2020 Presidential Election

The 2020 United States Presidential Election was the 59th quadrennial United States presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Republican ticket of Incumbent President Mitt Romney and Incumbent Vice President Jeb Bush defeated the Democratic ticket of Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Governor Jay Inslee of Washington.

The Democrats experienced a competitive primary. McCaskill was consistently competitive in the polls but faced challenges from a number of other candidates. McCaskill secured her party's nomination at the RNC, defeating Amy Klobuchar and Bernie Sanders. Mitt Romney secured the RNC's nomination with minimal opposition.

Romney defeated Clinton handily, winning a majority of the Electoral College and a plurality of the popular vote. Romney won 313 electoral votes and 46.91% of the popular vote compared to Clinton's 225 electoral votes and 46.85%.

Romney won 3 states that Hillary Clinton won in 2016 - Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Michigan, as well as Maine 2 and Nebraska 2. McCaskill flipped Montana thanks to vote splitting between Romney and Trump in the state