Democratic candidates:* Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York
(withdrew after Super Tuesday)* Cory Booker, Senator from New Jersey
(withdrew in April 2020, vice presidential nominee)* Russ Feingold, Senator from Wisconsin (nominee)
* Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator from New York
(withdrew after New Hampshire)* Jim Webb, former Senator from Virginia
(withdrew in December 2019)* Tim Kaine, Senator from Virginia
(withdrew in April 2020)* Martin Heimrich, Senator from New Mexico
(withdrew after Iowa)* Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York
(withdrew in November 2019)Feingold wins in the end and selects
Booker as his running mate.
President Trump is unopposed for the Republican nomination. A "draft Ryan" movement soon collapses as Ryan declined to run. Some Tea-Partiers urge Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) to run, but he decided against it and focusses the next election.
Short summary of President Trump's tenure: The wall gets built and Mexico pays half of it. Trade deficits get smaller as the president renogotiated all agreements. Nafta in it's current form is gone. Minor changes to Obamacare, but Republicans sell it as a repeal. Unemployment was rising after Trump took office, reaching its peak in April 2018 with 7.3%. Afterwards, it's declining and at 4.8% in October 2020. ISIS has lost its territory but still launches terrorist attacks on the west. Relations with Russia are improved. President Trump's approval rating as of January 1, 2020: 54%.
National polling after the conventions: Trump: 50%, Feingold: 44%. After the debates as of October 20, 2020: Trump: 52%, Feingold: 45%.
The election of 2020:President Donald J. Trump (R-NY)/Vice President Bob Corker (R-TN): 328 EV. (53.07%)
Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI)/Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ): 210 EV. (45.72%)
