2020 United States presidential election (TT2 Scenario)

The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Republican nominee, President Donald Trump, and his running mate, Vice President Mike Pence, were elected to a second term. They defeated the Democratic ticket of former Vice President and former U.S. Senator of Delaware Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California.

The election was impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak of March 2020 to July 2020, as mail-in ballots were available in the majority of states.

Issues of the day included healthcare, immigration, the economy, education, foreign policy, and criminal justice.

Biden's cognitive health was also weaponized by the Trump campaign, as well as attacking Biden on the grounds of his ties to the Democratic establishment. Both Biden and Trump's sexual misconduct allegations were also a controversial topic of the election, with the Biden campaign resurfacing the Hollywood Access tape of the 2005, while the Trump campaign attacked Biden on the grounds of a sexual assault allegation brought by a former U.S. Senate intern in 1993.

Nominee

 * Joe Biden, former U.S. Vice President (2009-2017); former U.S. Senator from Delaware (1973-2009)

Runner-up

 * Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator from Vermont (2007-present); former U.S. Representative from Vermont; former Mayor of Burlington, Vermont (1981-1989)
 * Endorsed Biden

Withdrew during later primaries

 * Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. Representative from Hawaii (2013-2021)
 * Endorsed Biden
 * Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (2013-present); Special Advisor for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2010-2011)
 * Michael Bloomberg, businessman; former Mayor of New York City (2002-2013)
 * Endorsed Biden

Withdrew during early primaries

 * Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator from Minnesota (2007-present)
 * Endorsed Biden
 * Pete Buttigieg, former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2012-2020)
 * Endorsed Biden
 * Tom Steyer, hedge fund manager; founder of “Need To Impeach” campaign
 * Deval Patrick, former Governor of Massachusetts (2007-2015)
 * Endorsed Biden
 * Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator from Colorado (2009-present)
 * Andrew Yang, businessman
 * Endorsed Biden

Withdrew before primaries

 * John Delaney, former U.S. Representative from Maryland (2013-2019)
 * Endorsed Biden
 * Cory Booker, U.S. Senator from New Jersey (2013-present); former Mayor of Newark, New Jersey (2006-2013)
 * Endorsed Biden
 * Marianne Williamson, author
 * Endorsed Sanders
 * Julian Castro, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2014-2017); former Mayor of San Antonio, Texas (2009-2014)
 * Endorsed Warren
 * Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator from California (2017-present); former Attorney General of California (2011-2017)
 * Endorsed Biden
 * Steve Bullock, Governor of Montana (2013-2021); former Attorney General of Montana (2009-2013)