Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2020
Date: November 3, 2020 |
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“ | That is all that Donald Trump and the Republicans offer: Backward-looking politics that will harm the environment, make communities less healthy, and hold back economic progress while other countries race ahead. It’s a mindset that doesn’t have any faith in the capacity of the American people to compete, to innovate, and to win. And it will extract a deadly cost. I know better. And I know you do, as well.[1] | ” |
—Joe Biden (July 2020)[2] |
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election on November 3, 2020. Biden received 306 electoral votes and President Donald Trump (R) received 232 electoral votes. In the national popular vote, Biden received 81.2 million votes and Trump received 74.2 million votes.[3]
Biden was sworn in on January 20, 2021, becoming the oldest president to take office at 78 years old. His running mate, former Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), became the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to serve as vice president.
Click here to learn more about the Biden presidential transition.
Biden announced that he was running for president on April 25, 2019.[4] With the plurality of pledged delegates, Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, 2020, after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his presidential campaign.[5] Biden crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination on June 5, 2020, and was formally nominated at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 18, 2020.[6]
Biden announced Harris as his running mate on August 11, 2020. He called her "a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants."[7][8]
Biden framed his campaign as a challenge to Trump. "I believe history will look back on four years of this president and all he embraces as an aberrant moment in time. But if we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation—who we are—and I cannot stand by and watch that happen," he said.[9]
He represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009 before serving as vice president under President Barack Obama (D) from 2009 to 2017.[10]
Biden in the news
- See also: Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing and Editorial approach to story selection for the Daily Presidential News Briefing
This section featured five news stories about Biden and his presidential campaign. For a complete timeline of Biden's campaign activity, click here.
- November 3, 2020: Joe Biden held GOTV events in Scranton and Philadelphia. He planned to address the nation from Wilmington, Delaware, in the evening.
- November 2, 2020: Biden campaigned in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Former President Barack Obama campaigned in Atlanta and Miami on behalf of Biden.
- November 1, 2020: Biden held two campaign events in Philadelphia: a “Souls to the Polls” event and drive-in rally.
- October 31, 2020:
- Biden was scheduled to campaign in Michigan and hold a joint rally with former President Barack Obama.
- Biden released the names of more than 800 fundraisers who raised $100,000 or more for the Biden campaign and its joint fundraising committees.
- October 30, 2020: Biden campaigned in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
Biography
Biden was born in 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to Claymont, Delaware. He graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in history and political science and received his law degree from the Syracuse University Law School. Biden practiced law and worked as a public defender before seeking public office.[11]
From 1970 to 1972, Biden served on the New Castle County Council. He was elected to represent Delaware in the U.S. Senate at the age of 29, receiving 58% of the vote to defeat incumbent Sen. James Caleb Boggs (R). Two weeks after the election, his wife and daughter were killed in a car accident, which his two sons survived.[12]
Biden served in the Senate from 1973 to 2009. During his Senate career, he chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Foreign Relations for several years.[12]
Biden launched his first presidential bid in 1987 but withdrew from the race. He launched a second presidential campaign in 2007, dropping out of the race following the 2008 Iowa caucuses, where he placed fifth.[12] Then-candidate Barack Obama announced Biden was his choice for running mate in August 2008, and the pair won the general election.[13] Biden served as vice president from 2009 to 2017.
Policy positions
The following policy positions were compiled from the candidate's official campaign website, editorials, speeches, and interviews.
Immigration
Joe Biden's campaign website says he will adopt some of the following immigration enforcement policies in his first 100 days in office: "Immediately reverse the Trump Administration’s cruel and senseless policies that separate parents from their children at our border. End Trump’s detrimental asylum policies. End the mismanagement of the asylum system, which fuels violence and chaos at the border. Surge humanitarian resources to the border and foster public-private initiatives. End prolonged detention and reinvest in a case management program. Reverse Trump’s public charge rule. End the so-called National Emergency that siphons federal dollars from the Department of Defense to build a wall. Protect Dreamers and their families. Order an immediate review of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for vulnerable populations who cannot find safety in their countries ripped apart by violence or disaster." [source]
Healthcare
Joe Biden proposes protecting and building on the Affordable Care Act instead of switching to a Medicare for All system.
Biden's campaign website says about the Affordable Care Act: "Because of Obamacare, over 100 million people no longer have to worry that an insurance company will deny coverage or charge higher premiums just because they have a pre-existing condition – whether cancer or diabetes or heart disease or a mental health challenge. Insurance companies can no longer set annual or lifetime limits on coverage. Roughly 20 million additional Americans obtained the peace of mind that comes with health insurance. Young people who are in transition from school to a job have the option to stay covered by their parents’ plan until age 26. But, every day over the past nine years, the Affordable Care Act has been under relentless attack. As president, Biden will protect the Affordable Care Act from these continued attacks. He opposes every effort to get rid of this historic law – including efforts by Republicans, and efforts by Democrats. Instead of starting from scratch and getting rid of private insurance, he has a plan to build on the Affordable Care Act by giving Americans more choice, reducing health care costs, and making our health care system less complex to navigate." Biden also wrote in a Medium post that he would lower the Medicare eligibility age to 60. [source]
Energy and environmental issues
Joe Biden's campaign website lists the following key elements of his clean energy plan: "Build a modern infrastructure. Position the U.S. auto industry to win the 21st century with technology invented in America. Achieve a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035. Make dramatic investments in energy efficiency in buildings, including completing 4 million retrofits and building 1.5 million new affordable homes. Pursue a historic investment in clean energy innovation. Advance sustainable agriculture and conservation. Secure environmental justice and equitable economy opportunity." [source]
Trade
Joe Biden's campaign website says, "The goal of every decision about trade must be to build the American middle class, create jobs, raise wages, and strengthen communities. To stand up for American workers, Biden’s tax and trade strategy will take a number of steps, including: Take aggressive trade enforcement actions against China or any other country seeking to undercut American manufacturing through unfair practices. Rally our allies in a coordinated effort to pressure the Chinese government and other trade abusers to follow the rules and hold them to account when they do not. Confront foreign efforts to steal American intellectual property. Apply a carbon adjustment fee against countries that are failing to meet their climate and environmental obligations. Support strong and independent trade unions here in the United States and in every one of our trading partners." [source]
Economy
Joe Biden's campaign website list the following four pillars of his Build Back Better economic recovery plan: "Mobilize American manufacturing and innovation to ensure that the future is made in America, and in all of America. Mobilize American ingenuity to build a modern infrastructure and an equitable, clean energy future. Mobilize American talent and heart to build a 21st century caregiving and education workforce which will help ease the burden of care for working parents, especially women. Mobilize across the board to advance racial equity in America."
His website continues, "We’ve seen millions of American workers put their lives and health on the line to keep our country going. As Biden has said, let’s not just praise them, let’s pay them — a decent wage, at least $15 per hour, and ending the tipped minimum wage and sub-minimum wage for people with disabilities, and strong benefits so they can live a middle class life and provide opportunity for their kids." [source]
Education
Joe Biden's campaign website lists the following five education goals: "Support our educators by giving them the pay and dignity they deserve. Invest in resources for our schools so students grow into physically and emotionally healthy adults, and educators can focus on teaching. Ensure that no child’s future is determined by their zip code, parents’ income, race, or disability. Provide every middle and high school student a path to a successful career. Start investing in our children at birth."
Biden's website continues: "Invest in our schools to eliminate the funding gap between white and non-white districts, and rich and poor districts. Improve teacher diversity. Make sure children with disabilities have the support to succeed. Create more opportunities for high school students to take practical classes that lead to credentials." [source]
Gun regulation
Joe Biden's campaign website says, "As president, Biden will pursue constitutional, common-sense gun safety policies. Biden will: Hold gun manufacturers accountable. Ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Buy back the assault weapons and high-capacity magazines already in our communities. Reduce stockpiling of weapons. Require background checks for all gun sales. Create an effective program to ensure individuals who become prohibited from possessing firearms relinquish their weapons. Give states incentives to set up gun licensing programs."
Biden's campaign website also says he will, "Establish a new Task Force on Online Harassment and Abuse to focus on the connection between mass shootings, online harassment, extremism, and violence against women. Put America on the path to ensuring that 100% of firearms sold in America are smart guns. Prioritize prosecution of straw purchasers. Dedicate the brightest scientific minds to solving the gun violence public health epidemic. Prohibit the use of federal funds to arm or train educators to discharge firearms. Address the epidemic of suicides by firearms." [source]
Criminal justice
Joe Biden's campaign website lists the following criminal justice proposals: "Create a new $20 billion competitive grant program to spur states to shift from incarceration to prevention. Invest in educational opportunity for all. Expand federal funding for mental health and substance use disorder services and research. Expand and use the power of the U.S. Justice Department to address systemic misconduct in police departments and prosecutors’ offices. Establish an independent Task Force on Prosecutorial Discretion. Invest in public defenders’ offices to ensure defendants’ access to quality counsel. Eliminate mandatory minimums." [source]
Foreign policy
Joe Biden's campaign website lists the following foreign policy goals: "Defend our Vital Interests: As president, Biden will never hesitate to protect the American people, including when necessary, by using force. We have the strongest military in the world—and as president, Biden will ensure it stays that way. End Forever Wars: Biden will end the forever wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East, which have cost us untold blood and treasure. Elevate Diplomacy: As president, Biden will elevate diplomacy as the premier tool of our global engagement. He will rebuild a modern, agile U.S. Department of State—investing in and re-empowering the finest diplomatic corps in the world and leveraging the full talent and richness of America’s diversity. Restore and Reimagine Partnerships: A Biden administration will do more than restore our historic partnerships; it will lead the effort to reimagine them for the future. Renew our Commitment to Arms Control for a New Era Rally the World to Address the Existential Climate Crisis: The Biden administration will rejoin the Paris Climate Accord on day one and lead a major diplomatic push to raise the ambitions of countries’ climate targets." [source]
Impeachment
Joe Biden called for President Donald Trump's impeachment at a town hall event in New Hampshire, saying that Trump "has indicted himself by obstructing justice, refusing to comply with the congressional inquiry, he's already convicted himself. In full view of the world and the American people, Donald Trump has violated his oath of office, betrayed this nation and committed impeachable acts." [source]
Labor
Joe Biden's campaign website says, "Strong unions built the great American middle class. Everything that defines what it means to live a good life and know you can take care of your family – the 40 hour work week, paid leave, health care protections, a voice in your workplace – is because of workers who organized unions and fought for worker protections. Because of organizing and collective bargaining, there used to be a basic bargain between workers and their employers in this country that when you work hard, you share in the prosperity your work created."
His website continues, "As president, Biden will: Check the abuse of corporate power over labor and hold corporate executives personally accountable for violations of labor laws. Encourage and incentivize unionization and collective bargaining. Ensure that workers are treated with dignity and receive the pay, benefits, and workplace protections they deserve." [source]
Abortion
Joe Biden's campaign website says, "As president, Biden will work to codify Roe v. Wade, and his Justice Department will do everything in its power to stop the rash of state laws that so blatantly violate the constitutional right to an abortion, such as so-called TRAP laws, parental notification requirements, mandatory waiting periods, and ultrasound requirements. Biden will reissue guidance specifying that states cannot refuse Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood and other providers that refer for abortions or provide related information and reverse the Trump Administration’s rule preventing Planned Parenthood and certain other family planning programs from obtaining Title X funds. Biden will rescind the Mexico City Policy (also referred to as the global gag rule) that President Trump reinstated and expanded." [source]
Supreme Court vacancy
Joe Biden opposed filling the Supreme Court vacancy before the 2020 presidential election. He said, "This appointment isn't about the past. It's about the future, and the people of this nation. And the people of this nation are choosing their future right now, as they vote. To jam this nomination through the Senate is just an exercise in raw political power. And I don't believe the people of this nation will stand for it. President Trump has already made it clear. This is about power. Pure and simple. Power." [source]
Other policy positions
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Healthcare
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Immigration
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Impeachment
Labor
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Trade
- See also: Documenting America's Path to Recovery
Biden's campaign website said the following three principles underscore how his team would respond to the coronavirus pandemic:[14]
- Listen to science
- Ensure public health decisions are informed by public health professionals
- Restore trust, transparency, common purpose, and accountability to our government
The website also provided a seven-point plan for public health and economic recovery. The text of that plan is provided below:[14]
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1. Fix Trump’s testing-and-tracing fiasco to ensure all Americans have access to regular, reliable, and free testing.
2. Fix personal protective equipment (PPE) problems for good. Joe Biden will take responsibility, rather than leave states, cities, tribes, and territories to fend for themselves, and focus on producing more of these critical supplies in the United States. He will:
3. Provide clear, consistent, evidence-based national guidance for how communities should navigate the pandemic — and the resources for schools, small businesses, and families to make it through.
4. Plan for the effective, equitable distribution of treatments and vaccines because discovering isn’t enough if they get distributed like Trump’s testing and PPE fiascos.
5. Protect Older Americans and Others at High Risk. Joe Biden understands that Trump’s failed response has made older Americans and others at high-risk even more vulnerable.
6. Rebuild and expand the defenses that Trump has dismantled to predict, prevent, and mitigate pandemic threats, including those coming from China.
7. Implement mask mandates nationwide by working with governors and mayors and by asking the American people to do what they do best: step up in a time of crisis. Experts say that if 95% of Americans wear masks between now and December, we can save almost 70,000 lives. Joe has called on:
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—Joe Biden for President[14] |
Battleground state polls
The following charts show poll data from seven battleground states—Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—aggregated by RealClearPolitics.
Arizona
Florida
Georgia
Michigan
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Campaign finance
Fundraising
The following chart displays Joe Biden and Donald Trump's overall fundraising over time through the Post-General 2020 campaign finance reports. Hover over each line for more specific figures.
Spending
The following chart displays Joe Biden and Donald Trump's overall spending over time through the Post-General 2020 campaign finance reports. Hover over each line for more specific figures.
Cash on hand
The following chart displays cash on hand—a measurement of how much money a campaign has currently available in its campaign accounts—for Joe Biden and Donald Trump as of each reporting deadline during the 2020 campaign cycle.
Campaign advertisements
This section shows a sampling of advertisements released to support or oppose this candidate in the 2020 presidential election.
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- Shirley Shawe paid $500,000 to air an ad in August 2019 criticizing Biden for his position on the Delaware Chancery Court system.[15]
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Campaign themes
Website
The following campaign themes were published on Biden's presidential campaign website:[16]
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America is an idea. An idea that goes back to our founding principle that all men are created equal. It’s an idea that’s stronger than any army, bigger than any ocean, more powerful than any dictator. It gives hope to the most desperate people on Earth. It instills in every single person in this country the belief that no matter where they start in life, there’s nothing they can’t achieve if they work at it. We’re in a battle for the soul of America. It’s time to remember who we are. We’re Americans: tough, resilient, but always full of hope. It’s time to treat each other with dignity. Build a middle class that works for everybody. Fight back against the incredible abuses of power we’re seeing. It’s time to dig deep and remember that our best days still lie ahead. It’s time for respected leadership on the world stage—and dignified leadership at home. It’s time for equal opportunity, equal rights, and equal justice. It’s time for an economy that rewards those who actually do the work. It’s time for a president who will stand up for all of us. THIS IS JOE’S VISION FOR AMERICA. We've got to rebuild the backbone of the country: The Middle Class. The middle class isn’t a number—it’s a set of values. Owning your home. Sending your kids to college. Being able to save and get ahead. Across the country, too many families are being left behind. The next president needs to understand what the current one doesn’t: In America, no matter where you start in life, there should be no limit to what you can achieve. We need to rebuild the middle class, and this time make sure everybody comes along — regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. We’ve got to demonstrate respected leadership on the world stage. The world is facing inescapable challenges: a rapidly changing climate, the risk of nuclear conflict, trade wars, a rising China and an aggressive Russia, millions of refugees seeking shelter and security, and attacks on universal human rights and fundamental freedoms. The next president must repair our relationships with our allies and stand up to strongmen and thugs on the global stage to rally the world to meet these challenges. We can reclaim our longstanding position as the moral and economic leader of the world. We've got to make sure our democracy includes everyone. Our politics is broken and excludes too many Americans. Until we fix campaign finance, voting rights, and gerrymandering, it will continue to get more polarized, more ugly, and more mean.[1] |
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—Joe Biden for President 2020[16] |
Key policy initiatives
This section lists key policy initiatives and roles in Biden's political career, as identified on his presidential campaign website:[17]
- Introduced the Global Climate Protection Act in 1987
- Served as chairman or ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee for 16 years
- Helped secure the passage of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act in 1993 and Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
- Wrote and spearheaded the Violence Against Women Act
- Served as chairman or ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years
- Oversaw implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- Helped secure the passage of the Affordable Care Act
- Expressed early support for the Equality Act
- Led the Cancer Moonshot initiative to advance cancer prevention and treatment
Social media
Accounts
Twitter feed
Ballot access
In order to get on the ballot, a candidate for president of the United States must meet a variety of complex, state-specific filing requirements and deadlines. These regulations, known as ballot access laws, determine whether a candidate or party will appear on an election ballot. These laws are set at the state level. A presidential candidate must prepare to meet ballot access requirements well in advance of primaries, caucuses, and the general election.
There are three basic methods by which an individual may become a candidate for president of the United States.
- An individual can seek the nomination of a political party. Presidential nominees are selected by delegates at national nominating conventions. Individual states conduct caucuses or primary elections to determine which delegates will be sent to the national convention.[18]
- An individual can run as an independent. Independent presidential candidates typically must petition each state to have their names printed on the general election ballot.[18]
- An individual can run as a write-in candidate.[18]
Democratic presidential primary
- See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
With a plurality of pledged delegates, Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, 2020, after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his presidential campaign. To formally clinch the nomination, a candidate needs support from 1,991 pledged delegates.[19]
Joe Biden (D) presidential primary results in 2020
State
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Date
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% of vote received
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Pledged delegates
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Iowa | February 3 |
13.7
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6 |
New Hampshire | February 11 |
8.4
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0 |
Nevada | February 22 |
18.9
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9 |
South Carolina | February 29 |
48.6
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39 |
American Samoa | March 3 |
8.8
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0 |
Arkansas | March 3 |
40.6
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19 |
California | March 3 |
27.9
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172 |
Colorado | March 3 |
24.6
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21 |
Maine | March 3 |
33.4
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11 |
Massachusetts | March 3 |
33.4
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45 |
Minnesota | March 3 |
38.6
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38 |
North Carolina | March 3 |
43.0
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68 |
Oklahoma | March 3 |
38.7
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21 |
Tennessee | March 3 |
41.7
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36 |
Texas | March 3 |
34.6
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113 |
Utah | March 3 |
18.4
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7 |
Vermont | March 3 |
22.0
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5 |
Virginia | March 3 |
53.3
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67 |
Alabama | March 3 |
63.3
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44 |
Idaho | March 10 |
48.9
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11 |
Michigan | March 10 |
52.9
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73 |
Mississippi | March 10 |
81.0
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34 |
Missouri | March 10 |
60.1
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44 |
North Dakota | March 10 |
39.8
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6 |
Washington | March 10 |
37.9
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46 |
Democrats Abroad | March 10 |
22.7
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4 |
Northern Mariana Islands | March 14 |
11.8
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2 |
Arizona | March 17 |
43.7
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39 |
Florida | March 17 |
61.9
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162 |
Illinois | March 17 |
58.9
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95 |
Wisconsin | April 7 |
62.9
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56 |
Alaska | April 10 |
55.3
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8 |
Wyoming | April 17 |
72.2
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10 |
Ohio | April 28 |
72.4
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115 |
Kansas | May 2 |
76.9
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29 |
Nebraska | May 12 |
76.8
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29 |
Oregon | May 19 |
66.0
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46 |
Hawaii | May 22 |
60.7
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16 |
District of Columbia | June 2 |
76.0
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20 |
Indiana | June 2 |
76.6
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81 |
Maryland | June 2 |
83.8
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96 |
Montana | June 2 |
74.5
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18 |
New Mexico | June 2 |
73.3
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30 |
Pennsylvania | June 2 |
79.3
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151 |
Rhode Island | June 2 |
76.7
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25 |
South Dakota | June 2 |
77.5
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13 |
Guam | June 6 |
69.6
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5 |
Virgin Islands | June 6 |
91.3
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7 |
Georgia | June 9 |
84.9
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105 |
West Virginia | June 9 |
65.3
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28 |
Kentucky | June 23 |
67.9
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52 |
New York | June 23 |
67.7
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231 |
Delaware | July 7 |
89.4
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21 |
New Jersey | July 7 |
84.9
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121 |
Louisiana | July 11 |
79.5
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54 |
Puerto Rico | July 12 |
62.4
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44 |
Connecticut | August 11 |
84.7
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60 |
Total pledged delegates: 2,708 |
Democratic presidential primary debates, 2019-2020
- See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
The following table provides an overview of the date, location, host, and number of participants in each scheduled 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate.
Debate participation
Biden participated in all eleven Democratic presidential primary debates that took place.
Endorsements
- See also: Presidential election endorsements, 2020
The following table shows noteworthy endorsements for this candidate. Individual endorsers tracked include current DNC members, governors and other state executives, members of Congress, mayors of large cities, state legislative majority and minority leaders, and former presidents and vice presidents.[20] Endorsement tracking halted after former Vice President Joe Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee on April 8, 2020.
Campaign staff
- See also: Joe Biden presidential campaign staff, 2020, Presidential election key staffers, 2020, and Presidential campaign managers, 2020
The table below shows a sampling of the candidate's 2020 national campaign staff members, including the campaign manager and some senior advisors, political directors, communication directors, and field directors. It also includes each staff member's position in the campaign, previous work experience, and Twitter handle, where available.[21] For a larger list of national campaign staff, visit Democracy in Action.
Joe Biden presidential national campaign staff, 2020 | |||
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Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
Jennifer O'Malley Dillon | Campaign manager | Campaign manager, Beto O'Rourke for President of the United States, 2020 | @jomalleydillon |
Kate Bedingfield | Deputy campaign manager and communications director | Vice president of communications, Monumental Sports & Entertainment | @KBeds |
Pete Kavanaugh | Deputy campaign manager | President of Revolution Field Strategies | @petekavanaugh |
Rufus Gifford | Deputy campaign manager | Finance director, Barack Obama for President of the United States, 2012 | @rufusgifford |
Natalie Quillian | Deputy campaign manager | Partner and principal, Boston Consulting Group | N/A |
Zeppa Kreager | Chief of staff | Director, Creative Allliance at Civic Nation | @ZeppaKreager |
Anita Dunn | Senior advisor | Managing director, SKDKnickerbocker | N/A |
Greg Schultz | General election strategist and senior advisor | Executive director, American Possibilities PAC | @schultzohio |
Symone Sanders | Senior advisor | Strategist and CNN political commentator | @SymoneDSanders |
Cristóbal Alex | Senior advisor | President, Latino Victory Project | @CristobalJAlex |
Brandon English | Senior advisor | Senior advisor, GPS IMPACT | @brandonenglish |
Julie Chavez Rodriguez | Senior advisor | Co-national political director, Kamala Harris for the People | N/A |
Karine Jean-Pierre | Senior advisor | Political analyst, MSNBC; chief public affairs officer, MoveOn | @K_JeanPierre |
Erin Wilson | Political director | State director, Sen. Bob Casey | N/A |
Kurt Bagley | National organizing director | National field director, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee | @kurt_bagley |
Jamal Brown | National press secretary | Consultant, Civic Advisors | @JTOBrown |
TJ Ducklo | National press secretary | Senior communications director, NBC News | @TDucklo |
Remi Yamamoto | Traveling national press secretary | Communications director, Fred Hubbell for Governor of Iowa, 2018 | @RemiMYamamoto |
Saloni Multani | Chief financial officer | Venture partner, Congruent Ventures | N/A |
Deanna Nesburg | Senior advisor for financial operations | Treasurer, Kamala Harris for the People | N/A |
Katie Petrelius | National finance director | Director of development, Biden Foundation | N/A |
Rob Flaherty | Digital director | Digital director, Beto O'Rourke for President of the United States, 2020 | @Rob_Flaherty |
Campaign travel
Ballotpedia compiled the number of days each Democratic presidential candidate has spent in the four early primary states—Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada—from January 1, 2019, through February 29, 2020.
Information about the candidates' schedules was sourced from The Des Moines Register, NBC Boston/NECN, The Post & Courier, The Nevada Independent.[22][23][24][25]
The following table shows the number of days each candidate spent in each early primary state between January 1, 2019, and February 29, 2020. Candidates marked with an asterisk did not have complete information available for one or more states.
Archive of Political Emails
The Archive of Political Emails was founded in July 2019 to compile political fundraising and advocacy emails sent by candidates, elected officials, PACs, nonprofits, NGOs, and other political actors.[26] The archive includes screenshots and searchable text from emails sent by 2020 presidential candidates. To review the Biden campaign's emails, click here.
Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing
The following section provides a timeline of Biden's campaign activity beginning in February 2019. The entries, which come from Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing, are sorted by month in reverse chronological order.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Medium, "We’re Going To Build Back Better and Create a Clean Energy Future," July 14, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins," December 14, 2020
- ↑ CNN, "Joe Biden announces he is running for president in 2020," April 25, 2019
- ↑ Talking Points Memo, "Bernie Sanders Ends 2020 Bid, Making Biden Presumptive Dem Nominee," April 8, 2020
- ↑ AP, "Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination," June 5, 2020
- ↑ Twitter, "Joe Biden," August 11, 2020
- ↑ CNBC, "Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris to be his vice presidential running mate, making her the first black woman on a major ticket," August 11, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "Joe Biden’s Campaign Announcement Video, Annotated," April 25, 2019
- ↑ Biography, "Joe Biden," accessed April 1, 2019
- ↑ Joe Biden, "Joe's Story," accessed July 9, 2019
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 HowStuffWorks, "Political Career of Joe Biden," accessed July 9, 2019
- ↑ The New York Times, "Obama Chooses Biden as Running Mate," August 23, 2008
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Joe Biden for President, "Joe and Kamala's Plan to Beat COVID," accessed September 17, 2020
- ↑ MSN, "Woman angry at Biden buys $500,000 in ads against him," August 29, 2019
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Joe Biden for President, "Joe's Vision," accessed May 13, 2020
- ↑ JoeBiden.com, "Joe's Story," accessed October 16, 2020
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Vote Smart, "Government 101: United States Presidential Primary," accessed August 15, 2015
- ↑ Talking Points Memo, "Bernie Sanders Ends 2020 Bid, Making Biden Presumptive Dem Nominee," April 8, 2020
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "The 2020 Endorsement Primary," accessed May 7, 2019
- ↑ Democracy in Action, "Organization," accessed November 4, 2019
- ↑ The Des Moines Register, "Candidate Tracker," accessed July 29, 2019
- ↑ NECN, "2020 New Hampshire Candidate Tracker," accessed July 29, 2019
- ↑ Post & Courier, "2020 SC Presidential Candidate Tracker," accessed July 29, 2019
- ↑ The Nevada Independent, "Presidential Candidate Tracker," accessed July 29, 2019
- ↑ Archive of Political Emails, "About," accessed September 16, 2019
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