2020 American Presidential Election (Goodbye Cruel World)

The 2020 American Presidential Election was the 59th quadrennial election in American history, taking place on the 3rd of November. determining whether or not incumbent President Donald J. Trump, a Republican, would be re-elected or replaced by a new presidential ticket.

The election was set to the backdrop of a distressed America, on the brink of plunging into an economic Depression caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; burgeoning racial tensions and a period of tension and uncertainty globally, with America on the verge of a three-axis Cold War with both Russia and China. Debate also widely centred around automation, crisis management and political ethics. Following the Democratic National Convention in August 2020, Democratic nominee CEO Andrew Yang experienced a significant surge in polling that had him ahead of Trump in every swing state, including solid Republican stomping grounds like Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia and Montana, but the race tightened slightly by the time election day even as President Trump's approval ratings plummeted.

Yang would go on to defeat Trump in both the electoral college and the popular vote, winning 284 electoral votes to the incumbent's 254 and 51% of the popular vote to Trump's 46%. Yang became the first Asian-American to be elected President of the United States of America. Trump became the first incumbent President to lose their re-election bid since George H.W. Bush.