United States presidential election, 2020 (Astro)

The United States presidential election of 2020 was the 59th quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Republican nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and his running mate, Vice President Mike Pence, were elected to a second term, defeating the Democratic nominee, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and her running mate, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey. Trump and Pence were sworn in a second time on January 20, 2021. Concurrent with the presidential election, Senate, House, and many gubernatorial and state and local elections were also held on November 3.
As the incumbent, Trump was able to secure the Republican nomination without serious opposition. The Democratic Party hosted multiple progressive candidates; Warren faced competition during the primaries from Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from New York, all outspoken opponents of the President.
Voters selected members of the Electoral College in each state, in most cases by "winner-takes-all" plurality; those state electors in turn voted for a new president and vice president on December 14, 2020. On top of winning the swing states he previously carried, Trump managed to narrowly carry Colorado and New Hampshire, resulting with 319 electoral votes for Trump, and 219 electoral votes for Warren.
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