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| Campaign | 2020 Democratic primaries 2020 U.S. presidential election |
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| Affiliation | Democratic Party |
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| Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[3] |
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| Receipts | US$1,064,613,463.22[6] (November 23, 2020) |
| Slogan | Battle for the Soul of the Nation[7] Our Best Days Still Lie Ahead[8] No Malarkey![9] Build Back Better[10] Unite for a Better America[11] |
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On April 25, 2019, former vice president Joe Biden released a video announcing his candidacy in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. On November 3, 2020, Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, defeated incumbent Republican president Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence in the general election.
Biden, the vice president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and previously a U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009, had been the subject of widespread speculation as a potential 2020 candidate after declining to be a candidate in 2016.[12] His 2020 campaign positions included codifying Roe v. Wade into statute, creating a public option for health insurance, decriminalizing recreational cannabis, passing the Equality Act, providing tuition-free community college, and passing a $1.7 trillion climate plan embracing the framework of the Green New Deal. Biden supported regulation of fracking as opposed to a complete ban on the practice.
Biden entered the race with very high name recognition. From his campaign announcement up to the start of the elections, he was generally regarded as the Democratic front-runner. He led most national polls through 2019, but did not rank as one of the top three candidates in either the Iowa caucuses or the New Hampshire primary. After underperforming expectations in those contests, he suffered a decline in his polling and lost his frontrunner status to Bernie Sanders. Biden started regaining ground after winning second place in the Nevada caucuses and, on February 29, 2020, he won a landslide victory in the South Carolina Democratic primary, which reinvigorated his campaign. In March, ten of Biden's former competitors endorsed him, bringing the total number of such endorsements to twelve. Biden earned enough delegates on Super Tuesday to pull ahead of Sanders. On April 8, after Sanders suspended his campaign, Biden became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
In June, Biden reached the required number of delegates to become the nominee. On August 11, Biden announced that U.S. Senator Harris would be his vice presidential running mate. On August 18 and 19, Biden and Harris were officially nominated at the Democratic National Convention. Throughout the 2020 election, national opinion polls conducted generally showed Biden leading Trump in favorability. On Election Day, the Biden-Harris ticket defeated the Trump-Pence ticket. Biden and Harris won the popular vote, and won the electoral vote by a margin of 306–232. Biden and Harris were sworn in on January 20, 2021.
- ^ Wagner, Meg; Alfonso III, Fernando; Macaya, Melissa; Mahtani, Melissa; Rocha, Veronica; Wills, Amanda (November 7, 2020). "CNN PROJECTION: JOE BIDEN WINS THE PRESIDENCY". CNN. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ "Biden defeats Trump for White House, says 'time to heal'". AP NEWS. November 7, 2020. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ Jonathan Tamari (May 16, 2019). "Joe Biden chooses Philadelphia for 2020 presidential campaign headquarters". Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- ^ Katie Glueck (May 31, 2019). "Biden Campaign Names Cedric Richmond as National Co-Chairman". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ Daniel Strauss (April 25, 2019). "New Biden senior adviser Sanders donated to Buttigieg in March". Politico. Archived from the original on April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ "Biden, Joseph R. Jr. – Candidate Overview". Federal Election Commission. January 2019. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ^ "'Battle for the soul of the nation': Before they were running mates, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris both used slogan". www.msn.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ Caleb Howe (April 26, 2019). "Jimmy Fallon (Lightly) Roasts Joe Biden with Alternate Campaign Slogans: 'Make America Feel a Little Tipsy Again'". Mediaite. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
- ^ Yglesias, Matthew (December 3, 2019). ""No Malarkey," Joe Biden's unabashedly lame new slogan, explained". Vox. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ "Build Back Better: Joe Biden's Jobs and Economic Recovery Plan for Working Families". Joe Biden Official Website. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
- ^ Axelrod, Tal (July 30, 2020). "Biden campaign releases first TV ads in Ohio". The Hill. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ "Joe Biden endorses Hillary Clinton". Politico. June 9, 2016. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.