2020 United States Presidential Election (Pax Americana)

The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Incumbent President Donald Trump and incumbent Vice President Mike Pence defeated the Democratic ticket of Senator Bernie Sanders and Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Trump received the highest popular vote total of an incumbent president in American History, beating George W. Bush's record. Bernie Sanders received the highest popular vote total for a challenger to an incumbent president.

In a competitive Democratic Primary with the most candidates for any political party in the modern era, Sanders pulled off an upset victory over his closest primary rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, to secure the nomination. Biden was seen as the frontrunner early on in the race but was unable to gain momentum in early primaries. A sexual assault allegation leveled by former staffer Tara Reede and underperformance in the South Carolina primary forced Biden to drop out.

The central issues of the election were the economy, civil unrest in the wake of George Floyd's death, healthcare, and the Supreme Court following the death of Ruth Bater Ginsburg.

Sanders outpolled Trump in almost every single poll leading up to election day. Most pundits and election analysts predicted that Trump would be defeated.

Background
In the aftermath of Trump's upset victory in the [2016 Presidential Election| w:2016 United States presidential election]