and the House of Representatives. Several states will also hold state gubernatorial and state legislative elections. 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. In most states, the governor and the state legislature conduct the redistricting (although some states have redistricting commissions), and often a party that wins a presidential election experiences a coattail effect that also helps other candidates of that party win election.[5] Therefore, the party that wins the 2020 presidential election could also win a significant advantage in the drawing of new Congressional and state legislative districts that would stay in effect until the 2032 elections.[6]

Democratic Party

Further information: Democratic Party (United States)

Potential candidates

Potential convention sites

Republican Party

Further information: Republican Party (United States)

Declared candidates

Name Born Current/previous positions State Announced Ref Notes

Joe Walsh 		December 27, 1961
(age 62)
North Barrington, Illinois 		U.S. Representative
(2011–2013)
Illinois 		December 21, 2015 [33][34] Has stated he will only run if Hillary Clinton is elected in 2016

Potential candidates

Declined

Potential convention sites

Third party, Independent, and unaffiliated candidates

Libertarian Party

Further information: Libertarian Party (United States)

Declared candidates

Name Born Current/previous positions State Announced Ref

Adam Kokesh 		February 1, 1982
(age 42)
San Francisco, California 		Talk show host
Arizona 		July 22, 2013 [77][78]

Potential candidates

Independents/no party affiliation

Declared candidates

Name Born Current/previous positions State Announced Ref Notes

Dan Rattiner		 1939
(age Error: Need valid year, month, day)
New York City, New York		 Journalist
New York
April 24, 2015
 [81]  

Curt Schilling		 November 14, 1966
(age 57)
Anchorage, Alaska		 Former baseball pitcher
Massachusetts
August 8, 2016
 [82] Has stated he will only run if Hillary Clinton is elected President in 2016

Kanye West		 June 8, 1977
(age 39)
Atlanta, Georgia		 Rapper and Fashion Designer
California
August 30, 2015
 [83][84]  

Potential candidates

See also

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