2020 US Presidential Elections (Environmentalist America)

The 2020 United States Presidential Election was held on November 7th, 2020 to elect the 46th President of the United States.

Background
After a 2018 report was released showing the devastating effects of climate change, many in the Republican Party began moving towards environmentalist policies. The Trump administration did not follow suit, and in December of 2018, the EPA removed the clean water act. Trump's anti-environmentalist policies lead to him facing a primary challenger and losing the Republican nomination, the first time an incumbent has lost the primaries since James Buchanan in the 1860s.

Republican Primaries
Theodore Roosevelt IV, the great-great Grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt; became the front runner in the Republican primaries and became the Nominee. Trump did not want to admit defeat, and ran as an independent candidate. Roosevelt criticized Trump and accused him of "splitting the Republican vote". The Republican primaries proved to be shocking in their results yet also divisive among the many factions within the Republican Party.

Candidates

 * Theodore Roosevelt IV, Businessman from Florida
 * Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States
 * Bill Weld, Governor of Massachusetts

Democratic Primaries
Many people tried for the Democratic nomination. Notable people included Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O'Rourke and Joe Biden. The race inevitably came down to Kamala Harris and Andrew Yang. Yang's young and charismatic nature won him the primary, he chose Sanders as a running mate. Some party seniors such as former President Bill Clinton and Debbie Wasserman Shultz refused to endorse Yang, but Yang still managed to unite most of the democratic party under his wing.

Candidates

 * Andrew Yang, Businessman from New York
 * Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator of Vermont (2007-2021)
 * Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States (2009-2017)
 * Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator of California (2017-present)
 * Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator of Massachusetts (2013-present)
 * Beto O'Rourke, U.S. Representative of Texas (2013-2019)

Independent Trump
After the 2019 Government shutdown ended in April, relations between Trump and the senate Republicans already deteriorated. Trump was already unpopular among more establishment Republicans, former President George H. W. Bush even admitted to supporting Hillary over Trump. With Trump not truly being loyal to the Republican Party and having insulted them in the past, Trump ran independent against Roosevelt in hopes that his remaining base would be enough to secure him a victory against the massively divided DNC and GOP.

Results
Yang defeated Roosevelt by a okay margin, this was due to vote splitting between Roosevelt and Trump. The Republican Party would move more to a left-wing stance on the environment, while many coal mining voters went to the Democratic Party causing the states of West Virginia and Kentucky voting strong for the Democrat in future elections.