2020 United States Presidential Election (AI Generated)

The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

Former Democratic President and former Vice President of the United States Barack Obama, running for reelection, was re-elected after defeating Republican nominee and former 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

With over 67 million votes, Obama won a total of 52.8% of the popular vote to Romney's 46.2%.

The president decided to seek re-election after reaching the end of his second term. Despite the 22nd Amendment prohibiting this, Obama launched two executive orders at the end of his term that repealed the 22nd, and also prevented the rejection of his executive order.

Obama did not face any major challenges in the primaries; he received significant endorsements from the Democratic Party, major labor unions, and many black and Hispanic civil rights leaders. Obama was criticized by some Democrats for his inability to unify the party.

The race remained close until May 2020, when a series of opinion polls suggested that Democratic primary challenger Hillary Clinton was likely to defeat Obama in the general election.

Hillary Clinton, former First Lady of the United States, former Secretary of State, and former Senator from New York, ran in the Democratic primary against former Senator from Illinois, and former president Barack Obama. Due to her loss, she launched an unsuccessful independent campaign for president.

Obama selected Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick as his running mate in June 2019, the first time the U.S. presidential ticket had been co-chaired by two non-white Americans. In June 2018, vice president and former senator Joe Biden passed away due to natural causes, causing Obama to select a different person as his running mate.

Romney selected Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker as his running mate in August 2020. Clinton selected her running mate, Dick Durbin, senator from Illinois, in late June, which many saw as a jab to Obama, who was a senator from Illinois before becoming president.

Throughout most of the year, the race remained close, with most polls indicating that Romney would defeat Obama and Clinton in the election.

However, on election day, the polls prove futile, as Obama beat both Romney and Clinton.

Romney won the states of Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia, while Obama won Ohio and the swing states of Colorado, Nevada, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin. Romney also won the states of Missouri, Indiana, and New Mexico. Originally, Iowa was a too close to call state, but after 2 months of recounting, it was declared for Obama.