2020 US Presidential Election (FuturePolitix)

The United States presidential election of 2020 was the 59th quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. 
Incumbent President Donald J. Trump and his running mate Vice President Mike Pence defeated Democratic nominee Kirsten Gillibrand, Independent candidate John Kasich, and the third party candidates Adam Kokesh and Jill Stein. 
=== Primaries ===
In the Republican primaries, Donald J. Trump faced no opponents, and won delegates from every state - unanimously claiming the nomination at the conventio.n
In the Democratic primaries, Kirsten Gillibrand came out as the victor from a massive, competitive field of opponents - the largest in U.S. election history. 
* New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (nominee)
* Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren
* New Jersey Senator Cory Booker
* Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro
* South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg
* Former Attorney General Eric Holder
* Businessman Howard Schultz
* Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick
* Businessman Tom Steyer
* Maryland Rep. John Delaney
* Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley
* Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan
* Businessman Andrew Yang
* California Senator Kamala Harris
* Montana Governor Steve Bullock
* Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper
* Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe
* Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley
A split amongst young progressives, and the stale campaigns of Cory Booker and Julian Castro allowed the Senator from New York to gain the victory, and select South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg as her running mate. 
At the Libertarian Party convention, military veteran Adam Kokesh won the nomination, and selected cryptocurrency activist John McAfee as his running mate. At the Green Party convention, activist Jill Stein once again won the nomination of the party, and selected comic W. Kamau Bell as her running mate.
Former Ohio Governor John Kasich announced an indepenent campaign in May of 2020, selecting former Presidential candidate Evan McMullin as his running mate.
=== General Election ===
The electoral map of 2020 was very familiar to 2016, with Trump only losing the state of Michigan, while picking up the state of New Hampshire and an electoral vote in Maine - claiming a bold victory over Kirsten Gillibrand, 316 electoral votes to 222. 
Gillibrand's selection of Buttigieg failed to work in the Midwest, and her campaign was only capable of maintaining victory in Nevada,, but not earning the votes of Arizonans or Floridians - voters who would prove to be historically vital in elections against Donald Trump.
The independent ticket of Kasich and McMullin was only able to reach 2.8% nationally - reaching their highest numbers in the states of Utah, Ohio, Idaho, and Wyoming - all states which Donald Trump was still victorious in.
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